Bobby Portis is not the Milwaukee Bucks’ designated scorer in tough games. Damian Lillard is.
However, that wasn’t what happened next when the team lost to the Portland Trailblazers Dame Time decided to cringe behind the pass to the massive man.
Lillard received the ball from a passer with 16 seconds left, and the Blazers led by one point (103-102).
He made his move, passed and dropped back against his defender Toumani Camara. He found his separation, but at the last second he decided to pass the ball for a corner kick to Portis, who was already preparing for the rebound. Turnover for the Bucks.
During possession, Bucks fans and players had only one thought on their minds. They knew what Lillard was capable of.
The eight-time All-Star thought so he should have acted differently in this art.
“When I stepped back, I probably should have shot,” Lillard told Eric Nehm of The Athletic.
“He thought I was going to shoot, so he crashed and was getting ready to fall, which resulted in a loss.”
Dame finished the game with 16 points on 5 of 15 shots.
Giannis Antetokounmpo led the team with 31 points and 11 rebounds, although he also lacked aggressiveness on the final two possessions of the game.
Damian Lillard suggests he’s still recovering
Lillard missed four games after winning the NBA Cup due to an undisclosed illness it also touched his teammate Antetokounmpo.
He recovered and played four matches, but these four matches were a challenge for him.
In the same interview with The Athletic, the 34-year-old veteran insisted that he wasn’t making excuses for his penniless games, but explained that he wasn’t 100 percent yet and each game was more like adapting to the pace of the game. .
“I just think it’s a different feeling than being back on the court. Sometimes I’m just physically tired. Sometimes you feel tender, so every match was a process of feeling better and better,” he said.
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