The moment arrived early Sunday afternoon and Chris Paul decided he was going to play for the Clippers against the Lakers on Christmas night, telling Coach Doc Rivers that his strained left hamstring was OK.
Then after sitting in his locker before the game was scheduled to start, Paul decided his hamstring wasn’t ready, so he decided to sit out his second straight game since injuring the hamstring against the San Antonio Spurs last Thursday night.
Paul had worked out at the Clippers facility Saturday, and it was then that Rivers said “it was pretty much decided yesterday” that his All-Star point guard would play.