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Rivers overcomes gashes to eye, can’t save Clips
- Updated: April 30, 2016
3:00 AM ET
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Los Angeles Clippers, already playing without Chris Paul and Blake Griffin, lost Austin Rivers briefly early in the first quarter of Game 6 on Friday against the Portland Trail Blazers.
Rivers, starting at point guard in place of Paul, left the court to receive four stitches on top of his left eye and seven stitches below his eye.
He returned to the court with 5:03 left in the second quarter and finished with 21 points, eight assists and six rebounds in 32 minutes of play.
Austin Rivers was hit in the face by an elbow from Blazers forward Al-Farouq Aminu, who was going up for a rebound with 6:46 left in the first quarter. Steve Dykes/Getty Images
The Clippers fell 106-103, losing the series …
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