PORTLAND -- Like most, if not all, of the NBA community, Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard was hurting coming into the game versus the Pacers after news broke earlier in the day that Kobe Bryant, his daughter Giana and seven other souls died in a helicopter crash Sunday morning in Los Angeles. Lillard, like many of his peers, was unsure how he could play just hours after losing an idol, peer and. friend.
"I don't even know how we supposed to play this game tonight," said Lillard prior to Sunday's game. "It's just one of those things that makes you sick to your stomach.