Damian Lillard knocked down one of the most memorable game-winners in NBA history the other night in Portland to send his Blazers to the second round of the playoffs. The moment was a bit sweeter considering he got to do it against the OKC Thunder and his newfound nemesis Russell Westbrook. However, Dame didn't hit the shot in Westbrook's face, it was Paul George and the Fresno State product believed Lillard took a bad shot despite it going in. Lillard caught wind of George's comments after the game and tweeted "lol."
But Lillard decided to elaborate on his thoughts about George's remarks. Dame appeared on the Pull Up Podcast hosted by his teammate CJ McCollum where he stated:
"It was a good shot.
I think a lot of people don’t know what goes into the moments. That’s because they’re not the ones that’s there. I literally work on those shots. And I don’t work on it so I can just come out and just shoot it for the whole game. I work on it just because, over my career, I know how much attention I’m going to get from defenses. So it’s just like you’re just keeping stuff, adding more things, adding more and more, keeping stuff in your pocket, in case these types of situations do present itself. Even if it’s not something you want to lean on, it’s something that you have there, that you worked on, you spent time doing. So, you’ve got confidence in it when the time does come. That’s why, when I was just standing there, I was like, well, it’s probably not good in a lot of people’s eyes. But I’m comfortable with this, and I’m confident in this. So, to me, it’s a solid shot.
For him to say that’s a bad shot, that’s just kind of being a poor sport. If anything, it was bad defense, because I had the ball in my hands with two seconds, and I wasn’t going to drive, so maybe he should’ve just bodied up."
Source: nba.nbcsports.com
