Running a muck now that Sterling isnt there to crack the whip
http://www.masslive.com/sports/2016/01/blake_griffin_injury_los_angeles_clippers_fractured_hand.htmlLos Angeles Clippers star Blake Griffin was already sitting out after tearing a quadricep muscle in late December. According to multiple reports from a variety of reporters (first by ESPN's Marc Stein and Ramona Shelburne), he'll be out considerably longer after fracturing his hand by punching a Clippers team equipment manager in Toronto.
#Clippers forward Blake Griffin injured his right hand after hitting a member of the team's equipment staff during an argument in Toronto
— Michael Eaves (@michaeleaves) January 26, 2016
The altercation started in a restaurant. It proceeded outside where Griffin hit the equipment staffer multiple times. #Clippers
— Michael Eaves (@michaeleaves) January 26, 2016ESPN continued to report on this story, saying that Griffin hit the staffer in the restaurant, then followed him outside it and hit him again. The staffer's face — to no real surprise, given the size of the man allegedly hitting him — was injured, and both Griffin and the staffer were sent home after the incident.
This is a pretty major blow to the Clippers, who were expecting to have their superstar power forward back on their current road trip — possibly as soon as tonight's game against the Indiana Pacers. Instead, according to ESPN, Griffin's latest injury will keep him out "a matter of weeks, as opposed to days."
Despite missing Griffin's contributions, the Clippers have been playing relatively well recently — winning seven of their last 10 — and they have put a little distance between themselves and the Memphis Grizzlies for the fourth spot in the Western Conference. Whether they'll be able to continue this type of consistency while Griffin rehabs from another injury, and whether he'll face some form of disciplinary action when he returns fully healthy, remains to be seen.