LA Clippers: Paul George vs. Joe Ingles
Even though Paul George is a fantastic player and now finds himself on an incredible LA Clippers squad paired alongside Kawhi Leonard, Jazz fans will likely still remember him for his struggles in the 2018 NBA Playoffs against Joe Ingles. Although PG had some great moments, when all was said and done, Ingles out-shined him and managed to frustrate him out of his typical rhythm.
Between hitting big threes, slowing him on defense and talking trash incessantly, the play of Ingles versus George in that playoff series became a thing of legend and a showdown that fans will undoubtedly want to see again even with George now on a different team.
While PG outscored Ingles throughout that series, he went just 40.8 percent from the field and 36.5 percent from deep whereas Joe scorched the nets to the tune of 43.8 percent from the field and an incredible 46.7 percent from the perimeter. The exclamation point came in Game 6 in Salt Lake City wherein PG was held to just five points on an abysmal 2-of-16 shooting mark from the field and 0-of-6 from three with Ingles in his grill and chirping in his ear all game long.
That series definitely led to a bit of bad blood between the two, and despite the enhanced roster Paul George is now a part of, I don’t expect that animosity to be dampened whatsoever. In fact, with both teams now much-improved and likely contending with one another for a championship, it wouldn’t be surprising if they took things to an even higher level this upcoming season.
Ingles managed to get the best of George in that incredible series in 2018. If he can keep that up throughout the contests this upcoming season, it’s going to make for an entertaining individual matchup. He didn’t do nearly as well against PG in this past regular season, so 2019-20 will ideally provide a nice bounce-back opportunity for him.
Scheduled Contests:
- 10/30 LA at Utah
- 11/3 Utah at LA
- 12/28 Utah at LA
- 4/7 LA at Utah