Mirjam Swanson: Paul George on this season’s improved chemistry: “It’s a new year, we’ve moved on. For some reason, a lot of people haven’t.” They have though, he says. “One of the best locker rooms I’ve been around and been in.”
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Position: F
Born: 05/02/90
Height: 6-8 / 2.03
Weight:210 lbs. / 95.3 kg.
Salary: $35,450,412
Born: 05/02/90
Height: 6-8 / 2.03
Weight:210 lbs. / 95.3 kg.
Salary: $35,450,412
Paul George: 'I'm coming back with vengeance'
A highly motivated George continued his torrid start to the season by making 8 of 14 shots and scoring 26 points to lead the Clippers to a 138-100 rout of the Sacramento Kings at Golden 1 Center on Friday night. “I’m coming back with vengeance,” George said of his mindset entering this season after he and the Clippers blew a 3-1 series lead in the second round to Denver last postseason. “I didn’t like, not so much of the noise and everything around [the way last season ended], but just the fact that people saw weakness. “And I had to address that. I had to answer that. That fueled me. That put me in a place where I wanted to come back and be myself again.”
“He was able to work out this summer,” Leonard said. “Last summer he was limited, probably only could shoot 10 shots a day or so with his shoulder surgeries. He’s coming out with determination and he’s focused.” “I can’t predict the future,” Leonard added on whether he saw this coming when the two worked out in the offseason. “But all I could say is he put his mind into his work, and when I did go work out with him, a lot of his stuff was like kind of game-simulated, working on the passes, reads, and it just translated over pretty much.”
Clippers beat Bulls despite Zach LaVine's 45-point game
KC Johnson: Clippers 130, Bulls 127 LaVine 45-7-7 with 10 3-pointers and 5 TOs White 9-8-13 with 5 TOs Leonard 35 points George 28 points Clippers scored 29 points off 22 Bulls TOs
Mirjam Swanson: Donvan on PG: “For him, going into a new team and having to have those surgeries, I think he missed an important part of time with the Clippers… I’m sure he’s a lot more comfortable now. “When he’s healthy and he’s right, you see how he’s playing, he’s an elite player.”
