Damian Lillard Postgame Press Conference | 03.20.24
Um you had to go the team had to go a month without Chris uh what have you like the last two games without Yannis both offensively and defensively win a game also you get in this one and have a chance I mean I there’s no like moral
Victories or nothing like that you know we wanted to win a game regardless of who was on the floor cuz we think we got a a good enough team regardless um as we’ve shown um but I think for us you know it’s we’ve been saying it it’s
About the journey you know and that’s pushing towards the and we want to become you know at the at the right time of the season and this is part of that you know us obviously like you said missing playing 16 games without Chris we had to continue to find a way and
Lean on guys to step up and kind of fill that hole collectively and they did and now playing without our best player it’s the same you know we got to have the same mentality we got to be confident we got to look around the room and and see
You know we got a lot of depth we got experience we got guys that can get a lot done um and that’s been our our mental but I think when we become whole um as we close out the season all of these experiences and all of the
Adversity that we’ve had over the course of the season I think it’ll it’ll shine bright you know in in the moments that we needed to you obviously can’t control injuries and stuff but you mentioned that like not being able to be whole for this long a time like how much how
Important is it going to be for you guys these next couple of weeks to get on the floor and actually have some games you uh you know beanis Chris like on the floor and playing together before the end of the season I think it’s important
You know just so we can be out there and do it and and have everybody out there but um I think the beauty of it is that the only new people here is me and and bat Bev everybody else they they’ve been here and bees so I mean everybody
Else they they play together and I think because all three of us we’ve been on the floor um you know you see Chris came back he just jumped right back in and it was he he knows who he is to this team and to this organization so he has a
Natural type of comfort um coming back and I think it’ll be the same with Yiannis on the other hand Bobby hasn’t missed a game yet this year just what do you see from him stepping into that role if it’s jiannis plays a little more four it’s Chris out he steps up the second
Year just what have you kind of seen from him I mean the same thing he’s he’s been doing um I said it um after last game he’s a a starter on on every other team where Giannis is not in front of him um and he shows it you know I think
Uh when there’s more minutes and more opportunity out obviously he’s going to get more minutes and more opportunity when we down a big and um he’s been getting opportunity to to spread his wings and do what he got to do and um it’s been consistent you
Know I think this is what he’s capable of doing so um the more we can build on that and keep him playing that way like I said when we become whole and he’s coming in and it’s not as taxing on him you know not playing as as long as
Stretches um and not having to work so hard because you know he might be out there Yannis is out there and I’m out there and K mid is out there so he going to have a a little bit more space to play with um but the Rhythm that he’s
Kind of gotten into you know I think it’ll be great for our team
Damian Lillard speaks to the media after Wednesday night’s game vs. The Boston Celtics.
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15 Comments
Dame should live stream
Dame you should do a play by play reaction of bucks game
Dame dont shade your game or stop being you once Giannis gets back yall can play together its been shown keep rolling ….
Good game Dame, Celtics should be ashamed of themselves 😭 all their wins against injured teams and stat padding against tanking teams won’t help in the playoffs
Good game Dame
Giannis, Dame, Khris, Bobby and Lopez…that's a nice starting 5…but I understand they wanna bring Bobby off the bench for energy… he's accepted that role, so he's going to succeed in it. I also like when AJ is on the floor. He's very scrappy and he's spaces the floor… Milwaukee should definitely make it to the ecf…and I feel they could take whatever team they face to 6 or 7 games…2 the finals Milwaukee
We need a new lineup
PG: Dame
SG Beasley
SF: Middleton
PF: Bobby
C: Giannis
Brook come off bench way too slow
I hope the bucks don't get to down on themselves.I'm not mad at this win at all.This game just made me more confident that the bucks gotta shot against this team.
As a Celtics fan who always loved Dame, man that dude is dangerous no matter how bad he looks early in the game. All I was picturing is a 2 pt lead with Dame hitting a 3 😂. That missed FT was huge by KHris! 😂
Bucks fans acting like it was a “good loss”. We were missing a starter and huge bench player who been scorching hot. Jrue and Hauser, and we were up the whole game. Celtics always do this for late game situations, they use it as practice. Not saying the blew the lead on purpose but the coach was happy it was a close game. He loves those situations because we need to work on it. Even if we lost it makes no difference. Go look at our remaining schedule and the last like 6 to 7 games don’t count because we clinch first seed in the league in like 5 games.
This loss doesn't matter. We are going to make it up down to road. Dame and all the players were testing our defence and offence against a great team.
bucks won this game, made 5 more shots and made 12 less free throws on 29-14 and without Giannis
If dame plays like this with giannis on the floor and Middleton looking like he is man it’s gonna be unreal.
Dame should start a podcast, good game btw
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