NBA Playoffs 2019: Damian Lillard amused by Dennis Schroder's 'Dame Time' taunting: 'I thought it was funny he waited so late'

Benyam Kidane

NBA Playoffs 2019: Damian Lillard amused by Dennis Schroder's 'Dame Time' taunting: 'I thought it was funny he waited so late' image

Damian Lillard and Russell Westbrook's one-on-one battle has been one the most electrifying matchups of the first round of the NBA playoffs, with the trash talk starting to heat up as the series now sits at 2-1 to the Blazers, following OKC's home win today.

During the third quarter, Westbrook made the and-1 play over Lillard, doing his trademark 'rock the baby' celebration with his teammates on the bench getting involved. 

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Namely, Dennis Schroder who came armed with his own prop towel.


Russ went to the move again in the fourth quarter after scoring on Lillard, but it was Schroder who continued the antics late in the game, hitting Lillard with his famous 'Dame Time' tapping of the wrist after the Blazers point guard missed a free throw, much to the amusement of Lillard, who addressed it in the post-game press conference. 


"Yeah I did see it," Lillard said when asked about Schroder. "I thought it was kind of funny you know that he waited so late in the game when he knew the game was decided to do it, and he also hadn't done that, hadn't pulled that out the first two games, so I thought that was interesting." 


Lillard of course, torched the Thunder for 25 points in the third quarter of the game, finishing with 32 points on the night as he and Westbrook, who recorded 33 points and 11 assists, went back-and-forth throughout Game 3.

Paul George added to the ribbing throwing down a reverse jam just after the buzzer, instead of dribbling out the clock, a move Lillard said he wasn't really fazed by.


"It don't matter, the game was over, the game was decided," Lillard said post-game. 

"Typically, people say you don't do stuff like that but honestly, I really couldn't care less. The game had been decided and if that's something that they needed to do to make themselves feel more dominant or feel better, then so be it."


Get your popcorn ready. Game 4 is set for Monday.

Benyam Kidane

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Benyam Kidane is a senior NBA editor and has been covering the league for The Sporting News since 2016. In his spare time you can find him watching Allen Iverson highlights on repeat.