With a 10 p.m. power outage scheduled by SDG&E and the Clippers and Spurs going into overtime, the officials had to decide how this game would play out.

With the clock reading 96 minutes (yes, weird), Austin’s Harrison Ingram drives into the paint and hits a mid-range jumper to win the game against the San Diego Clippers.

But this game winner was not a buzzer-beater. Nor was it a momentum-halting dagger. In a bizarre series of events, this shot was a next-basket-wins, pick-up game style game-winning shot. While befuddled fans were still leaving Frontwave Arena, the lights went out for a few seconds, with backups kicking in right after.

While this hasn’t been the strongest year for the San Diego Clippers, who are now 10-13, this loss seemed to leave an especially bad taste in everyone’s mouth. Not just because of the strange ending, but because the Clippers did a lot of things right tonight. There were eight lead changes, but San Diego held a lead for the majority. Jahmyl Telfort was an offensive force with 24 points and 5 threes.

Down the stretch, the Clippers had chances to ice the game, but a lack of conversion and costly fouls led to overtime. The Spurs even had a chance to win at the free-throw line, but failed to convert as well.

The Austin Spurs improve to 13-7, and will be looking for a series sweep in Oceanside as they play the Clippers again on Feb. 20.

The read on Reddish

Interestingly, the Clippers just acquired a well-known player from Austin in Cam Reddish.

The former 10th overall pick started this season playing in Lithuania before being acquired by San Diego for a G-League first-round pick. Reddish picked up a couple of buckets in the first half, but did not return to the court in the second half.

About six minutes into the third quarter, he emerged in team active-wear with his lower right leg wrapped in ice. The former NBA star didn’t show many signs of discomfort when he was playing and did not appear to be seriously injured. It should be noted that Reddish has dealt with back and right-leg injuries in the past, which may have been aggravated against the Spurs.

Austin’s difference makers

The man who sealed the game, former Tar Heel Harrison Ingram, was dominant. Two assists from a triple-double, Ingram put up 23 points and 12 boards.

The Spurs’ Donovan Williams was excellent off the bench, putting up 22 points. Austin was 45% from the field as a team and put down 12 threes.

Potentially the most frustrating metric for San Diego tonight: they put up 25 more shots than the Spurs (13 if you factor in free throws), just to lose by 1 point. Allowing 24 attempts from the free-throw line was detrimental to an otherwise positive effort.

San Diego Clippers roadmap

With another 13 games to go in the regular season, there is still room for the Clippers to turn the season around.

After their second game against the Spurs on Feb. 20, San Diego will head to the Rio Grande Valley Vipers (Houston Rockets affiliate), then close out February against the Santa Cruz Warriors (Golden State affiliate).

EVT will continue to monitor the status of Cam Reddish and give more recaps of upcoming games!

Nate Tubbs

Nate Tubbs is a recent graduate of Journalism at San Diego State University. In his time at SDSU, he wrote and photographed several different sports for Aztec Link, the school’s NIL collective. He also co-hosted a weekly podcast featuring Aztec athletes, sharing their stories and goals for the season. Tubbs is passionate about photography, storytelling, and most of all, San Diego sports.