Video: The Sixers give Blake Griffin an awful birthday present

It's bad enough to kick off your 22nd year on Earth by missing nine of 12 field goals and seven of 15 free throws to finish with a ghastly -23 line in a 104-94 loss to the visiting Philadelphia 76ers. But to nearly add injury to that insult, courtesy of a Jodie Meeks stiff-arm and a Tony Battie takedown on the break? Not the happiest of birthdays for Blake Griffin. Kate Fagan recounted the play for the Philadelphia Inquirer: ... everything shifted with 2:38 left in the [first] half. The game had been puttering along, another run-of-the-mill NBA game, when Griffin took excessive offense to Battie's transition foul of the high-flying superstar. Griffin was charging ahead on a breakaway, with defenders Meeks and Battie surrounding him. After Meeks ran past Griffin, swiping backward at the ball, Battie attempted to lock up Griffin and appeared to try to keep Griffin from falling. Griffin sprang off the court and nearly went after Battie, clearly misunderstanding Battie's in...