No longer can people question Blake Griffin's greatness

"All he does is dunk"

"He chokes in the play-offs"

Yes, people have come up with many ways to citizenship Blake Griffin throughout his career, much of it being overblown. However, there was no telling that even though Blake was an all-star calibre playing coming into the league, he wasn't an all-around one, there was still room for improvement.

Now, with Blake being a very much different player then he was coming into the league 5 years ago there is literally know way the old criticisms of Blake can still count as valid. And this has never been more evident throughout the playoffs, especially in the 2nd round series against the Houston Rockets.

Blake has been unstoppable against Houston. While playing like a point guard in a 250 pound ultra-athletic power forward body he's put up draw dropping statlines of 26 pts, 14 rbs, 13 ast in Game 1 and a monster 34 points and 15 rebounds in Game 2. He's been using a mixture of his gravity-defying athleticism, smooth jumper and vast array of post moves to get the job done and Houston's had no answer. They've given up on stopping Griffin, instead they're scrambling to contain him.

"With Paul out the Clippers offence is to get Blake the ball at the top of the key, that's pretty much it. And it's unguardable" wrote USA today's Nate Scott.

The numbers Blake it putting up in the postseason have not been replicated in the playoff's by anyone but Oscar Robertson in 1963.

"He gets in the middle of the field and picks people apart" said the Clips' tough SF Matt Barnes.

Blake has played so many minutes this postseason, eclipsing 40 min in 8 of 9 played games. This makes it all the more interesting to wonder where the Clips would be without him. Regardless of the greatness of Chris Paul who hit some of the biggest shots of his career in the 1st round against the Spurs Blake has been a teeny bit under the radar with his great play since it was slightly overshadowed by Paul. With Paul out with his hamstring industry all the lights were on Blake and when he lead a Clippers team without it's best player (although Griffin is making a strong case for the title) to a Game 1 victory and at least a split on the road his greatness and value couldn't be denied. The way he's tearing up opponents is similar to the way he ruined opponents on a nightly basis when Chris Paul was injured with a separated shoulder during the 2013-14 for a couple months.

Griffin is thriving in his huge offensive role but best of all he's showing the leadership he was once criticized for not having early.

"My main message throughout the game was just stay together" said Blake. "There was no reason for us to crumble"

Obviously, The Clips need Paul back. Urgently. No way are they better without him. But, if Blake can keep up this unstoppable play when CP returns (maybe 100%, maybe not) then the Clips will go very far this postseason. Maybe further than the franchise has ever gone before.