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Charles Curtis

Damian Lillard is somehow defending Draymond Green stomping on Domantas Sabonis

Domantas Sabonis Dray Damian Lillard Draymond Green NBA

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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