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Paul George left in the course of the fourth quarter of the Los Angeles Clippers’ 101-100 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday night time after injuring his proper leg.
After going as much as safe a defensive rebound in opposition to Thunder guard Lu Dort, George appeared to land awkwardly on his proper leg. He instantly fell to the ground, grabbed his proper knee and stayed down for a number of minutes. Ultimately, he was helped again to the locker room the place he remained for the remainder of the sport.
You can see the play the place the harm occurred beneath:
It actually did not look nice, however L.A. has to hope that George’s harm is not too critical, as an prolonged absence for the multi-faceted ahead might very effectively be a demise knell for the Clippers’ marketing campaign.
Before leaving the sport, George tallied 18 factors, seven rebounds, 5 assists and three steals in 35 minutes. He additionally turned in a professional dunk of the yr candidate with a full 360 throw down that was particularly spectacular given the truth that it got here within the half court docket versus in transition.
When George is wholesome, he is some of the dynamic two-way gamers in your entire NBA. Unfortunately, he is no stranger to harm points. He was restricted to simply 31 video games final season as a result of an elbow harm, and he missed time with a knee harm this season. Earlier this month, he mentioned that he was lastly beginning to really feel like himself out on the ground.
“I’m in a position to really hoop,” George mentioned after L.A.’s latest win over Memphis. “I had a tough time planting and pushing off for a very long time. But now my physique feels fairly good. So I really feel like I can do issues that I have never been in a position to do just about for the entire season.”
Clippers coach Ty Lue did not have any updates on George’s standing instantly after the sport, however one will certainly be supplied within the close to future.
