Lillard, who reached an incredible milestone on Tuesday by scoring his 20,000th career point, spoke to reporters after the game to discuss the win. Dame has been around long enough to be well aware of the fact that the Bucks were in great danger of undermining the Spurs: “I think anytime you get into a game like this with a team that’s on a losing streak, their best player is out, those are the trap games where a team like this who’s really well coached, you know they’re not going to come out and just lay off,” Lillard said, via Jim Owczarski of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “They play with a lot of pace, they move the ball, they cut hard, everything they do they do it with purpose.
“If you try to ease into a game against a team like that, you can find yourself down by 15 and it has nothing to do with ability or who is on the floor, it’s just the way that they play and the way that they’re coached. Setting a tone and establishing ourself in the beginning was extremely important.
Khris Middleton tied his season-high for the Milwaukee Bucks during Sunday’s 128-119 victory over the Houston Rockets. The three-time All-Star has been making waves of late following a slow start to the season as he continues to recover from offseason surgery. It’s not just Middleton’s knee that has been holding him back. He’s also had to adjust to his demotion as the team’s third option after the summer arrival of superstar point guard Damian Lillard.
