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Paul George on Season Debut: ‘I felt like a rookie!’

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Updated 2 years ago on October 15, 2021 • 1 min read

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Paul George received the homecoming welcome Sunday night. From the Indiana Pacers fans filling Bankers Life Fieldhouse, and even before the game against the Miami Heat, when a four-star general presented him honorary dog tags.

After recovering from a broken leg suffered eight months ago, George had the love and appreciation on his side. And he needed it. Upon checking out of his first game of the season, George, breathing heavily through a contented smile, told a statistician: “I felt like a rookie!”

via Candace Buckner of the Indianapolis Star

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