Bucks' Damian Lillard: Won't feature Thursday

Lillard (rest) is out of Thursday's preseason game against the Mavericks, Brad Townsend of The Dallas Morning News reports.

Head coach Doc Rivers is being overly cautious with his star players, and he won't play either Lillard or Giannis Antetokounmpo (rest) in the preseason finale. However, the star guard should be ready to go for the regular-season opener against the 76ers on Oct. 23.