Los Angeles Clippers today announced the low for the remainder of the playoffs the power forward Blake Griffin holder, while base star Chris Paul, operated this morning fracture suffered last night in his right hand, will miss at least four to six weeks.
Both were injured in the fourth game of the series of first round of the playoffs in the Western Conference that played last night against the Trail Blazers in Portland Fashion Center and lost by 98-84.
Griffin turned to resent the injury of the left thigh which caused him problems all season and according to Lakers although MRI showed no damage in the future, doctors advised their low so that it is ready when start the next training camp.
Paul successfully passed the operation of the bone fracture of the right hand he suffered in the third quarter of the game against the Trail Blazers and will be sidelined indefinitely waiting for what the team way.
If the Clippers, who have tied the series 2-2 with the Trail Blazers, pass to the semifinals of the Western Conference and arrived to the finals and the final of the NBA, then Paul could already be recovered and return to competition, hence they have not yet considered deregistration.
To achieve both goals would be the first time they succeed in team history, but with casualties Griffin and Paul, the two best players in their squad, the mission is presented on paper as impossible.
For now, the Clippers will have to overcome the tie against the Trail Blazers, and Wednesday will play the fifth game in their field of Staples Center.
Clippers coach Doc Rivers acknowledged that casualties Griffin and Paul, especially the starting point guard, were not the best news and the best of luck for his team.
"It is the worst scenario I've seen," said Rivers. "As in every rain storm ceases and now we have to do is think about tomorrow's game and that's all we care about and care."
Rivers acknowledged that it was normal with low Griffin and Paul win options Clippers decreased considerably as would happen to any of the other teams contesting the playoffs and are favorites to win.
"Obviously, if you take away Oklahoma City Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook, or Golden State Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, possibilities as a team change them completely and that is what has happened to us," praised Rivers.
"Now we have to be the best team in the league, we should be tomorrow in the field and get ahead in the tie."
Low of both players leaves the Clippers without a combined contribution of 39 points per game so far in the playoffs.
Paul had managed averages of 23.8 points; 7.2 assists and 4 rebounds, while Griffin contributed 15 points; 8.8 balls caught under the basket and 4 touchdowns.
Griffin, who during the regular season had missed 47 games because of the injury of the left thigh and then broken right when hitting the person responsible for maintaining the equipment in a Toronto restaurant hand, also left out the shortlist of US team that will go to the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
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