Milwaukee Bucks star Damian Lillard There will be the beginning of Play -off NBA due to a blood clot in his right calf, sources said ESPN.
The Bucks Play Game 1 from their first round series Saturday against Indiana Pacers.
The doctors investigating Lillard, who has been on March 18 at 18 March, believes that the veteran guard brings significant progress with a reduction in the blood clot in the calf, the sources said. Lillard must still be cleaned to restore full basketball activities.
On Tuesday, Bucks announced that Lillard had “significant improvement in his deep venous thrombosis” and that the nine-fold all-star would increase its activity in the court. The team did not offer a clear timetable for Lillard’s return.
“Damian’s last weekly scan shows that his injuries have improved significantly, allowing him to safely proceed with increased basketball activity,” said Bucks CEO Jon Horst. “Damian’s health remains our priority No. 1. We watched strict protocols and we will continue to do so.
Bucks announced last month That Lillard, 34, would be indefinite for a time. At that time, the team said Lillard used medication for thingy blood to stabilize that Horst added that Bucks would “support him when he moves in this weekly process of strict criteria to ensure that it is safe for him to return to the game”.
Bucks Coach Doc Rivers said at the beginning of this month that was optimistic that Lillard would return At some point, but he acknowledged that the team was also ready to miss the rest of the season nine times.
“There is no warranty to have it,” said Rivers 3. April.
Lillard average 24.9 points and 7.1 assists before it was displaced into the last 14 Milwaukee games in a regular season. Bucks went 10-4 in these competitions and ended the season on the eight-sided winning lane.
This report was contributed by Tim BontEmpps ESPN.
