The game between the Los Angeles Clippers and Utah tonight (Tuesday through Wednesday) was marked by a comeback – both by the gang from City of Angels and by team star Paul George. After being absent for more than three months due to a worrying elbow injury, George returned to the parquet in a storm and with 34 points and 6 assists in just 31 minutes led the Clippers’ comeback from 25 behind to a 115: 121 victory. What’s amazing is that in the famous meeting between the teams in Game 6 of the Western Semifinals last year – the Clippers ousted the Jazz at home after returning from a 25-point deficit exactly.
George scored 20 in the third quarter, surpassed in real-time and interrupted the Clippers’ five-game losing streak, while handing his rival from Salt Lake City his fifth straight loss. ESPN reported that thanks to PG13, the Clippers “resurrected” and also according to the energies in the hall in Los Angeles, it could be seen that the Tyrone Lou fighters who recently lost fire in their eyes – went back to devouring.
The Clippers have become the first team in the last 25 years to come back from a 24+ lag four times in one season, and George has become the first player in history to score 30+ points in his return game after missing 30+ games that season. This bunch is ranked eighth in the West with a 39:37 balance, Norman Powell is expected to return before the end of the regular season and if Kwai Leonard returns this season (which at the moment does not seem likely) – Lou’s underdogs will no longer be underdogs.
By the way, this was the first time George played with Robert Covington, and the two recorded a plus-minus 24+ index in their 13 minutes together. At that time the Clippers scored 73 percent from the field and stopped Utah for 40 percent. The group’s replacement chin Isaiah Hartenstein He said: “As long as George and Covington are on the floor together – it will be hard to score against us.”
At the end George Revealed that the injury was so severe that surgery was also on the agenda: “I wanted to have this surgery so I would not have to deal with rehabilitation over the coming summer, but my doctor told me I did not have to and that it would heal on its own. Fortunately I feel good and he was right. “My role model is Kobe Bryant. I want to look back on my career and say I gave it my all.”
Utah, who at the start of the season were one of the best teams in the league, fell to a draw with Denver in 5-6 places in the West, and that’s what That Rudy is growing Was to say at the end: “We lose the values on which the team was built, especially the ball movement, and it also affects defensively. It’s like everything flows properly, and then flows in exactly the opposite direction.” Utah had 22 assists in the 1-3 quarters, and only one in the final quarter.
“Just having an idol like Kobe Bryant… I want to look at my career and say I gave everything I had.”@Yg_Trece talked to @JaredSGreenberg about what fueled his return for the Clippers’ W. pic.twitter.com/aeTpdwWrVx
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