{"id":1314,"date":"2024-10-15T08:54:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T06:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=1314"},"modified":"2024-10-15T08:54:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T06:54:47","slug":"paul-george-injury-left-knee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/paul-george-injury-left-knee\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul George Injury Update : left knee hyper extension and Nick Nurse reaction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/jojel-embiid-injury-update-no-plans-playing-back-to-back-games\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Already without Joel Embiid<\/a> for the rest of the pre-season, the Philadelphia 76ers could be without another key players for the upcoming games : Paul George.<\/p><p>Yesterday night against the Atlanta Hawks, Paul George suffered a left knee hyperextension that created many concerns among fans. <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is how Paul George got injured <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s9TN6p9nbG\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/s9TN6p9nbG<\/a><\/p>&mdash; BricksCenter (@BricksCenter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BricksCenter\/status\/1846020508883865913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>October 15, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Before leaving the game, Paul George recorded eight points, two rebounds, one assist, and a steal on 3 of 5 shooting in 12 minutes on the court.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nick Nurse comments on the injury <\/h2><p>Right after the game, 76ers&rsquo; head coach, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ginamizell\/status\/1846010857630621731\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Nick Nurse, had some comments<\/a> on the timing of this injury as they are already without Joel Embiid for precautionary reason : <\/p><blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&ldquo;Certainly trying to work him into things, and he wants to work into things too. So this doesn&rsquo;t give him a chance to do that. Hopefully it&rsquo;ll be OK so he&rsquo;s back with us right away.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><p>However, George has been seen with a sleeve on his left knee walking almost normally. There might not be many concerns about the severity of his injury. <\/p><p>Regardless of the pre-season, this might be the last time we saw PG in action. 76ers might want to protect their superstar for the regular season. <\/p><p><\/p><p>Photo Credit: Brett Davis-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul George may not see more action in this NBA Pre-season<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1318,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[246,240],"class_list":["post-1314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-paul-george-injury","tag-philadelphia-76ers"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Paul George Injury Update : left knee hyper extension and Nick Nurse reaction - 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