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The Los Angeles Clippers have a couple of things to worry about in their upcoming seven-game series with the Phoenix Suns. One of which is their tough schedule that requires no extra days off for the first four games.
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For the record, the series between the Clippers and the Suns is the only series that have no extra days off from Games 1-4. Every other playoff series has a two-day break in that same span.
Short rest in between games is crucial for a team like Clippers considering their injury history and overall health of the team. Paul George, who has been out since late March due to a knee injury, now vented out his frustration as his team continues to experience a difficult slate of games.
“It’s bullsh-t. The league been f-cking us up for a while,” George said. “It’s tough for us and I want to say the past couple of years where we’ve just had a tough schedule of playing the most games going into All-Star break. We’ve just had years of tough schedules. With all of it, I think if we can just look at it like let’s just f-cking take care of business, we’ll get the most rest out of this. Get ready, hopefully, see where I’m at, maybe I’m good?”
