The Clippers have Leonard, George, Harden, and Wei Shao this season, and they have officially passed the honeymoon period before, and the record is all the way to Changhong, I thought that the Clippers could go all the way to the first place in the West, but the most frightening thing still appeared, the team's starting forward George suffered an injury.
George, who suffered a sprained left knee and a swollen meniscus, had to miss the game, and the team is currently evaluating whether George should undergo surgery, and if it finally comes to the point of surgery, the Clippers have little hope of winning the championship this season, and all previous illusions have come to naught.
Paul George's absence has made it difficult for the Clippers, as the team suddenly went silent on the scoring end after a game against the Lakers was reversed in the final quarter, and teammates were wondering how good Paul George would be. Although George has a lot of games to pull his hips, George's ability is undoubted, even if he can't help the team on the offensive end, he can limit the Lakers on the defensive end, at least it won't make James so easy.
It's uncertain if there's a miracle on George's side, but Harden has already expressed a pessimistic view. Harden's mood is easily affected, and once George is determined that he will not be able to return this season, Harden is likely to be the first player of the Clippers to surrender, and Leonard's two-thirds of the season's form will also change due to George, and the rotation may be unexpected.
George's injury currently has three major impacts, on the one hand, the team may not win the championship, as long as it affects the comeback of this season, the Clippers are basically impossible to win the championship, and the second is the impact on Harden, winning the championship is Harden's current goal, he has been changing teams in recent years, and the idea of leaving the Clippers may soon breed, and the third aspect is the impact on George himself, and the big contract in his heart is probably gone.
For the Clippers now, it's really completely over, at least at the level of Harden not coming up with the scoring title, the team's second stable scorer fell like this, and then the Clippers can only rely on Leonard, but Leonard's threat will be seriously reduced in the face of the bag, mistakes, frequent hits, and the risk of injury, if Leonard is injured again, the Clippers will basically be declared dead.