LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Clippers scratched and clawed their way to a 121-120 win over the Portland Trail Blazers Monday night—and broke Lawler's Law along the way—but it was Blake Griffin who bore the brunt of the abuse.
After skipping Saturday's game against the New Orleans Pelicans to rest a sore knee, Griffin suffered a scratch under his eye and a bloody lip courtesy of Mason Plumlee's elbow in the fourth quarter.
"I'm very self-conscious right now," Griffin quipped, noting how swollen and numb his stitched upper lip was.
Despite ending their four-game home stand with consecutive victories, the Clippers have every reason to feel anxious about where they stand as they get ready to hit the road again.
The 133-105 weekend win over the Pelicans came with Anthony Davis, Jrue Holiday and E'Twaun Moore all in street clothes. The Clippers can take some pride in sweeping the season series from a Blazers team that knocked them out of the 2016 playoffs, though they've clearly slipped some since smashing Portland by 31 points in early November.
That outstanding effort came durin ...
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