NBA News: Blake Griffin\u2019s season over before it starts <\/strong><\/p>\nPoor, poor Clippers. Even when they get the first overall pick, something has to go wrong. Blake Griffin did his best Greg Oden impression and fractured his knee cap in his final preseason game back in October. <\/p>\n
He was expected to make his regular-season debut this month but a recent examination of the knee showed it wasn\u2019t properly healing. <\/p>\n
The Clippers thus announced yesterday that Griffin would have season-ending surgery. <\/p>\n
We can understand Oden going down \u2013 the face of a 42-year-old man must have the knees of a 42-year-old man \u2013 but no one saw Griffin\u2019s heartbreak coming. <\/p>\n
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