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Blake Griffin to miss at least two weeks with torn quad
The injury occurred in the first quarter of the Clippers’ win over the Lakers on Friday night at Staples Center.
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The 17-time All-Star, who announced last month that this season will be his final one in his storied 20-year career, received 719,235 votes in results released Friday by the league. Bryant shot 4-of-10 and wasn’t used late during the Lakers’ rally.
Smith has played more than 20 minutes in a game once all season, but now is as good a time as any for him to show his value.
Christmas Day. Lakers vs. Clippers. The Hall of Fame guard Oscar Robertson, who retired in 1974, is second with 377.
If the season continues the way it has gone, Scott will likely begin relying more on the young players than veterans.
“That was really special”, Bryant said. “We were kind of figuring it out on the fly in the first half”. The Clippers weak bench blew another huge lead while trying to close the game out. Utah G Joe Ingles scored a season-high 14 points….
The Lakers are 1-6 in Christmas Day games since then, with their only victory coming in the 2012 game.
He revealed that he listened daily to Journey’s ubiquitous “Don’t Stop Believin'” for two years after the Lakers were pummeled by the Celtics in the 2008 NBA Finals. Clippers coach Doc Rivers was forced to pull his reserves, while Lakers coach Byron Scott kept his out there and left Bryant on the sidelines – even as the Los Angeles crowd chanted Bryant’s name. The Los Angeles Lakers have lost eight of their last 10 road games. His rhythm is great right now.
“There’s a lot of things I can still do”, Pierce said. “So I think I am going to do that”.
The Jazz rallied before the end of the quarter.
Los Angeles Clippers guard Chris Paul (3) drives around Utah Jazz guard Raul Neto during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Dec. 26, 2015, in Salt Lake City.
It will be tough for the Clippers to replace Griffin’s 23.2 points and 8.7 rebounds per game with the way the roster is now constructed.
The Clippers took an 85-57 lead into the fourth, and both coaches rested all of their starters until the Lakers started to make a move.
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Forward Gordon Hayward scored 28 points and guard Rodney Hood added 15 points, but it wasn’t enough to prevent the Jazz (12-16) from suffering a second straight loss. Forward Larry Nance Jr. tried to haul in a rebound in the opening minutes of the first quarter.