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After Weeks In The Bubble, Lillard, Trail Blazers Have The Confidence To Go Dumb

Damian Lillard just just couldn’t help himself from dancing.

The 6-3 point guard was backpedaling into position on defense after hitting a 30-foot three-pointer to knot the score at 87-87 with 5:46 to play in Game 1 versus the Los Angeles Lakers when Too $hort’s “Blow The Whistle” started playing over the PA at AdventHeath Arena on the grounds of the Walt Disney World Resort outside of Orlando. Usually it would be difficult to make out much of anything in the fourth quarter of a close playoff game, but with no fans in attendance, the iconic baseline of the title track of the Oakland rapper’s 16th album could easy be heard.