Why Damian Lillard Was So Ready For the NBA Bubble
The Lead
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3.7 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 20 August 2020
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Tuesday night, Damian Lillard and the Trail Blazers continued their remarkable run at Disney World, defeating LeBron James and the Lakers in their playoff opener. With Game 2 coming up tonight, The Athletic’s Marcus Thompson — who recently spoke to Lilllard — joins us to talk about the Portland point guard’s incredible performance, and how growing up in Oakland gave him the mindset to thrive inside of the NBA bubble.
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| 0:30.8 | On Tuesday night in their playoff opener, Damien Lillard and the Blazers did it again. |
| 0:37.8 | Like that! |
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| 0:41.0 | Damien Lillard laces one up on the Lakers and the Blazers now lead by three. |
| 0:48.2 | What a play. |
| 0:50.2 | Today, the Athletics Marcus Thompson on why Lillard was ready to thrive in the NBA bubble. |
| 0:57.0 | I always felt like this bubble was going to really show you who's a different cat, who's |
| 1:01.1 | got a different level, who's got a drive that is unique. |
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