Damian Lillard Postgame Press Conference | 3.14.24

Damian Lillard Postgame Press Conference | 3.14.24

Just for you guys uh I think Maxi has 29 the first three quarters only scores one point in the fourth quarter just what do you like about what you guys did defensively against that U we just picked up our physicality um you know we didn’t we didn’t make it a oneman job

You know we was on the string played more physical we made him play in the crowd um you know broo kept coming over protecting the paint and I think he knew he trusted the next guy to hit his man and uh when you play like that teams

Have a harder time scoring you know especially with him beat not being out there um they’re a more limited team than than when he is out there um so I just thought we got on the string we played more physical uh we played smarter we closed out to their bodies and we made

Them put the ball on the floor and nothing really nothing came easy you know they had to earn all of the baskets even the times that they scored they hit a couple of them like five on the shot clock they getting a shot off after we

Ran around and you know they lost the ball a couple of times um but usually when you keep making teams play like that eventually it’s going to bounce your way and I thought that was wor I think Bobby and AJ scored like 12 straight points in the fourth quarter

Kind of helped you guys with the game just what do you see from those two Off the Bench u i mean I think they obviously AJ is a sniper and Bobby is our that’s our our punch Off the Bench you know he’s going to score the ball

He’s going to bring energy he’s going to bring that toughness and that edge and I think to start that fourth quarter uh obviously it’s going to be a lot of attention on the ball with me it’s going to be a lot of attention when Yannis

Gets the ball and Doc is just always on me like getting downhill getting into to the paint cuz the defense is going to converge and just making the right plays and um you know I think when you got guys like that um on the other end of

That AJ is going to shoot it he’s going to make it and um you know I think Bobby is going to do what he does as well he’s going to score the ball and um I think that was kind of what happened more broadly speaking do you

Feel that the refs have been allowing more physicality since the allstar breaking I do I mean tonight I got I went to the rim yeah I try to block my shot and I got a knot on my head like he swing and missed the ball and elbow me

In the head and it was a no call so I think it’s been a lot more physical and on one hand you know defensively you would be like okay you know we getting away with a little bit more um but I think we still has to be

Some type of balance you know but I I definitely noticed that um you know the referee is letting a lot more go have you heard like have the rest I don’t know communicated that at all or is it just like that’s just what’s that happen

I mean they just say I didn’t see it you know they just take that route I didn’t see that you know that’s it do you keep track of the MVP race at all did you ever before and do you now a little bit knowing I didn’t I mean obviously everybody is

Looking you see the conversation everybody’s always like oh the This Guy’s in the MVP conversation that guy so you see it but I’ve never like monitored it you know I had two years in my career where it was like I was in the mix so I I kind of was looking like okay

I might have a chance but I haven’t you know I don’t follow it I think at this stage of my career I’m just like what’s our record you know you looking at matchups and it’s like you know we this team specifically we playing to win you know we want to have

A chance to win in that’s that’s the only reason for our season

Damian Lillard talks to the media following Thursday night’s win over the Sixers.

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