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The NBA is back at it with their “random” drug tests.
On Sunday night, Damian Lillard exploded and scored 71 points to the Trailblazers to a blowout win against the Houston Rockets.
A @trailblazers franchise-record & the 8th player in NBA history to score 70+ PTS in a single game.
All 71 of @Dame_Lillard's points from his historic outing 👏 pic.twitter.com/bg3XsLIiIM
— NBA (@NBA) February 27, 2023
DAMIAN LILLARD DROPS A CAREER-HIGH 71 POINTS ⌚ pic.twitter.com/TYcA1vxn9s
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) February 27, 2023
Immediately after the game, the NBA asked Lillard to have some blood drawn to get drug tested.
“I was like, ‘Are y’all serious?’” Lillard said. “I did the urine test yesterday, and then they backed it up with the blood-drawn tonight after the game—that’s actually my first time in my career being tested after a game.
Dame said tonight was the first time he had been blood-draw drug-tested following a game in his entire career.
His full thoughts on it: pic.twitter.com/ZKu5vIKmrd
— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) February 27, 2023
Lillard said he didn’t appreciate getting his blood drawn because he’s afraid of needles.
“And then aside from that, they know that I’m scared of needles,” he added. “I know I got a lot of tattoos, but when you doing a blood draw it’s different than tattoos.”
Hopefully the NBA chills out with the drug tests because Lillard is likely to go off again this season.