Damian Lillard’s Hidden Pain
The Lead
Wondery
3.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 11 March 2021
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
The Portland Trail Blazers start the second half of their season with a big matchup against the Phoenix Suns on Thursday night. And so far, they’ve gotten another MVP-caliber season from point guard Damian Lillard. However, over the last 18 months, Lillard has endured a wave of tragedies in his life outside of basketball. The Athletic’s Jason Quick recently spoke to Lillard, and today, he joins us to talk about everything that the Blazers’ star has been living through — and playing through — this season.
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| 0:46.0 | The Portland Trailblazers start the second half of their season with a big matchup against the Phoenix Suns tonight. |
| 0:58.0 | And so far, it's been another MVP caliber season from Rip City's Point Guard, Damien Lillard. |
| 1:04.0 | Lillard, no hesitation. Oh, it's cover. He had that ball in his hands for half a second. |
| 1:12.0 | He was way good for it. He wants to send the King's home. |
| 1:17.0 | 42 for Lillard. |
| 1:19.0 | But over the last 18 months, Lillard's life away from basketball has been defined by a wave of tragedies. |
| 1:26.0 | The athletics Jason Quick recently spoke to Lillard and today he joins us to talk about everything that Dam has been living through and playing through this season. |
| 1:35.0 | He's hit game winning shots at the buzzer. He's made defensive plays. |
| 1:40.0 | He's literally doing it all for the Blazers. And yet few of us could see that there was something going on behind that jersey. |
| 1:50.0 | From wondering on the athletic, I'm Kabytha Davidson. It's Thursday, March 11th, and this is Believe. |
| 1:58.0 | It felt like something great was happening. |
| 2:02.0 | There was just something about the emotion and that moment. |
| 2:06.0 | The failures of the past don't matter because we've got this now. |
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