[From ESPN]

PHILADELPHIA -- Milwaukee Bucks coach Doc Rivers said that Damian Lillard is feeling good as he recovers from deep vein thrombosis in his right calf and that there is "much more hope today" than there was a few days ago that he can return sometime this season.

Lillard, who missed his eighth straight game Thursday against the Philadelphia 76ers, did not make the road trip with the Bucks, with Rivers saying the team "decided against it" despite receiving a "great report" recently on Lillard's recovery.

"'Why mess with it?' was our thing, when flying or anything could affect that," Rivers said. "We have much more hope today than we did three days ago, I can tell you that. And so we're going to take everything that we can do to see if there's a way we can get him back."

Milwaukee announced last week that Lillard would be out indefinitely after being diagnosed with the issue in his right calf. That differed from the immediate diagnosis of San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama, who was ruled out for the season in February after deep vein thrombosis was diagnosed in his right shoulder.

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