News, notes and observations as I reemerge from my post-bubble slumber …
· There’s a lot on the line for everyone in Tuesday night’s Nuggets-Clippers Game 7, though perhaps no one more than Paul George. George was excellent in Game 6, posting 33 points, six rebounds and five steals, while shooting above 40% from the floor and the three-point line. But his shooting percentages in the playoffs have been well off his regular-season averages, and, after early exits the last two postseasons a poor performance in a Clippers loss would linger. On the flip side, a strong effort in a Clippers win would erase much of what happened the last two seasons in Oklahoma City and recall the young star who put up big numbers leading Indiana to back-to-back conference finals.