Here’s the Oregonian reporting on Damian Lillard, the heart and sole of the Portland Trail Blazers. Lillard has managed to play all 82 games in each of his three regular seasons, and to keep things that way may want to cut down on his preseason minutes:
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It was the one sight no Trail Blazers fan wanted to see Thursday: Damian Lillard limping off the court.
But there was the Blazers’ star at the end of the third quarter, hobbling off the court with a wince because of a re-aggravated left ankle sprain.
Although Lillard called the injury “minor” it was enough of a scare to cause him to reverse his thinking about his play moving forward this preseason.
“I need to stay off the floor,” Lillard conceded after Thursday’s 118-101 exhibition victory over Golden State.
