ESPN goes crazy Damian Lillard’s first buzzer beater to lead Bucks take down Kings 143-142 in OT

ESPN goes crazy Damian Lillard’s first buzzer beater to lead Bucks take down Kings 143-142 in OT

That’s all sports de Steven Watson Steve Novak here with you the third overtime game of the season for these Milwaukee Bucks and you couldn’t have scripted it any better for them to cap off this home stand with a three and one record Steve well you just got to love it because it

Is officially Dame time when he’s hitting shots like this down the stretch in overtime and let’s not forget it was the second game of a back toback so to have the legs and to have the will and then for there to finally be that moment where you just knew the ball was going

To end up in Dame’s hands and you saw all game long especially late in the game Giannis was dribbling the ball over to Dame he was Finding Dame Giannis found Brook Lopez for that three and again had Dame have the ball late in the game which it should be in that kind of

Possession he goes full court he delivers the place goes crazy I think he said everyone is getting watches tonight from Dame Lillard so you just got to love it but this is I think the moment we’ve all been waiting for when that Dame trade happened for shots and big

Wins like this and so here we are it is Dame time baby the wh without question the signature moment of the season for the Milwaukee Bucks they scored four field goals in overtime all four of them were three-pointers Steve and two of them came in the final 11 seconds the

Bucks were chasing all of overtime take us through how the Bucks were able to come back and win this game well it really was a gutsy performance because they got down quick it were down by six points almost as soon as overtime started in that down to still make it a

Game 5 seconds left down by two Dames got the ball Brook saying I’m here but he doesn’t need him it’s game time baby everybody’s loving it look got this no one was loving it more than yis and so for Dame to hit that shot I think you

Really you have sensed there is a new Dame Lillard since the Boston since the Golden State and now the Sacramento game you’re talking about 21 points 27 points then 29 Points and yeah took a little overtime and a little heroics and some dame time to get to that 29 but I think

It’s just just the way we ordered it just how we wanted to see Dame I think continue to get better and better and so he’s playing the best basketball we’ve seen him play here in Milwaukee and I’ll be honest we weren’t sure which way this

Was going to go late in the game and you and I were thinking I thought we won this game hold on I think we lost this game and now I don’t know about you but the Packers won and it’s Dame time I’m feeling pretty good pretty good day for

Cardiologists here in the state of Wisconsin that blood pressure is rising here tonight what a day for this state Dame Lillard nine points coming in overtime 29 in the game he’s standing by once again with Melanie Ricks free throw sorry I should have warned you my

Bad once I I mean once the game kind of uh became one of those moments I saw it was like four or 5 Seconds down two uh they started scrambling a little bit uh Brook flash to the ball and uh once I saw that open space I was like you know

This is this is the space that I live in you know the end of the game an opportunity to come up big you know I missed a couple shots and I shot my best shot on the last one of the game so you know that’s that’s what I’m here

For obviously this crowd very much appreciates what you do it’s night two of a backtack what did this win say about your team’s Poise and about where you’re heading moving forward I think it says a lot you know we have some some tough moments throughout the game where

We had opportunities to extend our lead and we didn’t and um you know I think second night of a back toback opportunity to make excuses say we tired you know they’re a tough team they play Fast unpredictable and um you know we just showed our resilience we showed our

Toughness uh it wasn’t one guy just doing everything we kind of collectively gave ourselves a chance and pulled this one out congrats Dave thank you what a scene here at visce Ser Forum D finishes with 29 Points Steve what a night for Dame time and we were all

Witnesses we really were and obviously now knowing what happened just seeing the full night it is an incredible story as you watched the game start you saw Dame was locked in he was knocking down shots he was running point he was off the ball at times he was the Dame

Lillard that we know he can be and as we’ continued to say he would be and here we start at its finest left hand op is it a tough shot a tough shot is it a bad shot it doesn’t matter there’s five seconds left you got to let it go tackle

On be honest he deserves it boy oh boy this is the kind of moment that we just heard Dame talk about he said this is the space I live in and I’m not sure exactly what that means but I have a feeling that means he wants the ball in

His hands late in games when it’s on the line let me tap on my wrist let me remind everybody that I’m still Dame Lillard ups and downs new team it’s freezing outside but he’s got this place cooking in here the place went nuts and it was just awesome to see on a very

Cold night which I think is a real thing everybody’s in here kind of tucked away maybe having a beer got their warm jacket on and it gets a little exciting and you feel the buzz happen and all of a sudden I feel like it was a Dame Lillard reintroducing himself to

Everybody and it really feels I think like he’s home and you had mentioned kind of at the top of this that you’ve seen a different game over the last couple of games yeah what’s next for him where can he go from here how big was that shot for the confidence that he

Carries here as a Milwaukee Buck I think it’s huge because I think you see how much this matters to jannis he is fighting he has played just about every game except for one this whole season he is so good on backto backs he plays his

Best in back to back it just it just gives you an idea and a glimpse into how much this means to Giannis and how he approaches it and I think when you’ve got a running mate in a Dame Lillard that shows you you give me the ball with

5 seconds left with no timeouts left and I’ll deliver and I’ll knock that shot down I think that’s huge for the chemistry that we continue to say but it’s a bond and it’s a love and it’s a trust and in order to be great in order to win in the playoffs against other

Really good teams these guys have got to have these moments so it’s great to see that it’s happening long before the playoffs come yeah that Bond certainly built here tonight you can just see the looks on all of those players faces everybody inside this building certainly iconic moment here at F serve Forum

Jannis on to the kumbo not a bad stat line as well his fifth triple double of the Season Steve 27 points 10 rebounds 10 assists he’s able to get that triple double in overtime you know he is and like you said is fifth of this season

40th of his career all of them are true works of art and I think you saw it all the way down to the end of the game it mattered that he had these stats because if he’s not passing the ball if he’s just going on the attack and he’s having

50 points which we’ve all watched we know he can get full speed God bless that guy would an athlete just to see that kind of finish but to also see the presence of Mind late in the game to to make the right pass to Brook Lopez in

The corner to make that three to get the Bucs in the spot they need to be and then to not be the guy with the ball and to understand this is Dame’s moment late in the game I think it just shows he is continuing as great as he is to always

Make the play that needs to be played and so like you said not a bad stat line another triple double form oh yeah Dam hit the game winner but let’s not forget about this guy all the stars really showed off here tonight if I Ser form

The two All Stars on each side without Chris Middleton in this game it was jannis and Dame and then it was Damonte sabonis and dearen fox sabonis finishing with his 10th triple double of the Season 21 points 13 rebounds 15 assists Steve he has 22 straight double doubles that’s a career eny

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ESPN goes crazy Damian Lillard’s first buzzer beater to lead Bucks take down Kings 143-142 in OT