The NBA Playoffs kick off Saturday, kicking off months of high-level basketball among the best teams in the league. Prior to the postseason, the NBA released its full first-round schedule, all the way through the potential seven games.
While the league has been trying to give teams opportunities to rest and recover between games, one group isn’t getting much of that. the suns–clippers The series is the only first round that will not include two consecutive days of rest between any of its first four games. In total, Phoenix and Los Angeles would only have two consecutive days off at once in the entire series, one of two series where this would be the case.
The LA Clippers-Phoenix Suns are the only Series 8 playoffs that will not have a two-day break between Games 1-4.
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Paul George He seems to think the league has been messing with LA for a while. The Clippers striker explained in his podcast, P Podcast with Paul Georgehe believes Los Angeles has dealt with a tough schedule for a few years.
“It’s bulls—. It’s tough for us in I want to say the last couple of years as we’ve had a tough schedule to play most games in the All-Star break. We’ve just had years of tough schedules.”
The lack of rest days is important to the Clippers precisely because George is still recovering from a leg injury he sustained last month. according to the athleteThe Sharanian SunGeorge is not expected to play in the first round of the series against Phoenix.
However, George left the possibility of a return open, which is why the tough schedule may come into play.
“With all that said,” he said, “I think if we look at it as if we’re just — taking care of business, we’ll make the most of this.” “I hope to see where I am, maybe I’m good?”