South Bay Lakers recap: San Diego stops G League Lakers’ momentum

The South Bay Lakers produced two blowout wins this week at home in El Segundo versus the Salt Lake City Stars and Valley Suns. On Saturday, they traveled down south to take on the San Diego Clippers at Frontwave Arena.

They got off to a solid start by taking an early 12-5 lead, but San Diego stormed back to end the first quarter on top, 37-26. San Diego managed to go up by as many as 20 points in the second quarter, and somehow, South Bay was able to fight back and tie the game at 63 at halftime. After that, however, it was all Clippers.

The Clippers scored the first basket of the third quarter, and they would never give up the lead, as they cruised to a 125-113 victory.

Rookie guard Quincy Olivari had another solid outing with 20 points, making it the fourth straight game in which he has scored at least 20 points. Point guard Grayson Murphy followed up a couple of previous strong performances of his own with 13 points, 15 assists, seven rebounds and seven steals. Bronny James, who scored 28 points on Friday, didn’t play on Saturday.

Kai Jones, who has played in 27 games this season for the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers, led San Diego with 24 points.…Read more by Robert Marvi