Blake Griffin might not be back until the playoffs

Can the Clippers survive for that long?

Ken Berger of CBS Sports is reporting that Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin will not be back from injury until "sometime in April." The team is 25-11 without Griffin since Christmas when he started missing games, but has lost the last four out of six games.

The original injury was in his quad, but he also broke his hand after punching a Clippers employee in January. However, it is still the quad injury that is keeping him from playing. The team is going to need him at full strength if it wants to advance past the likes of the San Antonio Spurs or Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference Finals.