The LA Clippers 2017-18 injury-riddled season continues to be so following the scary injury star forward Blake Griffin suffered during Monday night's 120-115 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers.

Midway through the fourth quarter, Griffin went after a loose ball and suffered what looked like a bad left knee injury while colliding with teammate Austin Rivers and Lakers' guard Lonzo Ball. Griffin initially walked off the injury and spoke with head athletic trainer Jasen Powell, but a couple of possessions showed his severe lack of mobility. The Clippers called timeout and Griffin marched towards the locker room with Powell, his hand over his disappointed face before grabbing at his jersey in anger as if to say ‘not again.'

Griffin finished the game with 26 points, 11 rebounds, and six assists in 36 minutes of action.

After the game, the team called Griffin's injury a left knee injury and would not elaborate further. Griffin was unavailable for comment and left the locker room under his own power.

“He's not in high spirits,” said head coach Doc Rivers immediately after the game. “He's just down. Right now, he's where we are at: hoping that it was just a bang and that it hurt and that he'll be alright. But his spirits are down right now.”

Following Tuesday's highly-anticipated MRI, it has been determined that Griffin has suffered an MCL sprain in his left knee and will be out up to eight weeks.

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Last season, Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant suffered a Grade 2 MCL in his left knee when his teammate Zaza Pachulia came crashing into his knee in what looked like a very scary collision for the eventual NBA Champions. Durant was ruled out indefinitely, and returned about about a month later.

Griffin's left knee is the same one that forced him to sit what would've been his entire rookie season in 2009-10 with a fractured kneecap. Since missing that year, however, Griffin had been relatively healthy, appearing in 308-of-312 games the following four seasons. He followed that up in 2014-15 by playing in 67-of-82 games, and then saw the deepest of struggles during the 2015-16 campaign when he played just 35 games after being hampered by quad injuries and a broken hand. Last season, Griffin played in 61-of-82 games after having arthroscopic surgery on his right knee to remove loose bodies.

This summer, he's worked diligently since the plantar plate injury in his right big toe suffered randomly when accidentally stepping on the foot of a Utah Jazz player during their first round series in April.

Now, Griffin will miss an unforeseen amount of time and will very likely have to work his way back into game shape once he is cleared to resume basketball activities and make his return to the court.

“He was down, but I think he's just nervous [too],” Austin Rivers told ClutchPoints after the game. “He's gone through so much. I think he's at the point where he's just like ‘not again.' He's worked his ass off, look at how he's playing for us. You don't want that to happen to anybody let alone that guy. I think that's where his head's at right now. I think he's just hoping that everything's fine and so are we.”