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For a couple seconds, everyone's heart stopped.
Blake Griffin was RUNNING through the Clippers' locker room.
Fractured kneecap, "Clipper Curse" be damned.
R-U-N-N-I-N-G!
It was only about 10 feet and he really was more like jogging quickly than sprinting. But still, if you're a Clipper, the thought of Griffin doing anything more than stepping cautiously right now has to freak you out.
After tempting the basketball gods' resolve by light-heartedly dismissing whatever force causes fate and fortune to scoff with cruel regularity at the Clipper franchise, it seemed a warning sign had been fired directly at Griffin and he clearly was not cowering.
Was he stubborn?
Still not impressed by "The Curse"?
Agnostic?
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