And if Paul George could’ve played more minutes (and committed fewer fouls) he probably would’ve won this game. But he couldn’t (and didn’t), so Jrue Holiday went and won it for New Orleans instead.
In this battle of the short-handed, it was the shorter-handed Pelicans that earned the upper hand, riding fresher legs and sharper shooting to a 132-127 victory over the Clippers.
But enough about the loss for now, let’s talk about Paul George, who showed few signs of rust or unrecovered fitness in his return to game action.