--- title: Damian Lillard's Stone Cold Victory Stare Inspires Memes description: Damian Lillard's cool stare following a thrilling series win over the Oklahoma City Thunder has inspired a slew of memes. canonical: https://time.com/5577449/damian-lillard-meme/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-04-24T21:56:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:58:45.867Z og:title: Damian Lillard's Cool Stare was the Real Victory of Round 1 og:description: Celebrating, Dame Dolla style og:url: https://time.com/5577449/damian-lillard-meme/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt782b02d8289d0117/6989490097cdff55226b7b97/damian-lillard-playoff-win-face-meme.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Oklahoma City Thunder v Portland Trail Blazers - Game Five og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Damian Lillard's Cool Stare was the Real Victory of Round 1 twitter:description: Celebrating, Dame Dolla style twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt782b02d8289d0117/6989490097cdff55226b7b97/damian-lillard-playoff-win-face-meme.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Damian Lillard's Epic Victory Stare Is the Real Winner of the First Round of Playoffs  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Apr 24, 2019 9:56 PM UTC  PORTLAND, OR - APRIL 23: Damian Lillard #0 of the Portland Trail Blazers reacts against the Oklahoma City Thunder after Game Five of Round One of the 2019 NBA Playoffs on April 23, 2019 at the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Sam Forencich/NBAE via Getty Images) PORTLAND, OR - APRIL 23: Damian Lillard #0 of the Portland Trail Blazers reacts against the Oklahoma City Thunder after Game Five of Round One of the 2019 NBA Playoffs on April 23, 2019 at the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Sam Forencich/NBAE via Getty Images)Sam Forencich—NBAE/Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Apr 24, 2019 9:56 PM UTC After Damian Lillard sank a thrilling, [nearly 40-foot buzzer-beater](http://www.espn.com/nba/story/%5F/id/26593473/nope-damian-lillard-series-winner-bad-shot) to clinch the Portland Trail Blazers’ round one victory over the [Oklahoma City Thunder](http://time.com/89446/kevin-durant-mvp-thunder-nba/) in the playoffs on Tuesday night, he commemorated the win by leveling a stone cold stare at the TV cameras. Lillard’s composed assurance after making the game-winning three point shot that effectively sent home the Thunder, 118-115, was a contrast to both his teammates and fans, who immediately started a raucous celebration. As might be expected, the Internet loved Dame’s cool reaction to the win almost as much as they loved the Trail Blazer’s immensely satisfying win over Oklahoma City and immediately took to social media, giving Lillard [the meme treatment. ](http://time.com/4383734/crying-lionel-messi-meme/) While Lillard and the Trail Blazers will have to wait until a winner emerges from the San Antonio Spurs and Denver Nuggets series to see who they’ll be facing in the second round of the NBA playoffs, that gives you plenty of time to catch up on the best memes of Lillard’s stone cold victory stare, below. > [](https://twitter.com/timmysorenson/status/1120930073417138176) > [](https://twitter.com/mattwhitlockPM/status/1120929649234776064) > [](https://twitter.com/HaleyOSomething/status/1120919266125967361) > [](https://twitter.com/MiCxSiC/status/1120930207693717506) > [](https://twitter.com/coolghost101/status/1120925919990796288) > [](https://twitter.com/KyleNeubeck/status/1120929120123334657) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5577449/damian-lillard-meme/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5577449/damian-lillard-meme/"},"headline":"Damian Lillard's Epic Victory Stare Is the Real Winner of the First Round of Playoffs","datePublished":"2019-04-24T21:56:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:58:45.867Z","description":"Celebrating, Dame Dolla style","url":"https://time.com/5577449/damian-lillard-meme/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","onetime","Sports"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt782b02d8289d0117/6989490097cdff55226b7b97/damian-lillard-playoff-win-face-meme.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt782b02d8289d0117/6989490097cdff55226b7b97/damian-lillard-playoff-win-face-meme.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Oklahoma City Thunder v Portland Trail Blazers - Game Five","caption":"Oklahoma City Thunder v Portland Trail Blazers - Game Five","creditText":"Sam Forencich—NBAE/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5577449/damian-lillard-meme/","name":"Damian Lillard's Epic Victory Stare Is the Real Winner of the First Round of Playoffs"}}]}] ```