The first basketball game at Frontwave Arena in Oceanside was played Tuesday, with the Los Angeles Clippers facing the Brooklyn Nets in a sold out NBA preseason game.
The Clippers prevailed 115-106 to improve to 1-1 in the preseason.
The Clippers have limited former San Diego State star Kawhi Leonard’s activity in training camp as he attempts to recover from swelling in his right knee. He did not play in Saturday’s preseason opener in Honolulu.
The Clippers’ second player with San Diego ties, former Lincoln High School standout Norman Powell, scored 11 points in 15 minutes, 19 seconds in the 91-90 loss to the Golden State Warriors.
At least two of the players on the Clippers’ roster for Tuesday’s game will be returning to Frontwave Arena to play for their NBA G League affiliate, the San Diego Clippers – small forwards Trentyn Flowers and Jordan Miller, who are both on two-way contracts, which limit them to being active for 50 games with the NBA Clippers.
Flowers, 19, won’t participate in training camp while recovering from left wrist surgery. He signed with the Clippers as an undrafted rookie after playing last season for the Adelaide 36ers of Australia’s National Basketball League.
Miller averaged 1.6 points in eight games for the Clippers last season. He was selected in the second round of the 2023 NBA draft after helping lead Miami to its first Final Four. Miller’s coach with the Hurricanes was Jim Larrañaga, the father of Clippers’ assistant coach Jay Larrañaga.
The San Diego Clippers open play Nov. 8.
Tuesday’s game was the preseason opener for the Nets, who announced Monday that center Day’Ron Sharpe and forward Trendon Watford have each been diagnosed with a left hamstring strain, after sustaining injuries during training camp practices last week. They remain sidelined from on-court activity.
Updated 10:05 p.m. Oct. 8, 2024
