Injury blow for Clippers as Chris Paul suffers broken right hand in Game 4
Things are going from bad to worse for the Clippers in Portland.
After dropping Game 3 to the Trail Blazers on Saturday and trailing in Game 4 on Monday, the Clippers lost Chris Paul to a broken right hand late in the third quarter.
Chris Paul left tonight's game with a third metacarpal fracture in his right hand.
— LA Clippers (@LAClippers) April 26, 2016
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Paul whinced after attempting to defend Gerald Henderson on a play near the Clippers' basket. Leaving the game, the Clippers' star point guard immediately headed to the locker room, kicking out in frustration as he left, and did not return. He had 16 points and four assists before the injury.
Chris Paul (right hand) will not return in Game 4. https://t.co/6aI3kMF69V
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) April 26, 2016
With Paul out, the Blazers would take control of the game in the fourth quarter defeating the Clippers 98-84. The series is now tied at two games apiece and heads back to Los Angeles on Wednesday. Whether Paul will be available for the Clippers then or at all in the remaining games of the series is still up in the air.
