Damian Lillard: Bobby Portis DELIVERED in Giannis’ absence 👏 | NBA on ESPN

Damian Lillard: Bobby Portis DELIVERED in Giannis’ absence 👏 | NBA on ESPN

Bobby it was raining threes in the first half thanks to you what was it like putting on that kind of show for this group man it’s fun man you know all the work you put in um just having good teammates good coaches that believe in

You for real for real that’s what it is man um you know what I’m saying we go through this Marathon together to 82 games for a season and um you know you kind of build that chemistry and caderie throughout the season so it’s kind of good to have great teammates and coaches

That believe in you for real Dane without yonis today how crucial was it getting that kind of production and performance from Bobby Off the Bench it’s huge I mean obviously you you look at our team and I think one of our biggest strengths is our depth and um

You know BP is a starter on you know any other team but I think for our team he knows what his job is so when you you down a guy like Giannis you know that everybody’s going to have to step their game up and we’ve been in this situation

A couple times this year and every time he’s he’s come through and delivered you know we know who he is and I knew that as well so coming into the game I knew I wouldn’t have to come out here and try to overdo it uh just keep the defense

Honest feed him feed everybody else and then pick my spots and be aggressive but uh before the game we talked in locker room we knew what it was and uh he came through and delivered you made history today first buck ever to reach 30 points and 15 assists how are you so efficient

Today uh I think just like I said keeping the defense honest um I think coming in with them knowing Yiannis wasn’t playing they probably thought that I was going to come out and just try to force it um but I just took advantage of what the defense was doing

You know they overh helped I was just making the simple plays and when guys make shots uh and like he said the coaches believe in guys encourage them to to take those shots it makes the defense have to pick and choose and then I’m able to kind of find those gaps and

Take advantage of it and if you know when we play that way we play our best and I think I play my best Bobby you mentioned yesterday how much you enjoy playing with Chris Middleton what did you think of his performance and his return I was just zoker with him on the

Court uh when he made the two free throw I said dang Chris 20 ball on your on your on your first day back that’s tough but you know that’s my boy man it’s my fourth year playing with him um hot basketball IQ player man unselfish selfless and um fun to play with man

Cash money back baby hey did you try to put that show on for huie brown sitting Courtside I gave him I gave him a shout out too I don’t know if y’all got I gave I gave him another shout out that’s my guy though for real for real we go way

Way way back we loved it congratulations both you thank you that’s so good again just love the appreciation that Bobby poris has for our guy Hall of Famer huie Brown what what a game for poris 31 points what a game for Damen Lillard 31 to go with 16 assists matching a career

High what I look like [Applause] [Applause] bra

Damian Lillard and Bobby Portis speak to Katie George about how the Milwaukee Bucks were able to put away the Phoenix Suns, 140-129, with a balanced team effort without All-Star Giannis Antetokounmpo.

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