Lillard had the highest point total for a player making his Bucks debut, surpassing the 34 that Terry Cummings scored in 1984.
"It was definitely different," Lillard said."I think I've been in an environment where I come in the arena and know everybody that works in the arena. When I get on the court, I look around and I even recognize the fans that have been there year after year after year. It's just a super, super familiar environment that I'd been in."And when I come here, it kind of feels like a road game right now.
Lillard put the Bucks ahead for good 105-104 by sinking a 3-pointer with 3:41 remaining. Antetokounmpo got an offensive rebound on his own miss and found Lillard open behind the arc. "You just got a sense during the game, he wasn't going to let us lose," Bucks coach Adrian Griffin said., who was facing his former boss. Griffin spent the last five seasons as an assistant coach on a Toronto Raptors staff headed by
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