Paul George 'Pandemic P' Slander Overtakes Twitter After Another Playoff Choke Job

The Los Angeles Clippers were 8 seconds away from evening their Western Conference Finals series with the Phoenix Suns, with Paul George at the line, and a chance to give LA a three-point lead. Two missed free throws later, and a loss at the buzzer, and the 'Pandemic P' trolling was off and running on social media.

Pandemic P pic.twitter.com/4dTlS64qRy
— NBA Retweet (@RTNBA) June 23, 2021

NBA Twitter seeing Pandemic P trending again pic.twitter.com/bf9sHR9Z8W
— Rich (@UptownDC_Rich) June 23, 2021

Pandemic P never gettin rid of that nickname
— Corn 𖤐 (@snuurid) June 23, 2021

Clippers fans watching Paul George go from Playoff P to Pandemic P pic.twitter.com/QfZP96RvW5
— Jackson Lockhart (@_Jack_lockhart) June 23, 2021

Paul George logging into social media tonight #pandemicP pic.twitter.com/2uZON6Tim7
— Kevin (@KevinO_21) June 23, 2021

This all started during the bubble last year, when George had some disastrous shooting nights in the playoffs, and the nickname became so entrenched, that Basketball-Reference, the go-to website for basketball statistics and history, even added Pandemic P as an official nickname for PG13.

They got 'Pandemic P' as one of PG's official nicknames on basketball reference 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/DwCebLF943
— NBA Memes (@NBAMemes) August 29, 2020

They've since taken it down, but perhaps it's time to bring it back.

Overall, George missed 5 free throws in this game. He hasn't missed that many in a single game in 8 years. He also shot 1-of-8 from the three-point line. Yes, he did have 26 points on the night, but all anyone will remember is those final 8 seconds.

Now down by just one point, in case you missed it, this is how the Suns responded in those final seconds after PG's two misses at the line.