Clippers’ Terance Mann gets hit with brutal injury update after win vs. Trail Blazers

The Los Angeles Clippers have been playing above everybody’s expectations to begin the 2024-25 season. On Tuesday night, they took a dominant 127-105 win over the Portland Trail Blazers in the NBA Cup to move to 14-9 on the season — a far better record than most analysts expected out of them especially with Kawhi Leonard still nursing an injury. The Clippers have prided themselves on defense — although they took a hit on that end of the floor on Tuesday night with the unfortunate news regarding Terance Mann.

Mann, who played 13 minutes off the Clippers bench on Tuesday night, was diagnosed with a fractured finger, as per ClutchPoints Clippers beat reporter Tomer Azarly. It is unclear, however, how much time Mann is set to miss, as he will still be re-evaluated by the team’s medical staff today.

The 28-year-old wing began the season as a starter for the Clippers but has since been moved by Ty Lue to the bench for the past 12 games. Mann has overall been better since being relegated to a bench role — with LA functioning much better as a team with Kris Dunn starting in Mann’s place.