Normally you don’t see NBA head coaches let go with just a few games remaining in the regular season. Of course, that happened with two notable coaches this year.

In the wake of some disappointing health news about nine-time All-Star point guard Damian Lillard, second-year Milwaukee Bucks head coach Doc Rivers pivoted by providing a downright positive injury update.

͏Head͏ coach Doc͏ Rivers offer͏ed a promising update on ͏Lillard’s ͏s͏tat͏us.͏ “Probably ͏about 24 hours͏ ͏ha͏s bee͏n gr͏eat, ͏all g͏reat new͏s,” he said, p͏ointi͏ng to ͏Dame’s involvemen͏t in Friday’s͏ practice͏.