Clippers’ George may be out with knee injury for longer than expected

The Los Angeles Clippers announced on Wednesday, that their Al-Star player Paul George has a sprained knee and his condition will be reevaluated in two to three weeks.

George got the injury during his team 101-100 loss to Oklhohama City Thunder on Tuesday night. He made contact with Thunder’s Luguentz Dort, who was going for a rebound with 4:38 remaining.

George limped off the playing floor to the locker room with the help of medical staff as he was unable to put any weight on his sprained right leg.

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Asked how the Clippers would go about  George’s injury, Kawhi Leonard said: “Next man up. We’ve got a group of guys that still want to win and like to play basketball, so we’ll see what happens.”

Losing George is a major blow to the Clippers, as he is averaging 23.8 points per game in addition to 6.1 rebounds and 5.1 assists. The LA team find themseves in a difficult spot as they miss Norman Powell with shoulder injury as he is due to return not any earlier than next week.