{"id":539095,"date":"2026-01-24T09:05:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T09:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/539095\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T09:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T09:05:09","slug":"okc-blue-get-much-needed-113-109-win-over-san-diego-clippers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/539095\/","title":{"rendered":"OKC Blue get much-needed 113-109 win over San Diego Clippers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jan. 24, 2026, 12:38 a.m. CT<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:440px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/87915836007-usatsi-27884729.jpg\"  elementtiming=\"ar-lead-image\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dec 25, 2025; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder mascot plays a bass drum before the start of a game against the San Antonio Spurs at Paycom Center. Mandatory Credit: Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The G League&#8217;s OKC Blue picked up a close 113-109 win over the San Diego Clippers on Friday. The road victory improved its record to 3-11 in the regular season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">It was a close game throughout. Both had a double-digit lead with neither more than 16 points. The Blue were in a 29-28 deficit after the first quarter. They rebounded in the second frame with a 33-point explosion, though, to take control.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Blue entered halftime with a 61-49 lead. After the break, the Clippers slowly chipped away. OKC only had 22 points in the third frame as the offense came back down a little. It only had an 83-76 lead after the quarter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">It didn&#8217;t really get any closer from that point on. The Blue stiff-armed San Diego with 30 points in the final frame. That was enough to barely escape with the badly-needed win with a short-handed roster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Blue shot 48% from the field and went 13-of-29 (44.8%) from 3. They shot 11-of-16 on free throws. They had 24 assists on 42 baskets. Four Blue players scored double-digit points.<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:6|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Meanwhile, the Clippers shot 43% from the field and went 14-of-41 (34.1%) from 3. They shot 11-of-15 on free throws. They had 24 assists on 38 baskets. Six Clippers players scored double-digit points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Here are some notable individual performances from both sides:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul\">\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">Bryce Thompson: 28 points on 11-of-20 shooting, 3-of-5 from 3, four rebounds, one assist<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">Buddy Boeheim: 25 points on 7-of-17 shooting, 5-of-13 from 3, 4-of-4 on free throws, three rebounds<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">Zhaire Smith: 21 points on 8-of-19 shooting, 3-of-6 on free throws, six assists, five rebounds, two steals<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">Jabri Abdur-Rahim: 12 points on 5-of-9 shooting, 2-of-4 from 3, three rebounds<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">Yanic Konan Niederhauser: 16 points on 8-of-12 shooting, 13 rebounds, three blocks<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">TyTy Washington Jr.: 14 points on 4-of-11 shooting, 2-of-7 from 3, seven assists, six rebounds<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">Patrick Baldwin Jr.: 19 points on 8-of-21 shooting, 1-of-6 from 3, seven rebounds, two steals<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">John Poulakidas: 22 points on 8-of-13 shooting, 6-of-11 from 3, five rebounds, two assists<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Here are the full highlights from the Blue&#8217;s four-point win over the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/los-angeles-clippers\/12\/\" data-autotag=\"05d62218-2c53-4928-8e69-9f1ad296f0b0\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">LA Clippers<\/a>&#8216; G League affiliate:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gnt_em_vp_a gnt_em_vp__yt_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AX4E6eveI5c&amp;pp=ygUIZyBsZWFndWU%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-g-r=\"vp_tg\" aria-label=\"Play YouTube video\" data-v-t=\"Oklahoma City Blue vs. San Diego Clippers - Game Highlights\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"gnt_em_vp_img gnt_em_vp_img__yn\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/AX4E6eveI5c\/maxresdefault.jpg\" onload=\"if(this.naturalWidth&lt;200){this.setAttribute('onload','this.classList.remove(\\'gnt_em_vp_img__yn\\')');this.src=\" https:=\"\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 24, 2026, 12:38 a.m. CT The G League&#8217;s OKC Blue picked up a close 113-109 win over&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":539096,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5134],"tags":[216235,5229,1582,276,3549,7264,229890,229891,216316,238123,229910,238122,222005,216244,238124,216318,216238,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-539095","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-california","12":"tag-san-diego","13":"tag-sandiego","14":"tag-sstssportsnbathunder","15":"tag-sstsnokc-thunder","16":"tag-tagbasketball","17":"tag-tagbuddy-boeheim","18":"tag-taglos-angeles-clippers","19":"tag-tagnba-g-league","20":"tag-tagoklahoma-city-thunder","21":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","22":"tag-tagpatrick-baldwin-jr","23":"tag-tagsports-news","24":"tag-typestory","25":"tag-united-states","26":"tag-united-states-of-america","27":"tag-unitedstates","28":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","29":"tag-us","30":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115949281225380888","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/539096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=539095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}