Clippers lose Griffin to season-ending surgery

LOS ANGELES: Blake Griffin's injury-ravaged rookie season with the Los Angeles Clippers ended on Wednesday when the power forward was ruled out for another four months to have surgery.

The No 1 overall pick in the NBA Draft, Griffin is yet to play a regular-season game for the Clippers, having fractured his left kneecap in their final preseason game on Oct 23.

"It has been determined that the healing in his left patella area has not improved to the expected required level," the Clippers said on their official website (http://www.nba.com/clippers).