Oklahoma City Thunder Player Serge Ibaka Explains Why He Karate-Chopped Blake Griffin In The Groin

Yesterday's Thunder-Clippers game was marred by an incident in the fourth quarter where OKC big man Serge Ibaka appeared to intentionally punch Blake Griffin in the groin. The announcers and the crowd both thought Ibaka should have been ejected. After the game, Griffin agreed, saying he was surprised Ibaka was allowed to stay in the game. Ibaka was only given a flagrant-1 foul, and the Thunder went on to win. Here's the chop (full video below): If the refs thought it was intentional, they would ...