LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. Portland Trail Blazers All-Star Damian Lillard and other “visiting” stars will no longer hear music or tracks they are known to enjoy while playing ‘road’ games in the bubble, sources told Yahoo Sports .
‘No, I will not play’ Blow the Whistle ‘ [by Too Short] last night, ”Milwaukee Bucks official DJ Shawna told Yahoo Sports before the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Blazers 111-88 in Game 2 on Thursday. “I will only do it if it’s a Blazer home game.”
In the Game 1 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday, Lillard hit a deep triple in the stripe and then danced for a few seconds as the Oakland legend’s “Blow the Whistle” played in the arena.
Lillard, a native of Oakland, immediately started dancing when he was ready to play defense. That’s not normally the atmosphere where a star player is treated to a big play on the road.
“It was just that I recognized the East Oakland national anthem and went silent for a second,” Lillard told TNT’s Jared Greenberg in a walkoff interview after Game 1.
Lillard finished Tuesday’s game with a game-high 34 points and hit six threes.
Three official team-committed DJs, and one who assists the LA Clippers, were selected to start over with 22 teams in the Disney bubble, and they spin in shifts to win every game.
The DJs: DJ Shawna (Milwaukee Bucks), DJ MIL (Brooklyn Nets) and DJ Paws (Denver Nuggets). DJ AK of the Clippers went to the seeding games.
The DJ adds to the game-day experience by creating an atmosphere meant to hype the “home team” team.
Of course, these DJs sometimes have to act against the teams they deploy. In a Trail Blazers “home” game, Dame DOLLA’s tracks are in heavy rotation.
DJ MIL worked on the Lakers-Blazers game on Tuesday and happened to be “Blow the Whistle” on his playlist. Sources ahead, the sources said, the emphasis will be placed on going through playlists to ensure that certain tracks are not iconic for the “visiting” team or on opponents of stars who are meant to be on the ‘road’ to being.
Lillard was held to 18 points on Thursday night, his lowest point total in the reboot, and also his left index finger loosened. X-rays were negative and he said he will play in Game 3 on Saturday.
DJ Shawna played mostly Los Angeles-based hits by Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit and Tupac in Game 2.
The Lakers, whose chances have dropped to +310 to win it all at BetMGM, were one of the teams to claim that there is no advantage of home runs in the restart.
With no fans present, “home teams” teams are left with fake crowd noise, advantageous PA announcers and muted virtual fans in the background.
“No, here’s no advantage of court,” LeBron James said this week. ‘But at the end of the day I live by one code and that the game is won between those four lines and not on paper. … That it really does not matter who is in the stands. When it’s time to lock in, lock yourself in. “
