Pacers’ George willing to play all 48 in Game 6

5:02 PM ET

INDIANAPOLIS — Pacers star Paul George says he is willing to play 48 minutes in Friday night’s Game 6 against the Toronto Raptors if needed.

“If that’s the direction that the game is going, I’m all for it,” George said after Thursday’s practice. “Whatever we got to do to win, I’m doing it.”

George scored 39 points, grabbed eight rebounds and dished out eight assists in 41 minutes during Game 5, but it wasn’t enough as the Raptors came back from a 17-point deficit to take a 3-2 series lead. George admitted Thursday that he’s “still not over” the end of Game 5, in which the Pacers blew a 13-point, fourth-quarter lead.

According to ESPN Stats & Information, the Pacers were 0-for-10 from the field, had three turnovers and scored just one point during the 6:55 that George was out of the game. The Raptors were 7-for-14, scored 19 points and didn’t turn over the ball during the same stretch.

Pacers coach Frank Vogel was noncommittal about George playing all 48 minutes, saying only that it could happen “if necessary.”

Vogel acknowledged after Game 5 that George seemed a little tired at the end of the third quarter when the coach pulled him out …

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