A late regular-season game against an Eastern Conference team with a losing record just became one of the hottest tickets on the Clippers' schedule.
Blake Griffin is expected to make his return April 3, against the Washington Wizards at Staples Center after the Clippers announced Sunday that the power forward had been medically cleared to play and would begin serving a team-imposed, four-game suspension for punching a team assistant equipment manager.
It will be the first of seven games in which Griffin will get to play before the Clippers open the playoffs.