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With their insufficient performance in Game 1 in Indiana, the Bucks suspected that the case of Damian Lillard would quickly come back to the table. Before the meeting, ESPN confirmed That a return during the Game 2 or 3 was indeed topical for the veteran leader, who has not played since March 18 due to a venous thrombosis.
After recovering extraordinarily quickly thanks to a new treatment, the player was able to resume full training on Thursday to prepare for a return. The idea was to put it back in physical condition so that it could take the intensity of a playoff match, and the objective could, there too, have been reached faster than expected.
Expected in creation
By the field on Saturday, Damian Lillard participated in his own way, collecting a technical fault at the end of the match for having left the bench during a “Coach's Challenge” and exchanged with Tyrese Haliburton, a sequence which also earned a technique in Pascal Siakam.
Dame had words for Hali during timeout pic.twitter.com/4WpOKzunhr
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 19, 2025
Beyond the fact that Game 1 highlighted the importance of a Khris Middleton, whose profile of a scorter on attack placed, was not replaced, the package of Damian Lillard also cost the Bucks on this first match, especially in the offensive animation of the major five.
“It may be a strange statement, but I find that our attack was horrible, and that it contributed as much as our defense”, said Doc Rivers. “Our major five is better than that in attack. But we have to be. The only way for this five to play correctly is that it needs more ball movement than the “second unit”. In the other five, we have guys who can go to painting and create. For the first five, we must circulate the ball so that everyone can get shots. ”
Declarations that echo the profile of Damian Lillard, capable of creating for him but also involving others. It will be up to the medical staff to assess the best timing, between Game 2 in Indianapolis in a context that is still difficult, or Game 3 to breathe new life into the team for the first game of the series at home.
| Damian Lillard | Percentage | Rebound | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saison | Team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | To | Pd | Fte | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2012-13 | BY | 82 | 39 | 42.9 | 36.8 | 84.4 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 6.5 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 19.0 |
| 2013-14 ☆ | BY | 82 | 36 | 42.4 | 39.4 | 87.1 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 5.6 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 20.7 |
| 2014-15 ☆ | BY | 82 | 36 | 43.4 | 34.3 | 86.4 | 0.6 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 6.2 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 21.0 |
| 2015-16 | BY | 75 | 36 | 41.9 | 37.5 | 89.2 | 0.6 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 6.8 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 25.1 |
| 2016-17 | BY | 75 | 36 | 44.4 | 37.0 | 89.5 | 0.6 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 5.9 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 27.0 |
| 2017-18 ☆ | BY | 73 | 37 | 43.9 | 36.1 | 91.6 | 0.8 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 6.6 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 26.9 |
| 2018-19 ☆ | BY | 80 | 36 | 44.4 | 36.9 | 91.2 | 0.8 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 6.9 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 25.8 |
| 2019-20 ☆ | BY | 66 | 38 | 46.3 | 40.1 | 88.8 | 0.5 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 8.0 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 0.3 | 30.0 |
| 2020-21 ☆ | BY | 67 | 36 | 45.1 | 39.1 | 92.8 | 0.5 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 7.5 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 3.0 | 0.3 | 28.8 |
| 2021-22 | BY | 29 | 36 | 40.2 | 32.4 | 87.8 | 0.4 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 7.3 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 24.0 |
| 2022-23 ☆ | BY | 58 | 36 | 46.3 | 37.1 | 91.4 | 0.8 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 7.3 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 3.3 | 0.3 | 32.2 |
| 2023-24 ☆ | MIL | 73 | 35 | 42.4 | 35.4 | 92.0 | 0.5 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 7.0 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 24.3 |
| 2024-25 ☆ | MIL | 58 | 36 | 44.8 | 37.6 | 92.1 | 0.5 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 7.1 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 24.9 |
How to read the stats? MJ = matches played; Min = minutes; Shots = successful shots / tempted shots; 3pts = 3-point / 3-point attempted; LF = Successful free throws / tempted free throws; Off = offensive rebound; Def = defensive rebound; Tot = Total rebounds; PD = assists; FTE: Personal faults; Int = interceptions; BP = lost bullets; CT: against; Pts = points.
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