Blake Griffin Suffered A Scary-Looking Knee Injury And The Clippers Are So Fucked

Late in last night’s win over the Los Angeles Lakers, Austin Rivers fell onto Blake Griffin’s knee while scrambling with Lonzo Ball for a loose ball. Griffin fell to the ground clutching his knee and checked out for good after the next Clippers possession.

After the game, Doc Rivers didn’t have a diagnosis to share, but he ominously said, “It didn’t look good.” Griffin has suffered a series of injuries to his left knee already, including a torn meniscus in 2012 and a broken kneecap in 2009.

The Clippers are now missing Milos Teodosic, Patrick Beverley (for the season), Danilo Gallinari, and Griffin, for a stint that will depend on the ultimate severity of this injury. They are 8-11, bad at defense, unable to score, and their current best player, DeAndre Jordan, has looked adrift without Chris Paul (or, say, any point guard) passing him the ball. What a shit start to the season.