Blake Griffin/Photo courtesy of Los Angeles Clippers

– The Clippers (18-13) found out Saturday morning that Blake Griffin would be out at least two weeks with a partially torn left quad tendon, so make no mistake, this was a good win. Griffin, who sustained his injury Christmas night in the win over the Lakers, will be re-evaluated in two weeks.

– Interestingly, Josh Smith started in Griffin’s place after not playing a second in the previous two games. Smith played all of five minutes, was put on the bench and never returned. He missed both of his field-goal attempts an grabbed two rebounds. He had one turnover.

– Without Griffin – the team’s leading scorer – the Clippers had to get solid games from others in order to emerge victorious. They received them from guards Chris Paul and J.J. Redick. Paul scored 19 points on 7 of 14 shooting. He doled out 11 assists, made two steals and had just one turnover in 36 minutes. Redick scored a team-high 25 points on 8 of 11 from the field – 5 of 7 from 3-point range. That’s not to mention DeAndre Jordan had 14 points, 13 rebounds and four blocks. He also made 2 of 3 from the free-throw line.

– Reserves Paul Pierce, Wesley Johnson and Cole Aldrich combined for 37 points on 14 of 25 shooting. Pierce scored 20 on 6 of 11 from the field – 5 of 7 from 3-point range. Considering his shooting struggles this season, that was really big.

– Speaking of shooting issues, Jamal Crawford’s troubles continued. The sixth-man scored seven points, but five of those came from the free-throw line. From the field, he was just 1 of 10. That means Crawford is now shooting 35.7 percent from the field, the lowest since he shot 35.2 percent as a rookie in 2000-01. He is shooting a career-low 30.7 percent from 3-point range.