Damian Lillard Postgame Press Conference | 3.17.24

Damian Lillard Postgame Press Conference | 3.17.24

Hey Dam um I think you guys hadit 18 three-pointers in the first half just what did you 18 in the first half 18 just what do you see from a ball movement perspective and a shooting perspective in that first half I mean we just I thought the ball just mooved well

And um you know they had some lazy switches um was able to get into the paint and get them kind of in rotation and I think the ball just went where it was supposed to go um on a lot of those plays and when it when that happens you

Get quality shots and um when you get quality shots and you making shots that’s I think that’s what our team is capable of um Bobby scores 25 points in the first 10 minutes he’s on the floor um just what do you see from him in the

Energy tonight I mean he came out he he got a couple clean looks to start and we all know that he’s a he’s a scorer and he can he can fill it up he gets going he can really get going and change a game so he he made his first first

Couple shots and I think uh just as a team we saw it and we just fed him you know anytime he had a a inch or if he was the next guy even if he was covered we was throwing him the ball and he just kept it rolling and kept it rolling and

I think we just got a team that you know we can play that way we got guys that can can get going and get hot and tonight he did and we fed him and he just kept he kept it rolling for the rest of the half uh Chris was back for

The first time in 16 games just what do you see from him and I guess maybe the the kind of calming effect he can have on on a team yeah he he looked great to me uh I think you know he really took his time to make sure he was right and

At our age how long we’ve been in this league and how many miles we got on our bodies you know we know our bodies and um when we should be coming back and going you know coming off the injury and I think he he made a great decision to

Wait all the way up until he felt right and you can just see that he did everything as far as preparation to get ready to come back to you know he moved well on both sides of the ball he didn’t get fatigued um you know his game just

Looked sharp and uh for me as a ball handler and a playmaker when you know that all right I’m going get rid of it and it’s a good chance that the ball is going to end up in his hands as a you know the guy that’s shooting it or

Making the next play uh you just start to see just how good our team can be and I think tonight just him coming back in his first game just rolling out just getting 20 you know and and making plays is um you know it’s a it’s a luxury for

Us to have out there that you just missing 16 games you don’t forget about it but you you forget what it feels and looks like on the floor and tonight I thought we we had a chance to to feel it right away how big was it to have Chris come

Back for this game and at this point in the season I thought it was huge especially with Giannis being out anytime you can anytime you down your best player and then you add another weapon to you know a team that’s already down um it’s a pick me up just because we’re

Excited to have him back and then what he brings as a player I think that just helps us you know in a situation where we are down um a tough game against a good team we coming down the stretch of the Season getting ready for the

Playoffs and you want him to be able to get out there and get some some games under his belt so we can get ready for that so uh I thought it was perfect timing you’re the first buck to score 30 points and have 15 or more assists in a

Game what got you going tonight or today I just wanted to to come out and be in attack mode really and um you know I didn’t really think to myself I’m have to score a bunch of points I just knew I had to be a a problem for the defense

You know getting into the paint getting them into rotations making them have to help and um that was just how I played and I just I kept making the right play and um guys just made shots you know I think it’s been other times where I made

The same plays and we just didn’t shoot it as well but tonight it seemed like every time I passed the ball somebody was making a shot so um you know I give a lot of credit to that to guys just shot making you know even though I

Created the plays you know you don’t always make shots at that that cliping we did tonight and then obviously today was a big game against the Suns you’ve got another big one coming up on the road against Boston what from today are you hoping carries over into that uh

Just uh how together we were you know not just because we scored a lot of points but I think it was a lot of moments in the game where they kind of fought back and they got got momentum and we had to call a timeout and we had

To regroup and then you know answer the call and I thought that happened maybe two or three times in the second half um against a team that can really score a talented team uh and we down like I said our best player you know in that situation a lot

Of times just like a team eventually gets over the hump but I think we was able to regroup and I think that shows you know our maturity it shows the the kind of experience that we have and that we’re able to deal with some runs and

Some adversity over the course of a game and still get it done so I think that’s what that’s what we got to take into Boston because there definitely going to be some moments in that game where the crowd is going to get into it they going

To go on a run we’re going to have to call a timeout and um you know I think we showed that that’s that’s definitely something that we can carry into that game you wrecked up a lot of your assists in the first half but then seemed to focus on offense and scoring

Yourself a lot in the second how do you dictate on a play-by-play quarter by quarter basis when you need to pass versus when you need to shoot score I never make my mind up you know I always attack to score and when the defense you

Know comes off of the corner as the low man to take away the rim then I just make that pass and um I think because I had so many assists in the first half that rotation was a little bit slower in the second half so I was able to be more

Aggressive to to shoot the ball or um I came off of it because it was you know they started to trap a little bit so I was making the pass to the guy who made the play and um I think that was set up all by just making the right play in the

First half

Damian Lillard talks to the media following Sunday afternoon’s win over the Sixers.

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