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Dag Portland..Brandon Roy was Portland's last substitute in Tuesday's Game 2 loss at Dallas.
“I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little hurt, or disappointed,'' Roy said. “But the biggest thing is to keep moving, to try and keep my spirits up. But it's tough man. I just …. I just always thought I would be treated better. That was a little disappointing for me.''
Roy played a scoreless 7:59, missed his only shot from the field, missed both of his free throws, and made one turnover.
Roy said he believes he can still help this team, but he can't do it the way Nate McMillan used him in Game 2.
“I come in the last sub of the first quarter … then OK, I'm in there for (2:36), then I play, then it's the end of the quarter,'' Roy said. “Then I start the second and Bam! I'm right back on the bench again. I mean, I don't know what I could have done! Then I sit, and he puts Patty and Rudy in before me. I know physically I have to play, but mentally, how do I just go …''
Roy said he and McMillan had not spoken, and that he didn't plan on approaching McMillan on the team's long flight home.
“I think my nature I've never been one to confront. Never been the one to create controversy,'' Roy said. “I think coach is comfortable with his guys and it's hard for him to get me back in there. If that's what he is comfortable with, then I'm going to try and support the team. And if he can get us past (the first round), then he can. I just always thought I would be treated a little better, but … it is what it is. I'll be all right. I'll go home see my kids, and be happy.''
Via Oregonian
Read more: http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/213207/Roy_Disappointed_With_How_McMillan_Treated_Him_In_Game_2#ixzz1K6r1UtHj