Clippers star Paul George has entered the NBA’s health and safety protocols and will miss Friday’s game against New Orleans to decide the Western Conference’s eighth and final playoff spot, a person with knowledge of the situation but not authorized to speak publicly told The Times.
George scored a game-high 34 points in the Clippers’ loss Tuesday to Minnesota in the first game of the play-in, a result that left the Clippers needing to beat New Orleans to advance to a first-round series against top-seeded Phoenix.
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