Los Angeles Clippers coach Doc Rivers says he trusts player Blake Griffin, and a police investigation of a man's complaint that Griffin attacked him during an argument over a photo at a Las Vegas Strip shouldn't distract the team.
The Clippers issued a statement from Rivers before the team's home exhibition game against the Phoenix Suns. He said he's very confident things will work out.
"It shouldn’t be (a distraction)," Rivers said "It’s an ongoing investigation, so I don’t have a lot to say about it. I trust Blake 100 percent. He's a great kid. We'll figure it out and get through it. I feel very confident that things will work out. I'll put it that way.”
No arrest was immediately made while Las Vegas police investigate a battery complaint filed Sunday stemming from what a department spokesman called an altercation over a camera.
