France faced Germany in a friendly matchup, however, this match was not so friendly as it escalated into a mass brawl among players. Particularly, a fierce altercation occurred between Dennis Schroder and Evan Fournier in the match which garnered attention from the NBA community as well as some players, with Damian Lillard being one of them. Notably, Lillard gathered all the attention of the NBA community for his reaction to this fight.
Lillard could not control his laughter after watching the video of Schroder choking Fournier as he took to social media platform, Instagram to put forward his hilarious take on the heated scenario. In addition, Lillard’s reaction also garnered a lot of attention from NBA fans all over the world as it was unusual coming from him.
On Instagram, Lillard shared a post by Bleacher Report on his story, adding his comment on the same.
The flinch after running up got me dead man.
Damian Lillard wrote on Instagram Stories
The reason why Lillard found this funny was because before Schroder put his hands on Fournier’s neck, he stopped for a second which made the video a bit funny by the looks of it. However, this altercation between Schroder and Fournier was quickly stopped by their respected teammates stepping in.
On the contrary, as the Olympics approach, top teams are attempting to accumulate as much game time as possible to compete for the gold medal. France and Germany remain among the favorites to win the gold medal in the competition. It remains to be seen which nation well and truly claims the gold medal in the upcoming Paris Olympics.
Damian Lillard praised the WNBA star, Angel Reese
The Milwaukee Bucks’ star man Damian Lillard has been quite active on the social media platform Instagram recently as he took to his stories to praise the WNBA star, Angel Reese. In addition, Reese scored a career-high 27 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to guide the Sky to an 88-84 victory over the Seattle Storm.
After witnessing Reese’s spectacular performance, Lillard was left surprised by her performance and showered praise on the Sky rookie. The Bucks All-Star even acknowledged that what Reese did was “crazy.” Damian Lillard wrote on his Instagram story, “Angel goin crazy.” Lillard summed up Reese’s performance pretty much with these words.
Also, Reese has been performing brilliantly in the WNBA as of yet. She’s averaging a double-double this season (13.9 points and 11.7 rebounds). Not only that, she’s also battling it out with another WNBA star, Caitlin Clark for the 2024 WNBA Rookie of the Year Award. It will be intriguing to watch how the season unfolds further for Reese and her side, the Chicago Sky.
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