The Agua Caliente Clippers began their season with some perfectly respectable performances. They split their first six games, alternating wins and losses despite being without their best player Amir Coffey for much of that stretch once he was called up to the NBA team.
It seemed like the Clippers were finally set for back-to-back wins when they took an 11-point lead in the fourth quarter of their seventh game against the Lakeland Magic. Instead, the Magic rallied and the Clippers needed a 3-pointer with five seconds left just to force overtime, though they were outscored 4-2 in the two-minute extra session.