It was the first day of Los Angeles Clippers training camp at the University of California-Irvine, and Griffin’s first practice since a quad injury knocked him out of the playoffs in April. He went through the whole session without a break.
Several times, Clippers coaches tried to pull him out.
Each time, he refused.
“I don’t blame Blake,” head coach Doc Rivers said afterward. “If I hadn’t played in a year or half a year, I’d probably do it too. This is his first time he had like red meat in front of him all year, in a long time, so I get it.