Thunder forward Paul George has been highly critical of the way he has been officiated this season. In most cases, he believes the referees miss a lot of calls on him.
That wasn’t the case on Thursday night.
George scored 32 points to help lead the Thunder to a 129-121 win in overtime against the Portland Trail Blazers at the Moda Center. George attempted a career-high 20 free throws in the contest, hitting 17 of them.
As a result, he took it easy on the officials afterward.
It’s kinda weird because I planned on losing my money until I saw I shot 20 free throws. I had a lot of words for the officiating tonight but I guess I can’t say much with 20 free throws.
For George, it has been a constant battle this season with the referees. He often believes he is unfairly officiated but that didn’t appear to be the case on Thursday.
Since returning from the All-Star break, George has struggled to shoot from the field but he managed to have a strong night from the line.
As it turned out, the Thunder needed all of those points to secure the W.
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