3. Paul George’s Shooting
We all knew Paul George had to be included. I’m not even that fired up compared to some of the comments I have seen on Twitter.
I’ll even be the one to say it. Outside of another poor night shooting, PG had a pretty great game. Don’t believe me? Go watch him again and ignore the shooting. His defense was solid. He didn’t look checked out of the game. He has the second-most assists on the team with seven. He was tied for a team-high nine rebounds. PG also tied for a team-high two steals. Everything went right except for the shooting.
Even if his shooting isn’t there, PG is confident he can still be a help to the team.
Paul George - “Like I said, I’m no James Harden, that’s not my knack, to just shoot the ball and score the ball. I can, and I pride myself on being effective on both ends, but it’s gonna be nights like this where I can’t make shots and I can’t allow that to affect my game.” pic.twitter.com/AzRo673w7k
— Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) August 22, 2020
Even so, PG needs to shoot better. It’s coming. It absolutely has to if the LA Clippers plan to make a deep run in this postseason.
The Clippers and Mavs face off again on Sunday as LA looks to go up 3-1 in the series.