George Paces Indiana

From Elias: Paul George scored 21 points, shooting 7-for-8 from the field, while adding 10 rebounds and five assists in the Pacers' win over the Hawks. Only two other NBA players had a 20/10/5 (points/rebounds/assists) game with no more than one missed field goal in a playoff win: Bill Russell in Game 2 of the 1965 NBA Finals against the Lakers and Mitch Richmond versus the Jazz in the first round in 1989. Russell, by the way, had 23 points, 25 rebounds and 10 assists in that game. No other player has ever matched all three of those statistical levels in an NBA Finals game.

Pacers Crush Hawks In Game 5

David West scored 24 points in Indiana's 106-83 win against Atlanta in Game 5.

Pacers rebound with 106-83 rout of Hawks in Game 5

NBA- Hawks go to bigger lineup as Smith gets better of George

The Hawks went to a bigger lineup in Game 3, inserting Johan Petro at center and putting Josh Smith at small forward, where Paul George primarily guarded him. George gave up as many field goals in Game 3 as he did in the first two games, with Smith getting 4 of those 6 baskets.

George does it on both ends

NEXT LEVEL: Not only is Paul George leading the Pacers in scoring, but he is limiting opponents on the defensive end. Hawks guarded by George are 6-20 from the field in the series; Kyle Korver is 2-8.

Pacers' George wins Most Improved award

Indiana forward Paul George was honored Tuesday as the NBA's Most Improved Player.

Gutierrez: Paul George refuses to be an afterthought

How Paul George quickly went from afterthought to mainstay in the Indiana Pacers' lineup

George Makes 17 Foul Shots In His Triple-double

From Elias: Paul George grabbed headlines with a triple-double in the Pacers' 107-90 victory over the Hawks. It was just the second triple-double by a Pacers player in the team's NBA playoff history; the other was produced by Mark Jackson in Game 5 of a 1998 Eastern Conference Semifinal series¿the clincher for Indiana¿against the Knicks. George had 23 points, 12 assists and 11 rebounds, with quite an unusual shooting breakdown: he went 3-for-13 from the floor, including 0-for-5 on three-point shots, while making 17-of-18 from the line. George set a record for the lowest field-goal percentage (23.1 percent) of any player who had a playoff triple-double since the NBA introduced the shot clock for the 1954-55 season. The old mark of 25 percent was shared by Lenny Wilkens of the St. Louis Hawks against the Lakers in 1966 and Wes Unseld of the Baltimore Bullets against the Bucks in 1971 (each shot 3-for-12). George also set an NBA playoff-game record for the most free throws made by a player earning a triple-double. The old mark had been held by Oscar Robertson, who shot 16-of-19 from the line while turning in a triple-double for the Cincinnati Royals in a series-clinching overtime win over the Syracuse Nationals in 1963.

NBA - Paul George triple-double w/ 3 or fewer FG

Paul George is the 4th different player in NBA history to record a triple-double in the playoffs while making 3 or fewer field goals. The others were Lenny Wilkens, Wes Unseld and Magic Johnson twice. George is the first player to do so since Magic Johnson in 1982. All of the previous players on this list scored 13 or fewer points, while George scored 23 points, including 17 free throws.