The Los Angeles Clippers orchestrated their biggest comeback of the 2023-24 NBA season on Sunday, overcoming a 26-point deficit against the Cleveland Cavaliers to get a 120-118 win. And they have their All-Star Paul George to thank for that.
George delivered one of his best performances of the season against the Cavs, scoring 39 points, 23 of which came in the fourth quarter. He also added 11 rebounds and seven assists while playing every minute of the second half.
According to George, he was the one who asked Clippers’ head coach Ty Lue to keep him in the game for the entire second half.
“I wanted to stay in, and I just felt we were making a good push,” George said. “And he trusted me to just continue it on. But I’ve been saying, I just played until the clock hit zero. I thought we were in striking range and my aggression just got higher, and so it was just a will to win at that point.”
It was an important win for the Clippers as it increased their chances of keeping the home court advantage in the first round of the playoffs. They are currently sitting in fourth place on the Western Conference standings with a 50-28 record and have a two-game advantage over the fifth-placed Dallas Mavericks.
