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Charles Curtis

Damian Lillard is somehow defending Draymond Green stomping on Domantas Sabonis

The defense of Draymond Green stomping Domantas Sabonis from Game 2 of the Golden State Warriors’ playoff series against the Sacramento Kings is on.

Dray claims that Sabonis grabbed his ankle and that the only place he could step was … on Sabonis. Heck, Green called it a “solid basketball play” on Instagram, focusing on a screenshot of Sabonis’s hands seemingly around his ankle.

And there’s actually a fellow NBA player who thinks the play was on Sabonis and NOT on the guy who stomped his foot down on a star player: Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard, who tweeted this:

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Some responses:

 

 

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