Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin has been cleared to resume basketball activities and will begin serving his four-game suspension Sunday against the Denver Nuggets, the team announced.
Griffin, 27, will be eligible to return for April 3's game against the Washington Wizards. He has missed the team's last 41 contests with a torn left quad and right hand fracture. The hand fracture was suffered during a January fight with a team employee in Toronto, which resulted in the suspension.
"It's something that I feel awful about, something that I haven't had to deal with ever before in life and it's been tough," Griffin said, per Ben Bolch of the Los Angeles Times. "But now that the NBA has done their due diligence and the Clippers and I have my punishment, I'm looking forward to just moving on and moving past this and getting back on the court with our teammates."
Griffin last played in a Christmas Day win over the Los Angeles Lakers. He was averaging 23.2 points, 8.7 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game, numbers that would have put him in historic company over the course of a full s ...
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Blake Griffin Begins 4-Game Suspension, Medically Cleared for Activities
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