Clippers’ Eric Gordon injured, but it doesn’t look serious

Just what is it about these final exhibition games, anyway?

Perhaps the Clippers should try to find a way to wriggle out of playing their last exhibition, the better to avoid injuries to marquee players.

Kidding aside, this is the second time it happened in the last two preseasons.

Last year, it was Blake Griffin slamming home a mammoth dunk against the New Orleans Hornets — an explosive move viewed over and over, but one that resulted in a stress fracture of his left kneecap and ended his season before it started.

On Tuesday, an injured Eric Gordon found residence on the bench in the second half of the Clippers’ 96-94 loss to Sacramento at Staples Center.

Chris Kaman scored a game-high 21 points for the Clippers, who finished 1-7 in exhibition games. Clippers rookie Al-Farouq Aminu picked it up in a big way, finishing with 15 points and nine rebounds, and hitting a tying three-pointer with 22 seconds left before Tyreke Evans’ driving layup won it.

As for Gordon, he suffered a sprained right ankle in the second quarter and did not return.

That was the bad news. The better news for the Clippers was that they were calling it precautionary. In fact, if Gordon had been in serious discomfort, he would have been back in the training room getting treatment.

He and the Clippers have a week to heal and regroup before the season opener Oct. 27 against Portland.

Injury update

As expected, Griffin and Ryan Gomes sat out the finale. Griffin has had a sprained left ankle, forcing him to miss the last two games, and Gomes is dealing with a sore right knee.

Clippers Coach Vinny Del Negro said Gomes has been bothered by tendinitis during most of training camp and this gave him a three-day window to rest the knee because the Clippers have the day off today.

“If it was regular season they could play,” Del Negro said.

Davis update

Baron Davis had 15 points, eight assists and five turnovers in nearly 32 minutes. Before the game, Del Negro was asked to assess his point guard’s improvement.

“Getting better,” he said. “This next week will be very important to [not] have any setbacks. His conditioning is getting better. His minute load is getting a little bigger.

“Baron knows how important he is to what we want to do. But he’s got to play at a high level for us. He knows that.”

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