Blake Griffin: Thunder's Serge Ibaka should have been suspended

Griffin also believes the Thunder’s nationally televised (TNT) game against the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night at Chesapeake Energy Arena also might have influenced the NBA's decision to give Ibaka a $25,000 fine rather than a one-game suspension.

“From what I heard, I guess he’s saying he was just trying to get his hand away from mine,” Griffin told ESPN.com. “I actually didn’t have his hand. He had my arm, so I don’t know how it’s going to be interpreted. It is surprising (he won't be suspended), but it is a big game (Tuesday) and I don’t think they want one of their ... I really don’t know. It’s a big game.”

Griffin said he watched a replay and doesn’t understand how Ibaka wasn’t ejected or suspended.

“I don’t really see how it can be let go,” Griffin said, “but I’m not going to do anything about it. I’m not going to cry and complain.”

Ibaka said “there wasn’t any intent” to injure Griffin and he was “just trying to get good position.”

Thunder center Kendrick Perkins backed Ibaka and said Griffin is known for flopping.

“I saw some of Kendrick’s comments, and they didn't make sense to me, to be honest,” Griffin said. “I think what he was trying to say is I was grabbing his jersey and I started it all and I deserved to be hit where I was hit. But if I started swinging every time I got my jersey tugged at, I probably would be swinging on every single play.”