Damian Lillard

Damian Lillard Could Be Shut Down For The Season

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2 years ago

March 26, 2023

Joshua

Damian Lillard Could Be Shut Down For The Season

With the Trail Blazers 3.5 games out of the play-in tournament and only having 9 games left to play, the organization is leaning towards shutting down Dame Time for the remainder of the season.

Lillard has spoken recently about playing it smart when there is nothing to compete for anymore in a season, it doesn’t come as a shock that he brought that up when knowing that he is dealing with a calf injury.

He has only played in 58 of Portland’s 73 games but has a career-high average in points. With that being said, as impressive as that is, it looks like his team will be missing the playoffs for a second consecutive season.

This was per Shams Charania of The Athletic as an announcement of the Blazers shutting him down could be happening within the coming days, that is to be determined.

Bucks

Damian Lillard To Play In Game 2 Against Pacers

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2 days ago

April 22, 2025

Joshua

Damian Lillard To Play In Game 2 Against Pacers

According to ESPN’s Shams Charania, the Milwaukee Bucks will have the much needed return of Damian Lillard for Tuesday’s Game 2 against the Indiana Pacers.

Lillard has not played since March 18th due to deep vein thrombosis. Despite developing the blood clots, he was recently taken off of blood-thinning medication and being able to have early treatment, detecting of the issue, and having specialists being able to treat Lillard even before a formal diagnosis.

The Bucks lost 117-98 to Tyrese Haliburton’s team, which caught some fans off guard. Outside of Giannis Antetokounmpo’s performance, everyone lacked severely. Most notably Kyle Kuzma, who did not record a single statistic in 22 minutes of play.

The 34-year-old averaged 24.9 points, 4.7 rebounds, 7.1 assists, and 1.2 steals in 58 appearances.

Bucks

Damian Lillard Expected To Return Game 2 Or Game 3

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5 days ago

April 19, 2025

Joshua

Damian Lillard Expected To Return Game 2 Or Game 3

According to ESPN’s Shams Charania, the Milwaukee Bucks could see the return of Damian Lillard very soon. In fact, there is a concrete timeline of when he could return.

After his recent progress on treatment for deep vein thrombosis, Lillard has a real shot of playing in Game 2 or Game 3 of the first round. With him being out since March 18th, nobody knew exactly how serious or how long he would be out for.

Game 2 is on Tuesday, with Game 3 being on Friday. With the doctors giving him a clean bill of health, Lillard can now ramp up the contact practices and set his sights on playing as soon as next week.

Bucks

Damian Lillard (DVT) Able To Enter Recovery Phase

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6 days ago

April 18, 2025

Joshua

Damian Lillard (DVT) Able To Enter Recovery Phase

Tremendous news came out featuring Damian Lillard and his current blood clot situation, and that is the fact he has been cleared of his deep vein thrombosis (DVT for short).

While he cannot play in Game 1 against the Indiana Pacers, the talented veteran can resume contact workouts and begin ramping himself up for games in the future.

According to ESPN’s Shams Charania, Lillard is no longer required to take blood-thinning medication. In just over three weeks, Lillard has been able to be medically cleared. This development is something doctors never have seen before.

The medical professionals told Milwaukee that this was due to early treatment, detection of the issue, and having specialists being able to treat Lillard even before a formal diagnosis.

The Bucks first round matchup is against the Pacers, which will be an exciting series. Their contest begins Saturday.