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LA Clippers forward Blake Griffin on how they have coped with the controversy surrounding the team.

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SOUNDBITE (English): Blake Griffin, Los Angeles Clippers Forward:

"Very proud, I really don't know - like you said, there's not really a team that's gone through this. And I remember Saturday morning when everything hit you could see certain guys that were really emotional about the situation and this was the first day and it got a lot bigger. At the point when we had the meeting, it was obviously a huge thing but it just grew and grew and grew with each day or each hour honestly and it wore on guys. And we tried to do the thing where, you know, it was like let's put this off to the side but that's impossible. So, just the mental strength that we had, you know, come back home, get one and then finish this one out tonight is unbelievable. I think a lot of credit goes to our coaching staff too for trying to lead the charge and get us to lock in mentally."