Clippers forward Blake Griffin won’t make it through the NBA postseason for the second straight year after it was announced Saturday that the power forward suffered an injury to the plantar plate of his right big toe and will not return.
The Clippers said Griffin will be reevaluated when the team returns to Los Angeles by foot and ankle specialist Dr. Richard Ferkel.
Griffin was injured late in the second quarter of Game 3 Friday night against the Utah Jazz, a game the Clippers eventually won to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven Western Conference first-round series.