Clippers star Paul George has entered the NBA’s health and safety protocols and will miss tonight’s play-in game against New Orleans.
George hadn’t felt well Thursday and the team learned he had entered the NBA’s COVID-related protocols Friday morning before a shoot-around at the team’s Playa Vista practice facility, president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank told reporters.
George scored a game-high 34 points in the Clippers’ loss Tuesday to Minnesota in the first game of the play-in tournament, a result that left the Clippers needing to beat New Orleans at Crypto.com Arena to advance to a first-round series against top-seeded Phoenix.
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