“Pandemic P” Is The Latest Flavor Of Paul George’s Playoff Notoriety

In the waning moments of Wednesday night’s NBA Western Conference Playoffs Game 2, a Los Angeles Clippers 127-114 loss to the Dallas Mavericks, Paul George’s ill-fated nickname “Playoff P” (one self-proclaimed by George in recent years) took on an update best suited for 2020 via Twitter birds chirping.

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"He cheated on Doc's daughter, in the playoffs he can't make threes, starting at guard…it's Pandemic P!" pic.twitter.com/IWADsapCJA

— Heat 3x🏆 (@DadeTeflonDon) August 20, 2020

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The original moniker was first derived during a press conference amidst the start of the 2018 NBA Playoffs, featuring an opening round between the Utah Jazz and Paul George’s team at the time in the Oklahoma City Thunder:

Naturally for Paul George, the self-knighted nickname did not stick for the right reasons, as the Thunder lost the series to the Jazz 4-2, and the name grew legs of its own humorous variety.

Fast-forward to post-COVID outbreak 2020: where the NBA Playoffs are played in a bubble at Disney World, Paul George having been a transplant member of the Los Angeles Clippers for the length of the season, and where failed nicknames can’t be lived down.

As Paul George wrapped up his evening in Game 2 with 14 points in 32 minutes on 4-for-17 shooting from the field, Twitter birds were just barely getting laced-up for their game…

AYO who started ‘Pandemic P’ and has it trending on Twitter?😭😭💀💀 pic.twitter.com/65a0CJ4xyp

— damian💎 (@DameXVII) August 20, 2020

Pandemic P and Lemon pepper Lou 😂😂😂

— RELAX (@SUMSLIGHT9) August 20, 2020

Dame next time he sees pandemic p pic.twitter.com/7gapc98HLe

— Kirk Wong (@kirkgwong) August 20, 2020

…while his fans were nothing short of the deserved outrage.

https://twitter.com/RealMattTomo/status/1296337289501605888

Paul George and the Clippers will have the opportunity to right the ship and justify his original entitlement on Friday night against the Mavs in Game 3.

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