Blake Griffin

…as he and fellow All-Star Blake Griffin both sustained season-ending injuries (a broken hand and quadriceps tear, respectively) in the team’s fourth playoff game, and Los Angeles was eliminated in its opening postseason series. He missed 14 games in the 2016–17 season with a torn ligament in his left thumb…

…Pistons traded for star forward Blake Griffin during the 2017–18 season, and Detroit again qualified for the postseason in 2018–19. That turnaround proved to be an aberration, and the Pistons won just 20 games in each of the following two seasons.

…best players, Chris Paul and Blake Griffin, both sustained season-ending injuries in the Clippers’ fourth playoff game. The team again lost in the first round of the postseason the following year, which marked the NBA-record fifth straight time that the Clippers blew a lead in a playoff series that they…

…with young All-Star power forward Blake Griffin to help the Clippers advance to the conference semifinals. The Clippers bettered that regular-season result in 2012–13, tallying a then team-record 56 wins and winning the first division title in team history, but lost in the opening round of the postseason. That playoff…