Coach Doc Rivers is trying to remain optimistic after the LA Clippers’ playoff hopes were hit with a hammer blow following the injury to Chris Paul.

With six minutes remaining of the third quarter in Game 4 at the Moda Center, point guard Paul broke the third metacarpal in his right hand – the bone between his middle finger and wrist – trying to swipe the ball from Gerald Henderson, an injury that could take anywhere between three and six weeks to heal.