“When Is It Going to Stop?”: Days After Season-Ending Scare, Clippers Star Paul George Confesses Being Overwhelmed by People ‘Hitting Him Up’

Published 03/29/2023, 12:15 PM EDT

The current NBA season has been quite a dramatic journey with no end in sight. From petty rivalries and suspensions to injuries- this season has it all. The latest story is about LA Clippers star Paul George, most commonly known as ‘PG13’. The small forward recently took a hit to his knee during a game against his former team Oklahoma City Thunder.

The Clippers star in the latest episode of his podcast spoke about his knee injury and what had transpired during the game, including his past experience with injuries. PG13 will be missed on the court for three weeks at least pending a re-evaluation.

Paul George shares details of his scary fall

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Recently, in a matchup against the OKC Thunders, Paul George clashed against Luguentz Dort and suffered a near season-ending injury. The player, fortunately, avoided any serious damage to the ligaments therefore, recovery should not be long.

The eight-time NBA All-Star on the latest episode of his new podcast gave a play-by-play of the incident and shared details of past experiences with injuries and how he coped with rehab. The show’s co-hosts asked Paul how the fall happened and whether he saw it coming.

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The Clippers player began with the sequence of the play. He saw Dort coming and trying to swipe into his area in an attempt to get the ball. But the next thing George knows is that the OKC Thunder player’s knee hit his knee, and the way the injury happened his knee never had the chance to break his fall and his leg went backward. He acknowledged that Lou Dort is a competitive player and let the incident go as “just a wild play.” Though, he still recalls the fall talking about the intensity of the pain as something when he just “closed his eyes and [he] was just like damn when is the pain gonna stop?”

Watch the play that caused the injury:

Here’s the play where Paul George suffered what appears to be a leg injury. pic.twitter.com/k0JbXyrXvn
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Paul George is lucky to have avoided a major injury. Everyone is hoping he responds to the rehab and is game ready before the playoffs.

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The beloved player shared that he received an intense amount of messages from friends, fans, and others wishing for his speedy recovery. He described the experience of everyone “hitting him up” after watching the fall as “overwhelming” and said, “it was just so many people that hit me up and it was kind of like going back down that path of when I broke my leg and it’s cool to get, you know, all that love and support but it could be overwhelming my phone was just going crazy!”

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The co-host asked how he dealt with the past injury and that experience will help guide him through this healing process. George shared his past experience with injuries and the most helpful and inspiring quote was from Kobe Bryant who “mentored him through the process when he broke his leg.” The advice was to “attack rehab like you’re practicing like you’re working out.”

PG13 said this is how he looks at every injury now, just go out there every day and give your hardest.

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We all hope that Paul George recovers soon, and we see him as Playoff P.

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Ishpreet Kaur is an NBA writer at EssentiallySports. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Arts from the University of British Columbia. Ishpreet is a big fan of the Toronto Raptors and the man who led them to the 2019 NBA championship, Kawhi Leonard.

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Aayush Kapoor

“When Is It Going to Stop?”: Days After Season-Ending Scare, Clippers Star Paul George Confesses Being Overwhelmed by People ‘Hitting Him Up’

Paul George shares details of his scary fall

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