Antetokounmpo: “I have never seen such a buzzer beater up close! Lillard will score more like that”

THE John Antetokounmpo spoke admiringly of him Damian Lillard after the game-winning buzzer beater hit for the Bucks against the Kings.

“Our best win this year was against the Celtics. But it’s also very important the way it came, as we were down by six with almost a minute to go, but we managed to win. I don’t think we should have got there to win the match, but I’m glad we did it the way we did and everyone was happy. We have to enjoy it and live the moment out loud“, he emphasized.

“We had five seconds and made the best decision. The play was for me to get the ball and give it to Lillard. But it didn’t have to be that way, because Dame put it in the logo. When I saw him get up and I was looking at the ball in the air I was like ‘this shit is going in’. It was like I was watching the whole thing in slow motion. And then I saw him pointing at his watch and people celebrating! That was the hardest winning shot I’ve ever seen anyone hit. Chris (s.s. Middleton) is going to be pissed off… Everyone in the team knows what Dame can do and we’re rooting for him. At the end of the games he always succeeds. He will hit more big shots like this and we have confidence in him“, he said.

About the problems he had in his shoulder before the match, he said: “I always want to play. We’ve played 40 matches and I’ve only lost one, so I’m proud of that. I want to be available for my team after an offseason where I didn’t play basketball, wasn’t able to compete with my national team or train.”

Finally, he caused the journalists to laugh when he identified a problem with the… locker room carpet. “Someone ruined our carpet. Obsessive compulsive disorder hit me now. That’s the part we were missing (laughs),” he joked.