Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin sprained his left knee, while guard Chris Paul suffered a strained right hip flexor and jammed the middle finger on his right hand in the Clippers’ 92-80 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night.
Blake Griffin, Chauncey Billups, Chris Paul
Griffin went down after a hard foul from Grizzlies center Marc Gasol with 1:31 remaining in the third quarter and the Clippers trailing 75-58. Griffin lay on the ground for a few moments, grasping his left knee while surrounded by his teammates, coaches and team trainers.
Paul jammed the middle finger on his right hand in the first quarter before straining his right hip flexor in the fourth quarter. Both players will be evaluated Thursday.
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See all the best of Blake Griffin dunks, defense, shots, and more dunks from the 2011-2012 regular season.
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Blake Griffin posterizes Pau Gasol at home.
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Blake Griffin slams home Randy Foye`s miss.
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Blake Griffin
Blake Griffin suffered a mild sprain of his left ankle and a sore left knee when Kris Humphries ran into him with 2:53 left in Wednesday’s game.
“I had a rebound and I guess he wanted to dive after it and took my legs out, rolled my ankle and rolled my knee,” said Griffin, who finished with 28 points and 17 rebounds.
“The knee is good, but the ankle might be a little bit swollen, But it won’t be anything that holds me back. I’ll get some treatment on it tomorrow and be ready to go.”
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Kenyon Martin throws down the alley-oop from Blake Griffin in his first game back in the league.
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Blake Griffin
Blake Griffin left open the possibility of competing in this year’s dunk contest, just days after telling reporters he had no intention of defending his title.
“I haven’t been approached yet, so we’ll see what happens with that,” Griffin said. “We’ll see what they’re going to do, and I’ll guess I’ll make a decision.
“I’m not even really worried about it right now or thinking about it, to be honest.”
The slam-dunk contest will be held during All-Star weekend on Feb. 25 in Orlando.
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The NBA announced their 2012 All-Star Starters on Thursday.
Blake Griffin, Andrew Bynum
For the Eastern Conference, Dwight Howard, LeBron James, Derrick Rose, Dwyane Wade and Carmelo Anthony were the leading vote-getters.
In the Western Conference, Kobe Bryant and Chris Paul are joined by Kevin Durant, Blake Griffin and Andrew Bynum.
Griffin and Bynum each will be starting in their first All-Star Game.
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Check out Blake Griffin as he soars for this incredible dunk and posterizes Kendrick Perkins!
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Check out Blake Griffin as he soars through the lane for the one-handed slam dunk against the Nets!
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