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.

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The Los Angeles Clippers president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank confirmed that the franchise remains committed to building a team around stars Kawhi Leonard and Paul George next season. Frank’s announcement came after the Clippers were dumped out of the first round of the Western Conference playoffs in a five-game series loss to the Phoenix Suns.

“When we traded for Paul and signed Kawhi as a free agent in 2019, it wasn’t for one or two years, wasn’t three or four,” Frank announced. “Every year you have those guys, they give you a chance. And so it’s about surrounding those guys to continue to improve your chances.”

Frank will be hoping that the Clippers will be able to make more use of both players next season after injuries cut their appearances short this season. George was sidelined for the last nine games of the regular season and the entire playoff clash with the Suns due to a sprained right knee, while Leonard missed the final three games against the Suns due to a torn meniscus in his right knee.

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The Los Angeles Clippers NBA title hopes took a big hit on Tuesday night after their star forward Paul George suffered a knee injury. George was hurt in the fourth quarter of a 101-100 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder and needed to be carted off the court.

According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, George is set to miss the rest of the NBA’s regular season. He will be re-evaluated in two to three weeks, after which the Clippers will determine his status for the playoffs.

George’s injury couldn’t come at a worse moment for the Clippers. The team went through some initial hiccups after adding several players around the NBA trade deadline, including Russell Westbrook and Eric Gordon, but have since found their stride. Before the OKC loss, the LA team won five out of their six games.

The most important thing for the Clippers will now be to survive George’s absence and remain out of the Play-In part of the standings. They are sitting at No.5 in the West at the moment, being 1.5 games clear from the Thunder and the Dallas Mavericks, two teams looking to make a run for the Top 6 and the automatic playoff spot.

Paul George already missed time this season but produced on a high level when healthy. He is averaging 23.8 points, 6.1 rebounds, and 5.1 assists per game in 2022-23. 

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Paul George and Kawhi Leonard found themselves at the forefront of what was a hard-fought 135-129 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday night.

Memphis grabbed a 14-point lead over the Clippers after scoring a mammoth 51-point haul in the third quarter. In response, George and Leonard linked up to score 25 of the Clippers’ final 28 points in order to complete the team’s comeback.

“We just played harder,” George said. “Which really was the difference. We just brought another level. We played with some grit and we changed … I just felt tonight we just had a winning spirit.”

Overall, George contributed 42 points and 11 rebounds on the night while Leonard scored 34 points along with 10 rebounds and four assists. New arrival Russell Westbrook also got in on the action, grabbing nine points, six assists, and five rebounds.

By completing their comeback, the Clippers have become the first team to win a game despite conceding 50 points in a single quarter since the Cleveland Cavaliers back on Nov. 12, 1991, against the Milwaukee Bucks. This win also brought an end to the Clippers’ five game losing streak, marking their first victory since the All-Star break.

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Shooting guard Paul George made his return from injury for the Los Angeles Clippers in Tuesday night’s 120-110 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers at the Crypto.com Arena. George’s return to the team has been warmly received by the Clippers, who have now lost eight of their last 10 games.

In George’s opinion, injuries have been at the heart of the Clippers’ poor form. “We’ve just been behind the ball in terms of injuries, lineups, and guys in and out,” George observed. “Urgency starts now. We’ve got to start playing with some desperation.”

George was absent for five consecutive games due to a flare-up of his right hamstring injury that previously kept him out for seven straight games earlier on in the season.

While the Clippers showed some signs of promise, eliminating a 14-point deficit in the second quarter en route to taking a four-point lead in the third before the 76ers outscored them 36-13 after that to secure the win. George grabbed 13 points and eight rebounds during his 28 minutes on the court.

Currently, the Clippers are seventh in the Western Conference standings at 23-23. They will need an urgent boost in performance in order to hold onto a playoff spot.

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All-Star forward Paul George followed up his recent comments about finishing his career with LA Clippers with actions on Thursday.

The Clippers announced that George inked a four-year extension that keeps him under contract through 2023-24. The deal also contains a player option for the 2024-25 season.

According to reports, the extension is worth $190 million, which puts George on track to earn $226 million in the next five years.

“I am proud to call this my home and look forward to doing my part in helping make the team a tremendous success—both on and off the court—in the years ahead,” said George after the deal became official.

Securing Paul George’s services was crucial for the Los Angeles Clippers, considering that he could have hit free agency next year. This would’ve been a nightmare scenario for the organization, after they gave up a massive package last year to bring him from the Oklahoma City Thunder.

The trade saw the Clippers giving up perspective guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and veteran Danilo Gallinari while also sending five first-round draft picks and two pick-swap rights to OKC.

In his first year with Clippers, George struggled to perform on his All-NBA level from 2018-19. He averaged just 21.5 points per game, his lowest in an injury-free season since 2013, while also underperforming in the playoffs where Clippers blew 3-1 lead in the Western Conference semis against the Denver Nuggets.

The Clippers are now banking that George will return to All-Star level under new head coach Ty Lue, and that they can resurrect their NBA title hopes this season. The organization is probably also hoping that George’s commitment will prompt teammate Kawhi Leonard to do the same.

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The Los Angeles Clippers have superstars Kawhie Leonard and Paul George under contract for just one more year, putting the franchise in the danger of collapsing if the duo decides to move on. Still, Clippers’ new head coach Ty Lue believes there is no room for worry.

In a recent chat with ESPN, Lue talked about the Clippers’ struggles last season and the concerns of some fans that Leonard and George might opt to enter the free agency next summer. For the 43-year-old coach, that doesn’t seem to be an option as he believes the duo is there to stay.

“I think Kawhi and PG are here to stay for a long time,” said Lue. “I think, in their situation and where they want to be, it’s here with the Clippers.”

Lue, who spent the past season as an assistant, also explained that he and the rest of the organization need to do their part in putting Leonard and George in the position to win.

“We just have to make it a great environment, and we have to win,” he added.

It is great that Lue remains positive, but the fact is that the departure of Kawhi Leonard and Paul George would equal a disaster for LA Clippers. While the franchise brought in Leonard for free, they needed to part ways with a scary package to get in George, including five first-round draft picks and talented guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

This makes it imperative for the Clippers to do everything to keep Leonard and George on board. Any other scenario would put them in an even worse situation than in the 2000s when playoffs were wishful thinking for the franchise. 

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Los Angeles Clippers’ 107-103 overtime win against Boston Celtics on Wednesday night saw All-Stars Paul George and Kawhi Leonard sharing the floor for the first time as teammates. But, as it turns out, George and Leonard could have played together a long time before joining Clippers this summer.

In a recent Ohm Youngmisuk’s recent cover story for ESPN, George revealed that he wanted Indiana Pacers to deal him to San Antonio Spurs in 2017 so he could team up with Leonard.

George informed Pacers in the summer of 2017 that he didn’t intend to resign with the franchise following the expiration of his contract next summer. It was widely presumed that he wanted to join Los Angeles Lakers as his top destination, but according to him Spurs were also high on the list.

“I wanted to be traded to San Antonio,” – said George. “We wanted to go to San Antonio first, and we didn’t make that happen.”

The league sources say that Spurs, in fact, did engage in talks with Pacers, but they lacked assets to make a compelling offer for an All-Star player. Indiana ended up trading George to Oklahoma City Thunder in exchange for Domantas Sabonis and Victor Oladipo.

In their first game as Clippers, Paul George and Kawhi Leonard managed to put on a solid performance. George poured in 25 points to go with 5 assists and 8 rebounds while Leonard added 17 points, six rebounds, three assists, and three steals.

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Oklahoma City Thunder parted ways with their All-Star duo Paul George and Russell Westbrook this offseason swiftly transforming themselves from a playoff contender to a lottery team. And while many believed that this process was kicked off by George’s trade request, it looks like the truth might be somewhat different.

George made a trade request shortly after the start of free agency and ended up being dealt to Los Angeles Clippers, where he teamed up with Kawhi Leonard. After that, Russell Westbrook also left OKC, heading to Houston Rockets. This officially marked the start of a rebuilding period for the Thunder, who saw first-round playoff exits in the previous three years.

Now, Clippers’ head coach Doc Rivers claims that OKC wanted to “break their team up” all along after this lack of success which made it easier for his team to acquire Paul George.

“We showed [Leonard] everybody else, and he didn’t want to hear it.” – Rivers told Arash Markazi of the Los Angeles Times while guiding him through their free agency meeting with Leonard. “He just stayed on Paul George, so after the meeting we sat down and I said, ‘We got to get Paul George. I don’t know how we are going to do it, but we have to do it.’ We did know that Oklahoma City wanted to break their team up, so that helped, but we didn’t know if we could get him.”

Oklahoma City Thunder managed to pick up a bunch of draft picks from the Clippers in a George trade, while also getting forward Danilo Gallinari and talented point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Still, they are not expected to be any good anytime soon and will most likely spend the next several years at the bottom of the Western Conference.

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The NBA world was rocked on Sunday when the news broke that Kawhi Leonard had made up his mind. After spending one magical season with the Toronto Raptors, the superstar was set to move on.

Leonard shocked many by agreeing to sign for the Los Angeles Clippers, the cross-town rivals of the Lakers, the team that many saw as being the co-favorites for the Raptors for his services.

The Raptors thanked the Kawhi with a tweet in which they expressed gratitude for the superstar’s role in bringing the first-ever NBA title to the city of Toronto.

While Leonard’s departure to the Clippers was big enough news in and of itself, what’s even more landscape-altering is the player that’ll go along to the Clippers with him – 2019 MVP finalist Paul George.

George agreed to terms with the Los Angeles Clippers, who intend to acquire the veteran small forward in a sign-and-trade with the Oklahoma City Thunder. George was one of the top players in the league last season at the age of 28, averaging 28 points and 8.2 rebounds per game.

Leonard wanted a superstar to go with him if he was to go back home to play in LA, and he got his wish.

Now, the Clippers became one of the favorites to take home the Western Conference crown and the NBA title in what promises to be an exciting 2019-20 NBA season.

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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.

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The Los Angeles Clippers president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank confirmed that the franchise remains committed to building a team around stars Kawhi Leonard and Paul George next season. Frank’s announcement came after the Clippers were dumped out of the first round of the Western Conference playoffs in a five-game series loss to the Phoenix Suns.

“When we traded for Paul and signed Kawhi as a free agent in 2019, it wasn’t for one or two years, wasn’t three or four,” Frank announced. “Every year you have those guys, they give you a chance. And so it’s about surrounding those guys to continue to improve your chances.”

Frank will be hoping that the Clippers will be able to make more use of both players next season after injuries cut their appearances short this season. George was sidelined for the last nine games of the regular season and the entire playoff clash with the Suns due to a sprained right knee, while Leonard missed the final three games against the Suns due to a torn meniscus in his right knee.

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The Los Angeles Clippers NBA title hopes took a big hit on Tuesday night after their star forward Paul George suffered a knee injury. George was hurt in the fourth quarter of a 101-100 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder and needed to be carted off the court.

According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, George is set to miss the rest of the NBA’s regular season. He will be re-evaluated in two to three weeks, after which the Clippers will determine his status for the playoffs.

George’s injury couldn’t come at a worse moment for the Clippers. The team went through some initial hiccups after adding several players around the NBA trade deadline, including Russell Westbrook and Eric Gordon, but have since found their stride. Before the OKC loss, the LA team won five out of their six games.

The most important thing for the Clippers will now be to survive George’s absence and remain out of the Play-In part of the standings. They are sitting at No.5 in the West at the moment, being 1.5 games clear from the Thunder and the Dallas Mavericks, two teams looking to make a run for the Top 6 and the automatic playoff spot.

Paul George already missed time this season but produced on a high level when healthy. He is averaging 23.8 points, 6.1 rebounds, and 5.1 assists per game in 2022-23. 

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Paul George and Kawhi Leonard found themselves at the forefront of what was a hard-fought 135-129 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday night.

Memphis grabbed a 14-point lead over the Clippers after scoring a mammoth 51-point haul in the third quarter. In response, George and Leonard linked up to score 25 of the Clippers’ final 28 points in order to complete the team’s comeback.

“We just played harder,” George said. “Which really was the difference. We just brought another level. We played with some grit and we changed … I just felt tonight we just had a winning spirit.”

Overall, George contributed 42 points and 11 rebounds on the night while Leonard scored 34 points along with 10 rebounds and four assists. New arrival Russell Westbrook also got in on the action, grabbing nine points, six assists, and five rebounds.

By completing their comeback, the Clippers have become the first team to win a game despite conceding 50 points in a single quarter since the Cleveland Cavaliers back on Nov. 12, 1991, against the Milwaukee Bucks. This win also brought an end to the Clippers’ five game losing streak, marking their first victory since the All-Star break.

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Shooting guard Paul George made his return from injury for the Los Angeles Clippers in Tuesday night’s 120-110 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers at the Crypto.com Arena. George’s return to the team has been warmly received by the Clippers, who have now lost eight of their last 10 games.

In George’s opinion, injuries have been at the heart of the Clippers’ poor form. “We’ve just been behind the ball in terms of injuries, lineups, and guys in and out,” George observed. “Urgency starts now. We’ve got to start playing with some desperation.”

George was absent for five consecutive games due to a flare-up of his right hamstring injury that previously kept him out for seven straight games earlier on in the season.

While the Clippers showed some signs of promise, eliminating a 14-point deficit in the second quarter en route to taking a four-point lead in the third before the 76ers outscored them 36-13 after that to secure the win. George grabbed 13 points and eight rebounds during his 28 minutes on the court.

Currently, the Clippers are seventh in the Western Conference standings at 23-23. They will need an urgent boost in performance in order to hold onto a playoff spot.

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All-Star forward Paul George followed up his recent comments about finishing his career with LA Clippers with actions on Thursday.

The Clippers announced that George inked a four-year extension that keeps him under contract through 2023-24. The deal also contains a player option for the 2024-25 season.

According to reports, the extension is worth $190 million, which puts George on track to earn $226 million in the next five years.

“I am proud to call this my home and look forward to doing my part in helping make the team a tremendous success—both on and off the court—in the years ahead,” said George after the deal became official.

Securing Paul George’s services was crucial for the Los Angeles Clippers, considering that he could have hit free agency next year. This would’ve been a nightmare scenario for the organization, after they gave up a massive package last year to bring him from the Oklahoma City Thunder.

The trade saw the Clippers giving up perspective guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and veteran Danilo Gallinari while also sending five first-round draft picks and two pick-swap rights to OKC.

In his first year with Clippers, George struggled to perform on his All-NBA level from 2018-19. He averaged just 21.5 points per game, his lowest in an injury-free season since 2013, while also underperforming in the playoffs where Clippers blew 3-1 lead in the Western Conference semis against the Denver Nuggets.

The Clippers are now banking that George will return to All-Star level under new head coach Ty Lue, and that they can resurrect their NBA title hopes this season. The organization is probably also hoping that George’s commitment will prompt teammate Kawhi Leonard to do the same.

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The Los Angeles Clippers have superstars Kawhie Leonard and Paul George under contract for just one more year, putting the franchise in the danger of collapsing if the duo decides to move on. Still, Clippers’ new head coach Ty Lue believes there is no room for worry.

In a recent chat with ESPN, Lue talked about the Clippers’ struggles last season and the concerns of some fans that Leonard and George might opt to enter the free agency next summer. For the 43-year-old coach, that doesn’t seem to be an option as he believes the duo is there to stay.

“I think Kawhi and PG are here to stay for a long time,” said Lue. “I think, in their situation and where they want to be, it’s here with the Clippers.”

Lue, who spent the past season as an assistant, also explained that he and the rest of the organization need to do their part in putting Leonard and George in the position to win.

“We just have to make it a great environment, and we have to win,” he added.

It is great that Lue remains positive, but the fact is that the departure of Kawhi Leonard and Paul George would equal a disaster for LA Clippers. While the franchise brought in Leonard for free, they needed to part ways with a scary package to get in George, including five first-round draft picks and talented guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

This makes it imperative for the Clippers to do everything to keep Leonard and George on board. Any other scenario would put them in an even worse situation than in the 2000s when playoffs were wishful thinking for the franchise. 

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Los Angeles Clippers’ 107-103 overtime win against Boston Celtics on Wednesday night saw All-Stars Paul George and Kawhi Leonard sharing the floor for the first time as teammates. But, as it turns out, George and Leonard could have played together a long time before joining Clippers this summer.

In a recent Ohm Youngmisuk’s recent cover story for ESPN, George revealed that he wanted Indiana Pacers to deal him to San Antonio Spurs in 2017 so he could team up with Leonard.

George informed Pacers in the summer of 2017 that he didn’t intend to resign with the franchise following the expiration of his contract next summer. It was widely presumed that he wanted to join Los Angeles Lakers as his top destination, but according to him Spurs were also high on the list.

“I wanted to be traded to San Antonio,” – said George. “We wanted to go to San Antonio first, and we didn’t make that happen.”

The league sources say that Spurs, in fact, did engage in talks with Pacers, but they lacked assets to make a compelling offer for an All-Star player. Indiana ended up trading George to Oklahoma City Thunder in exchange for Domantas Sabonis and Victor Oladipo.

In their first game as Clippers, Paul George and Kawhi Leonard managed to put on a solid performance. George poured in 25 points to go with 5 assists and 8 rebounds while Leonard added 17 points, six rebounds, three assists, and three steals.

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Oklahoma City Thunder parted ways with their All-Star duo Paul George and Russell Westbrook this offseason swiftly transforming themselves from a playoff contender to a lottery team. And while many believed that this process was kicked off by George’s trade request, it looks like the truth might be somewhat different.

George made a trade request shortly after the start of free agency and ended up being dealt to Los Angeles Clippers, where he teamed up with Kawhi Leonard. After that, Russell Westbrook also left OKC, heading to Houston Rockets. This officially marked the start of a rebuilding period for the Thunder, who saw first-round playoff exits in the previous three years.

Now, Clippers’ head coach Doc Rivers claims that OKC wanted to “break their team up” all along after this lack of success which made it easier for his team to acquire Paul George.

“We showed [Leonard] everybody else, and he didn’t want to hear it.” – Rivers told Arash Markazi of the Los Angeles Times while guiding him through their free agency meeting with Leonard. “He just stayed on Paul George, so after the meeting we sat down and I said, ‘We got to get Paul George. I don’t know how we are going to do it, but we have to do it.’ We did know that Oklahoma City wanted to break their team up, so that helped, but we didn’t know if we could get him.”

Oklahoma City Thunder managed to pick up a bunch of draft picks from the Clippers in a George trade, while also getting forward Danilo Gallinari and talented point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Still, they are not expected to be any good anytime soon and will most likely spend the next several years at the bottom of the Western Conference.

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The NBA world was rocked on Sunday when the news broke that Kawhi Leonard had made up his mind. After spending one magical season with the Toronto Raptors, the superstar was set to move on.

Leonard shocked many by agreeing to sign for the Los Angeles Clippers, the cross-town rivals of the Lakers, the team that many saw as being the co-favorites for the Raptors for his services.

The Raptors thanked the Kawhi with a tweet in which they expressed gratitude for the superstar’s role in bringing the first-ever NBA title to the city of Toronto.

While Leonard’s departure to the Clippers was big enough news in and of itself, what’s even more landscape-altering is the player that’ll go along to the Clippers with him – 2019 MVP finalist Paul George.

George agreed to terms with the Los Angeles Clippers, who intend to acquire the veteran small forward in a sign-and-trade with the Oklahoma City Thunder. George was one of the top players in the league last season at the age of 28, averaging 28 points and 8.2 rebounds per game.

Leonard wanted a superstar to go with him if he was to go back home to play in LA, and he got his wish.

Now, the Clippers became one of the favorites to take home the Western Conference crown and the NBA title in what promises to be an exciting 2019-20 NBA season.

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