CEDAR PARK, Texas. – The San Diego Clippers (5-6) lost to the Austin Spurs (7-4) 117-88 on the first night of a back-to-back between these two teams at the H-E-B Center at Cedar Park.
Braxton Key finished with his seventh double-double of the season, he added 16 points and 11 rebounds.
Trentyn Flowers led the way with 19 points for San Diego. Cam Christie also contributed 15 points of his own.
The issue was an extremely lackluster start, with the Clippers only putting up 15 points in the first quarter, to the Spurs’ 36. That 21 point deficit haunted them the rest of the game.
As a team San Diego shot 16.7% from the 3 point line. It felt like the team was starting to find a rhythm, and lost it again.
San Diego lost the turnover battle 20-13, but did out rebound Austin by six; five of those rebounds coming on the offensive end.
David Duke Jr. had 19 points for Austin in their win.
After the first quarter, San Diego did keep it closer, but still lost every quarter in terms of scoring except for the fourth quarter, 27-25. Had they not let the Spurs’ get that massive lead in the beginning, it would have been a different game.
Kai Jones played 20 minutes in the matchup. He finished with 6 points on 2-7 shooting from the field.
San Diego will look to even the series up on the second night of their back-to-back against Austin. The game will be played Saturday, Jan. 25 at 5 p.m. pacific. The game will be played at the H-E-B Center at Cedar Park once more.