The PG Injury

03/22/2023 The PG Injury

By: Jeff Yoder

Clippers Hold Their Breath After Paul George Suffers Right Knee Injury in Loss to Thunder

The Clippers and Thunder met Tuesday night in a battle for Western Conference playoff positioning, but the Clippers faithful are in distress after their All-Star guard Paul George suffered a hyper-extended right knee going up for a rebound. Basketball fans will remember nine years ago when George suffered a horrific fracture of his right leg with Team USA. He immediately fell to the floor before being helped off. And while he’s still being evaluated, losing George for the season would be a doomsday scenario for the Clippers. Los Angeles lost the game on a miss from Kawhi Leonard in the final seconds (101-100), but they had won five of their last six to reach the 4-seed in the West. The Thunder — 8-2 in their last 10 games — are now the hottest team in the West since the start of March.

 

Watch: Paul George Suffers Scary Knee Injury

 

Other NBA Highlights

 

Spida’s Must-See Slam: Dunk of the year candidate? We think so. The Cavs clipped the Nets on Tuesday in Brooklyn (115-109) behind 31 points from Donovan Mitchell, but Spida delivered a must-see poster on Yuta Watanabe. If you watch one link today, we recommend this one.

 

Morant Set to Return: Ja Morant was back at practice for the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday after serving an eight-game suspension for flashing a weapon in an Instagram video last month. He’s expected to play tonight against the Rockets. Memphis has won three in a row.

 

Celtics Lock Down Kings: The Celtics handed the playoff-hungry Kings their second straight loss with a blowout on Tuesday (132-109). Boston got 36 and 27 from Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, respectively, to give the Celtics their 50th win. The Kings (43-29) are still chasing their first postseason berth since 2006.

 

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