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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Asked how the Clippers would go about \u00a0George\u2019s injury, Kawhi Leonard said: \u201cNext man up. We\u2019ve got a group of guys that still want to win and like to play basketball, so we\u2019ll see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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