How long will it take Blake Griffin to get shooting stroke back?

Blake Griffin

Blake Griffin/Photo courtesy of Los Angeles Clippers

 

Blake Griffin and team assistant equipment manager Matias Testi were absent from Sunday’s game against the Chicago Bulls at Staples Center. Griffin fractured his right hand when he punched Testi on Jan. 23 at a Toronto restaurant.

Including the five weeks he has already missed because of a quad tendon injury, Griffin will be out at least a total of two months before he gets back, and probably longer, because of the hand fracture. Then, how long will it take him to get his shooting stroke back, being it’s his shooting hand?

“I don’t know,” coach Doc Rivers said. “Obviously, not being able to shoot for a long period of time has to have an impact on you. Especially Blake, he’s a guy that works on his shot so much every day that going through this stretch of not shooting has to have some kind of impact.

“But I don’t know how long it’s going to take. We’ll see. If it just comes down to work, he’ll be fine, because no one works harder.”

Griffin is shooting 50.8 percent from the field and is averaging 23.2 points. He had already missed 17 consecutive games before Sunday, with the Clippers going 14-3 in them.