Blake Griffin and Clippers assistant equipment manager Matias Testi had some dinner companions they knew well over the weekend.
One was Clippers center DeAndre Jordan and the other was Joe Resendez, the team's assistant athletic trainer and travel manager.
“Those guys are really close friends of mine, like brothers to me,” Jordan said of Griffin and Testi.
What was supposed to be a dinner among friends in Toronto's entertainment district on Saturday took a horrific turn when Griffin repeatedly punched Testi, leaving his longtime buddy with a severely swollen face and Griffin with a broken right hand.