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The hitch is not in Blake Griffin’s giddy-up, but in his shooting motion.
Just as the Clippers’ star forward is about to release the ball, he pauses, a hiccup he has tried to stop by working with the team’s new shooting coach, Bob Thate.
During warmups before the Clippers’ 106-104 exhibition loss against Denver on Saturday night in Las Vegas, Griffin’s shooting release looked smoother than before.
But during the game, the holdup in his release reappeared when Griffin went to the free-throw line, where he shot 52% last season. He missed his first four attempts, each hitting the back of the rim.
After his first game-type situation with his tinkered shooting release, Griffin, who made his final two free-throw attempts, was upbeat.
— Reported by Baxter Holmes of the Los Angeles Times
