The Golden State Warriors and Portland Trail Blazers just played Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals (with the Warriors winning 114-111), and Portland star Damian Lillard broke out some lime green shoes that would make Slimer proud.
The shoes really stood out on HDTV, and drew plenty of tweets from viewers. One common suggestion on Twitter: were these shoes serving as an advertisement for Hulu, which Lillard has been a spokesman for?
damian lillard’s shoes scream HULU HAS LIVE SPORTS pic.twitter.com/jF9gn3Knku
— alexander siu (@siushi) May 17, 2019
Looks like @hulu cut the check for @Dame_Lillard game shoes.
— Ren (@LLCOOLREN) May 17, 2019
https://twitter.com/m_noble_ia/status/1129195637793316864
And the shoes reminded many other people of the arcade classic NBA Jam.
Lillard's got the NBA Jam turbo shoes on
— jordan da bull ewe (@jordub) May 17, 2019
And some even blamed the shoes for a turnover Lillard had in the final seconds of the loss:
If Dame wasn’t wearing dumbass shoes he wouldn’t have turned it over
— Ben Fletcher (@Fletchsports) May 17, 2019