Paul George Suffers Nasty Knee Injury Against Thunder, Leaves Arena On Cart

Scary second for Paul George on Tuesday night time … he suffered a gnarly knee harm within the Clippers’ sport in opposition to the Thunder — and his standing going ahead is now in query.

George damage his leg within the fourth quarter of the competition in opposition to OKC — as he was coming down from grabbing a rebound.

Broadcast cameras confirmed when he landed on the courtroom, he awkwardly ran into Luguentz Dort … inflicting his knee to bend backward.

The 32-year-old instantly crumpled to the courtroom in ache. Trainers tended to him for a number of minutes, earlier than they helped him off the ground. George did not seem in a position to put any strain on the leg.

Clips head coach Ty Lue did not have a lot of an replace on his star after the sport — however, reportedly, George was seen leaving Crypto.com Arena on a cart together with his leg locked in an prolonged place.

Of course, George isn’t any stranger to extreme accidents … again in 2014, he suffered a gruesome broken leg whereas taking part in for Team USA. The knee he injured Tuesday was part of that very same leg, although the 2 illnesses do not seem like associated.

The Clippers ended up shedding the sport with out George — they usually’ll actually want him shifting ahead in the event that they wish to keep away from extra of that … they’re at present in a combat with seven or eight different groups vying for a number of the final spots within the playoffs.