The past several days have seen such dramatic improvements in Damian Lillard’s situation that few could have foreseen even just a week ago. In one week, we’ve gone from optimism, to more optimism, to being cleared, getting a Game 2 or 3 timeline, to questionable, to ESPN’s Shams Charania now stating on NBA Countdown that Dame will hit the floor for the first time in over a month tonight. We know well how unprecedented this all is, but still, it’s simply incredible that he’ll be playing NBA basketball not even a month after being diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis in his right calf.
Damian Lillard set to return tonight
