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Doncic hints that the Clippers tried to injure him, Morris responds: "It's crazy"

The Clippers forward was seen stepping on the injured Dallas ankle, but denied the move was intentional. Paul George confesses after the "comeback game": I suffered from depression and anxiety

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Did the Clippers try to intentionally injure Luka Doncic? A controversial move that occurred during tonight's one-sided game (111: 154 for the Clippers) caused a stir in the NBA. The moment of controversy came in the third quarter, when Marcus Morris was seen stepping on a Dallas star without a ball - right in the left ankle where the prodigy was injured in Game 3. After watching replays from a variety of angles, in the United States there was growing speculation that the Clippers player was deliberately hitting Block.

The craft of guarding Doncic has been entrusted to Morris for quite a few minutes in previous games, which most of the time has not worked. Tonight Kwai Leonard and Paul George kept Doncic on and off, and the tactical change paid off: Doncic finished with 22 points and just 6 of 17 from the field, finishing exceptionally with more losses (5) assists (4) ). Doncic eventually complimented the Clippers on the improved defense, but diplomatically criticized Morris' move.

"I noticed this offense, and I have thoughts that I will keep to myself. I can only hope it was not intentional, because then it is very bad, but everyone can think what he wants. What do you think?", He asked the reporters, implying that indeed Felt it was a deliberate attempt.

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Doncic, who has already suffered a racist statement from Montreux Harle during Game 2 (and managed to reconcile with it), is used to being tried to get him out of balance. But after the game he criticized Morris' conduct with and without regard to the controversial move in the third quarter. "I'm not interested in talking to him," he said. "He tells me a lot of bad things throughout the game, so I just don't want to talk to him. I have to move on."

Morris denied attempting to intentionally injure Doncic and tweeted after the game: "I play with a certain level of respect for myself and other players. To think I tried to injure someone on purpose is crazy to me. 10 years I play against the best basketball players in the world, and what represents me is "Values ​​and hard work. All in all, I try to be the most competitive there is."

The Mavericks have lined up for the game anyway in challenging circumstances, with the injured Kristaps Forzingis again absent. "Too bad he didn't play. In the playoff series you want everyone to be healthy, because that's the moment of truth. Even as an opposing coach, you want the best players to play against you," Doc Rivers said.

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Tonight's victory added a lot of confidence to the Clippers. The 154 points scored are a playoff record for the club (and the third highest in the history of the playoffs, in all teams), and the difference they won - 43 - is also unprecedented for the Clippers. History is now on their side as well: Throughout the years of the playoffs, teams that won Game 5 in a 2: 2 situation in the series, completed a victory in the series in 82 percent of cases (37: 171).

But the really encouraging news for the Clippers was the ability of Paul George, who seemed off and zero in the first playoff games. In the first four games of the series George Dyke is only 29 percent from the field, but tonight he looks his best again, with 35 points (12 from 18 from the field, 4 from 8 from three, 7 from 7 from penalties).

At the end, George spoke candidly about the mental difficulty he had experienced in recent weeks, and said that he had met with a psychiatrist before the game. "I did not attach enough importance to mental health, to be honest. I have recently suffered from anxiety and also a bit of depression. I felt stuck here (in a bubble), and I just was not here. My head was not here," he said. "I was in a dark place, and that bubble took bad sides out of me. I've had a very hard time in the last few games."

And thanks to the psychiatrist. Paul George Celebrates (Photo: GettyImages)

To encourage and change attitudes, George is mostly aided by imagination. "In the last few games I did not feel we were in the playoffs. The atmosphere did not suit the class. So I decided to come today with a different approach. I told myself we were in Staples Center, and I imagined the hall full of fans, as if we were in a regular home game," he said. "I really had to train my brain to do that, and I think the team followed me with that thing. We were able to create new energies, we decided to set the pace in this game."

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