Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard had homophobic slurs shouted at him after his team’s loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. Via ESPN’s Chris Haynes:
Two fans shouted anti-gay slurs at Portland Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard while he was walking to the team bus on Monday night, sources told ESPN.
Lillard confirmed to ESPN that the phrases were shouted at him after the Blazers’ 108-107 loss to the Timberwolves in Minnesota.
“I don’t bother nobody,” Lillard told ESPN. “They were straight disrespectful.”
Cellphone video captured an irritated Lillard approaching the hecklers, asking, “Which one of you all said that?” A woman in the area pointed out one of the individuals, and that person apologized. Sources at the scene say no action was taken against the fans.
The Blazers lost the game vs. the Timberwolves on a missed would-be game-winning 3-pointer by Lillard.
Lillard, 27, is averaging 25.5 points, 6.5 assists and a career-high 5.1 rebounds per game. He’s shooting 42 percent from the floor and 34.8 percent from 3-point range.
The Blazers, led by the dynamic backcourt that Lillard is one half of, are currently 16-14, putting them at fifth in the Western Conference.
