Paul George on blacking out during Game 2: ‘I probably should have kept that to myself’
By Mike Dyce
During the fourth quarter of the Indiana Pacers’ Game 2 loss to the Miami Heat, Paul George took a knee to the back of the bead from Dwyane Wade. He laid on the court for a bit before finally getting up and he played the in the final minutes of the game.
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After the game, George said he blacked out from the collision and had trouble playing because of blurry vision. Now George is saying he wishes he would’ve kept that information to himself to avoid the media storm it created.
“Yeah, but I probably should have kept that to myself,” George said following Friday’s practice, via Pro Basketball Talk. “It just made a mess. That’s something that, going forward, just keep that between myself and the training staff.”
If it means anything, LeBron James said he thinks any player in the conference finals would have done the same thing.
“I think every last player in the Final Four would have played through it,” James said. “This is the conference finals, and obviously, a concussion is very serious. Our concussion test is not as extensive as the NFL. It doesn’t happen as much. I think all of us would have played through it under the circumstances.”
Fortunately for George there was a considerable amount of time between Game Two and Game Three allowing him time to recover from the injury.
Check out the video of the hit here: