April 3 at the H-E-B Center in Cedar Park. Austin Spurs, Western Conference semis, Salt Lake City Stars. Playoff basketball in a room that size just sounds different.
Malachi Flynn had 28 and ran the thing like it was personal. David Duke Jr. 23 and 13. Harrison Ingram 16 and 14. Halftime was 61-58. People were leaning.
Second half opened up. Fast breaks, the crowd standing, the kind of night where you high-five a stranger and then act like you didn't. Final 123-113. Austin moved on to the Western Conference Finals.
The run ended later in Stockton. That night in Cedar Park is the one I filed.
