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 Clippers success depends on Paul George the superstar, not role player

Solving a problem starts with the recognition there is a problem.

Which at least Paul George acknowledged.

“I’m obviously struggling shooting, struggling scoring the ball,” George said in an online news conference Friday night after the Clippers went ahead of the Dallas Mavericks in their first-round playoff series, two games to one.

Not as if George could have claimed otherwise.

Over the last two games, the All-Star forward has shot the way Steve Blass or Rick Ankiel threw pitches.

George could barely make a basket in Game 2 and was even worse in Game 3, making only three of 16 shots, including one of eight three-pointers.

Regardless of whether he starts scoring again, the Clippers figure to advance to the next round, as they have too much depth and too much Kawhi Leonard for the Mavericks, who have a worn down, if not physically incapacitated, on-court leader in Luka Doncic.

Game 4 is Sunday, but the series is over.

The Clippers didn’t clear salary cap space and acquire Leonard and George to win a first-round series, however. Owner Steve Ballmer is in this to win a championship and that won’t happen with George scoring 11 points like he did Friday.

George’s postgame self-evaluation counted as progress from the previous day, when he posted an image of a message on his Instagram account that said he didn’t care "what anybody thinks about me.”

“[Expletive] is u thinkin about me for anyway,” the message said, punctuated with a laughing-to-the-point-of-tears emoji.

The post appeared to be a response to the criticism directed at George in the wake of his four-for-17 shooting performance in a Game 2 loss, which was disconcerting.