‘Blowing things out like a mf’: Star slams reports; contender’s $10k botched protest: NBA Wrap

Damian Lillard has hit again at NBA media for “blowing things out of proportion” following his current feedback about his first season in Milwaukee.

Lillard in an interview with Chris Mannix opened up on his commerce from Portland and the way he’s struggled being away from his household.

“Being away from my kids is tough. In Portland, my life was set up … just my whole life was set up perfectly right there,” Lillard stated within the interview. “So just leaving that behind alone is a lot. And then you add the basketball side to it, and that is what it is.

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“It’s definitely lonely because I’m such a family guy. My life is my family.”

The eight-time All-Star additionally commented on the Bucks’ detached season amid lofty expectations — regardless of at present sitting third within the East — a season it parted methods with first-year coach Adrian Griffin and changed him with Doc Rivers.

“I thought we was going to be how Boston is right now. But I think what I’ve learned is that some things take time, especially stuff that has reward in the end,” Lillard stated.

“You can’t come into it and think that it’s just going to be all peaches and cream. We’ve had our ups and downs. We’ve had a coaching change. I haven’t completely settled in to finding who am I on this team. And that’s kind of a tough thing.”

In a now-deleted Instagram story re-sharing a headline that learn: “Damian Lillard is “lonely” in Milwaukee,” Lillard stated: “Blowing things out of proportion like a mf.”

He additionally commented on the publish, writing: “Y’all gotta stop man. I am just fine lol.”

The Bucks have gone 6-7 below Rivers together with profitable their final three in a row.

KNICKS’ PROTEST REJECTED BY NBA

The Knicks’ current protest has been formally rejected by the NBA.

The league, as anticipated, denied the Knicks’ submitting over the admitted incorrect foul known as in opposition to Jalen Brunson close to the tip of their Feb. 13 loss to the Rockets in Houston.

“The Knicks protested the result of the game on the ground that a shooting foul was called incorrectly on the Knicks’ Jalen Brunson for making contact with the Rockets’ Aaron Holiday during a last-second shot attempt,” the NBA stated in a press release. “Under the standard for NBA game protests, New York was required to demonstrate that there was a misapplication of the official playing rules, as opposed to an error in judgment by game officials.

“Because the foul call at issue reflected an error in judgment, New York did not demonstrate a misapplication of the playing rules, and the extraordinary remedy of upholding a game protest was not warranted.”

The Knicks had filed the protest with the league in an try to increase the sport to extra time after the officiating crew had acknowledged the wrong foul known as in opposition to Brunson — main to 2 tiebreaking free throws by Holiday with 0.3 seconds remaining.

The NBA solely has upheld six of 44 formal protests in its historical past and one since 1982 — a December 2007 sport by which Heat centre Shaquille O’Neal was dominated to have fouled out when he solely had been assessed 5 fouls.

The Knicks, who weren’t slated to face the Rockets once more this season, shall be charged $10,000 for the unsuccessful protest.

Brunson (neck/cervical spasms) once more has been listed as questionable for Friday’s residence sport in opposition to the Warriors after sitting out Tuesday’s loss to the Pelicans. Isaiah Hartenstein (Achilles) is predicted to play after being faraway from the damage report. Andrew Wiggins (private causes) is out for the Warriors.Veteran guard Alec Burks missed six of seven field-goal makes an attempt — together with each from 3-point vary — in Wednesday’s loss.

He’s capturing 31.4 per cent in seven video games in his second stint with the Knicks following a deadline commerce with the Pistons.

“He’s gotta shoot ’em. They’re open,” Tom Thibodeau stated of Burks after the sport, the Knicks’ seventh loss of their previous 10 video games. “We knew we were gonna have to have volume 3s and we were gonna have to make to have a chance. So I like the 3s that he got.”

-This story was initially printed in The New York Post and reproduced with permission.

ALL RESULTS

MAVERICKS 136 RAPTORS 125

PELICANS 114 PACERS 123

CAVALIERS 123 BULLS 132

GRIZZLIES 101 TIMBERWOLVES 110

KINGS 96 NUGGETS 117

LAKERS 116 CLIPPERS 112