Towards the Pacers, 5 of Lillard’s 13 assists went to Antetokounmpo. And, conversely, Antetokounmpo assisted on all three of Lillard’s 3-pointers for the night. “I think (we’re) just kind of honestly are getting to the point where we’re tuning everybody else out,” Lillard explained. “It’s just a lot of communication between the two of us, you know? “It has nothing to do with folks saying, ‘Oh, y’all want to do that or let’s attempt that.’ It’s like he sees what he sees. I see what I see. And we gotta use one another in that approach, and I feel it’s simply resulting in extra occasions the place once I’m having it, we’re placing folks in place to the place I’m throwing the ball to him.” -via New York Times / November 23, 2024
