What a comeback by the Lakers to beat their rival in Clippers.
Yep! the battle of LA never seize to amaze me. I thought the game was done when the Clipps lead 21 pts in the 4th. Lucky, I didn't left closed the live streaming because I still had a little hope for a comeback as LeBron was hitting 3s early in the 4th and are heating up, that actually gave me a thought of a comeback if he'd lead his team and take over offensively, which eventually he did. Not only that, he was also guarding Kawhi effectively.
Impressive and a much needed win for the Lakers as they have like 5-6 games against top teams in the West and a couple in the East in their next 10 games. They must need to win 80-90% of these games, otherwise it would be harder for them to come back and try to sneak in the 8 seed.
The Kings sits on the 8th seed currently which is way ahead of the Lakers who needs to win at least 5-6 consecutively, considering the Kings may lose some of the games they have ahead.
The Lakers outscoring the Clippers by 23 points in the fourth quarter to complete a massive comeback was a sight to see. The battle of Los Angeles indeed did not disappoint. LeBron had a great night with 34 point but I think the difference in the game was that Paul George did not play with an injury. Otherwise this game might have gone the other way.
I think the Clippers have proved that they can win without Paul George though, so I wouldn't say that his absence is not the factor here. They even built a 21 point advantage and Lakers looking to lose this one already. But the Lakers specially Lebron doesn't want to lose this game, one of his best game so far. And he shows his basketball IQ here, and he goes where he wants, force a switch with Theis and then take advantage of the big guy to either shot or pass the ball to Rui.
And most likely it's the pride itself, of Lebron, taking matters in own hand, enjoying the one on one with Kawhi. It was a great play by the Clippers in the last 9 seconds, perfect execution it's that Kawhi missed his favorite mid jumper, probably has to do with Lebron's defense on him.
The Clippers don't have the kind of consistency in the game. I've seen that kind of scenario many times where they are up, and then later, they'll give up a big lead, or it goes the other way around. I think their 2nd unit is not that strong, even though they already have Westbrook, and PG was really important, especially against the Lakers team who are healthy at the moment. The good thing about the Clippers is that they were able to build a good standing now, so despite this struggle, they are still likely to make it to the playoffs.
As per the report, there is no definite time as to when he'll return, but the word "soon" guarantees it.
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10111066-woj-clippers-paul-george-will-return-from-knee-injury-soon-amid-nba-playoff-race
They maybe feel relax for thinking that they have the momentum of the game since Lakers really struggle at early quarter. But suddenly the situation change and they been choked by Lakers lose in that game. If they continue to be like that where they are inconsistent until the end of the game then provably they can't go anywhere with that.
But let see if they could adjust on situation and find good solution on the lapses they made on their game against lakers. After all Clippers still doing great and they do good adjustment recently on their roster rotation since we see it works well.
Maybe they will just let the guy rest and activate him on playoffs.
His highest was 29 rebounds in his career back in 2015 against the Indiana Pacers. 
