{"id":4287,"date":"2025-04-18T14:30:56","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T14:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asport.com.ng\/?p=4287"},"modified":"2025-04-18T14:30:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T14:30:56","slug":"we-will-not-put-damian-lillard-in-danger-basket-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asport.com.ng\/?p=4287","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;We will not put Damian Lillard in danger&#8221; \u2022 Basket USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-748577 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.basketusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/USATSI_25533874.jpg\" alt=\"Doc Rivers et Damian Lillard\" width=\"1200\" height=\"799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.basketusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/USATSI_25533874.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.basketusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/USATSI_25533874-210x140.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.basketusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/USATSI_25533874-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.basketusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/USATSI_25533874-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.basketusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/USATSI_25533874-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.basketusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/USATSI_25533874-320x213.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/>And <strong>Doc Rivers<\/strong> will not be able to align <strong>Damian Lillard<\/strong> For Game 1 of the first round against the Pacers, the Bucks coach now knows that the chances of having his playmaker for this series become more and more important. Indeed, the former of Portland no longer takes anticoagulants and can train with contact, and he has even already made 3-confit-3 this week.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;He did everything, without limitation at all, except for his lungs&#8221;<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6287761\/2025\/04\/17\/damian-lillard-blood-clots-bucks-playoffs\/\">Summarizes Doc Rivers<\/a> After Thursday training. <em>&#8220;I do not know the medical aspect of things, only the opinion of the doctors who told me that it was done safely. We will not put Damian in danger, nothing deserves to be done. \u00bb\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>A likely package on a quick return<\/h3>\n<p>The main concern for the star, if her deep venous thrombosis with a right calf is well behind her, is now to find her legs and her pace after a month in the fridge. His last game dates from March 18.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe do not catch up with this time by coming back suddenly. It will take time &#8220;<\/em>specifies Doc Rivers. <em>\u201cIt is not as if he was injured and could physically work. He was injured, that&#39;s how we said, but without being able to work, and it&#39;s hard. \u00bb\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<p>But the main thing is elsewhere: a return is possible. <em>&#8220;It could have ended his career and being likely to see him play in playoffs is a boon,&#8221; <\/em>Rejoices the former Celtic and Clippers coach.<em> \u201cHe returned so quickly. We have gone from 99% of chance that it was forfeited to really positive signs now that he will be with us. \u00bb\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<p>From then on, as Kevin Porter Jr says, <em>&#8220;Game 1, 2 or 3, whatever&#8221;<\/em> The moment of the series where Damian Lillard can find his teammates, because we <em>&#8220;Will be happy that he comes back, that&#39;s for sure&#8221;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] And Doc Rivers will not be able to align Damian Lillard For Game 1 of the first round against the Pacers, the Bucks coach now knows that the chances &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&quot;We will not put Damian Lillard in danger&quot; \u2022 Basket USA - Asport<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/asport.com.ng\/?p=4287\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&quot;We will not put Damian Lillard in danger&quot; \u2022 Basket USA - Asport\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[ad_1] And Doc Rivers will not be able to align Damian Lillard For Game 1 of the first round against the Pacers, the Bucks coach now knows that the chances &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/asport.com.ng\/?p=4287\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Asport\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-18T14:30:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Admin1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Admin1\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asport.com.ng\\\/?p=4287#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asport.com.ng\\\/?p=4287\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Admin1\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asport.com.ng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a63da2e56319023144668e6717055c09\"},\"headline\":\"&#8220;We will not put Damian Lillard in danger&#8221; \u2022 Basket USA\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-18T14:30:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asport.com.ng\\\/?p=4287\"},\"wordCount\":319,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asport.com.ng\\\/?p=4287#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"articleSection\":[\"BASKETBALL\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/asport.com.ng\\\/?p=4287#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asport.com.ng\\\/?p=4287\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asport.com.ng\\\/?p=4287\",\"name\":\"\\\"We will not put Damian Lillard in danger\\\" \u2022 Basket USA - Asport\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asport.com.ng\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asport.com.ng\\\/?p=4287#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asport.com.ng\\\/?p=4287#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-18T14:30:56+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asport.com.ng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a63da2e56319023144668e6717055c09\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asport.com.ng\\\/?p=4287#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/asport.com.ng\\\/?p=4287\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asport.com.ng\\\/?p=4287#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asport.com.ng\\\/?p=4287#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asport.com.ng\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"&#8220;We will not put Damian Lillard in danger&#8221; \u2022 Basket USA\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asport.com.ng\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asport.com.ng\\\/\",\"name\":\"Asport\",\"description\":\"Always for Sport\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asport.com.ng\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asport.com.ng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a63da2e56319023144668e6717055c09\",\"name\":\"Admin1\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d3f1a3acc2b5542dbfb9acb9f1c3f1ed07e528b7aa9bb345a0ba2eaa8c84ffb0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d3f1a3acc2b5542dbfb9acb9f1c3f1ed07e528b7aa9bb345a0ba2eaa8c84ffb0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d3f1a3acc2b5542dbfb9acb9f1c3f1ed07e528b7aa9bb345a0ba2eaa8c84ffb0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Admin1\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asport.com.ng\\\/?author=6\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\"We will not put Damian Lillard in danger\" \u2022 Basket USA - Asport","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/asport.com.ng\/?p=4287","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"\"We will not put Damian Lillard in danger\" \u2022 Basket USA - Asport","og_description":"[ad_1] And Doc Rivers will not be able to align Damian Lillard For Game 1 of the first round against the Pacers, the Bucks coach now knows that the chances &hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/asport.com.ng\/?p=4287","og_site_name":"Asport","article_published_time":"2025-04-18T14:30:56+00:00","author":"Admin1","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Admin1","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/asport.com.ng\/?p=4287#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/asport.com.ng\/?p=4287"},"author":{"name":"Admin1","@id":"https:\/\/asport.com.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/a63da2e56319023144668e6717055c09"},"headline":"&#8220;We will not put Damian Lillard in danger&#8221; \u2022 Basket USA","datePublished":"2025-04-18T14:30:56+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/asport.com.ng\/?p=4287"},"wordCount":319,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/asport.com.ng\/?p=4287#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","articleSection":["BASKETBALL"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/asport.com.ng\/?p=4287#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/asport.com.ng\/?p=4287","url":"https:\/\/asport.com.ng\/?p=4287","name":"\"We will not put Damian Lillard in danger\" \u2022 Basket USA - Asport","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/asport.com.ng\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/asport.com.ng\/?p=4287#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/asport.com.ng\/?p=4287#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2025-04-18T14:30:56+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/asport.com.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/a63da2e56319023144668e6717055c09"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/asport.com.ng\/?p=4287#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/asport.com.ng\/?p=4287"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/asport.com.ng\/?p=4287#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/asport.com.ng\/?p=4287#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/asport.com.ng\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"&#8220;We will not put Damian Lillard in danger&#8221; \u2022 Basket USA"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/asport.com.ng\/#website","url":"https:\/\/asport.com.ng\/","name":"Asport","description":"Always for Sport","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/asport.com.ng\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/asport.com.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/a63da2e56319023144668e6717055c09","name":"Admin1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d3f1a3acc2b5542dbfb9acb9f1c3f1ed07e528b7aa9bb345a0ba2eaa8c84ffb0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d3f1a3acc2b5542dbfb9acb9f1c3f1ed07e528b7aa9bb345a0ba2eaa8c84ffb0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d3f1a3acc2b5542dbfb9acb9f1c3f1ed07e528b7aa9bb345a0ba2eaa8c84ffb0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Admin1"},"url":"https:\/\/asport.com.ng\/?author=6"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/asport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}