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Austin Rivers is averaging career highs of 15.8 points and 3.6 assists. After leaving Friday’s game on crutches, Los Angeles Clippers guard Austin Rivers had an MRI on Saturday that revealed a right Achilles tendon strain, league sources told Yahoo Sports. With the MRI returning negative for a tear, Rivers is expected to be day-to-day, league sources said. Continue to Article

December 30, 2017 3:55:pm EST

Playing in his first game in a month, Blake Griffin scored 24 points and Lou Williams added 23 off the bench to lead the Los Angeles Clippers to a 121-106 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night. It was the Lakers' fifth consecutive loss and eighth in nine games. Jordan Clarkson led the Lakers with 20 points and Brandon Ingram added 18, all coming in the second half. Continue to Article

December 30, 2017 1:12:am EST

LA Clippers forward Blake Griffin will return Friday night against the Los Angeles Lakers, his first game in more than a month because of a sprained left MCL, head coach Doc Rivers said. Rivers said Griffin's minutes would be monitored during Friday's game. "We're not going to play him 40 minutes tonight -- I shouldn't even say that -- but obviously we don't just want to throw him in there and say, 'You're normal,'" Rivers said. Continue to Article

December 29, 2017 9:29:pm EST

Los Angeles was 6-8 without Griffin, and they sit three games out of the playoffs right now. Doc Rivers days both Blake Griffin and Wesley Johnson will play tonight vs Lakers. Griffin is the fulcrum of the Clippers’ offense, and when he was on the court this season it was 3.5 points per 100 possessions better than when he sat. Continue to Article

December 29, 2017 9:26:pm EST

Five-time All Star forward Blake Griffin will be a game-time decision when the Los Angeles Clippers play the Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center on Friday. Griffin has missed the past 14 games because of a sprained left knee, which he sustained in a 120-115 victory against the Lakers on Nov. 27. "I just know his work ethic has to have something to do with it," Clippers coach Doc Rivers said. Continue to Article

December 28, 2017 7:04:pm EST