Russell Westbrook fractures hand as Clippers beat Wizards
As the Clippers began to pour it on against the Washington Wizards in the third quarter Friday, bad news surfaced when the team announced guard Russell Westbrook had a left hand fracture.Westbrook sustained the injury in the first half of the Clippers’ 140-115 win when he tried to steal the ball from Washington’s Jordan Poole. A 16-year veteran, Westbrook was averaging 11.1 points, 5.2 rebounds and 4.5 assists. The injury came on his bobblehead night at Crypto.com Arena.The Clippers didn’t give a timetable for…