Billups loses patience, Lillard targeted by an attack!
In the grip of doubts this season, Damian Lillard and the Blazers continue to sink over the games. As a result, Chauncey Billups criticized everyone after the latest setback. And even Dame Dolla, yet absent against Boston, is concerned by the muscular focus …
Between a mediocre sporting situation (11-13, 10ᵉ in the West) and a front office in the throes of a major upheavalPortland is not having a good time in the last few days. A victory against the Celtics could therefore have brought a little calm and a positive… Instead, the welcome from Jayson Tatum & co. resulted in a stinging loss, 145-117. After just 12 minutes, the Rip City players had already cashed 38 units!
A dismaying performance of nullity therefore, which did not fail to react Chauncey Billups. Usually quite calm, the coach was indeed implacable concerning his holders. Of course, Damian Lillard was out against the Celtics, but it’s a more general trend, throughout the start of the season, which makes the manager tick.
Chauncey Billups without mercy on the holders of the Blazers
The 2004 champion even went so far as to talk about never-before-seen: by saluting the work of his replacements, he took the opportunity to put a big tackle to the executives of the roster …
It is a problem of starters, of veterans. We got used to playing soft at the start of the match, and we are counting on our substitutes to get us back in the game. Often times they do. Even at half-time, I told them: “I’ve never seen a team that needs its bench to inspire its holders, it’s crazy. It’s supposed to be the other way around ”.
Lillard being de facto the conductor of the Blazers, and a veteran, difficult not to take these remarks for him, even in his absence vis-a-vis Boston…
The Blazers have been purring since the start of the season, and according to their coach, it is indeed the holders who must put a big kick in the back. Remember that at the moment, the Blazers simply have the worst defense in the league. We will therefore have to whip to find a solution, under penalty of losing any chance of going to the playoffs.
Chauncey Billups is visibly fed up with seeing his incumbents dragging himself around the start of the game, and he did not fail to let it be known after the debacle against Boston. To see if Damian Lillard & co. will show a reaction of pride in the days to come …
