LOS ANGELES – When Paul George and Kawhi Leonard are both healthy, they are one of the most difficult duos to stop in the NBA.
The Los Angeles Clippers superstars showed that again Thursday night. George scored 33 points and Leonard added 27 in the Clippers' 113-103 victory over the Phoenix Suns in a physical matchup between two of the top teams in the Western Conference.
The game carried a playoff intensity, but the officials tried to reign things back in during the second half. There were three technical fouls, two flagrant fouls and a pair of ejections in the final 24 minutes. “We competed and fought.
It was chippy, but that is going to happen and I’m OK with it,” Clippers coach Tyronn Lue said. “We brought the physicality in the second