NBA Summer League Day 1
■ Who: All 30 NBA teams
■ When: Through July 19
■ Where: Thomas & Mack Center and Cox Pavilion
■ Tickets: Start astatine $68 for single-day wide admission
Thursday’s scores
Minnesota 105, New Orleans 92
Atlanta 93, San Antonio 66
Philadelphia 101, Detroit 93
Golden State 101, Dallas 90
Charlotte 86, Orlando 74
Washington 92, Utah 88
Sacramento 91, L.A. Clippers 85
Friday’s schedule
Milwaukee vs. Miami, 1 p.m., Thomas & Mack Center, Prime Video
Cleveland vs. Indiana, 1:30 p.m., Cox Pavilion, ESPN2
Brooklyn vs. New York, 3 p.m., T&M, Prime Video
Houston vs. Denver, 3:30 p.m., Cox, ESPN2
Chicago vs. Memphis, 5 p.m., T&M, Prime Video
Boston vs. Toronto, 6 p.m., Cox, ESPN
Oklahoma City vs. L.A. Lakers, 7 p.m., T&M, Prime Video
Portland vs. Phoenix, 8 p.m., Cox ESPNU
Stars of the day
■ Zyon Pullin, Minnesota Timberwolves
Pullin opened the 2026 variation of the Las Vegas Summer League with a double-double to assistance Minnesota to victory.
The 6-foot-4 defender dropped 24 points with 12 assists and 8 rebounds to assistance the Timberwolves bushed New Orleans 105-92 astatine the Cox Pavilion successful the opening crippled of the Summer League.
Pullin changeable 6 of 14 from the field, added 2 blocks and was the starring scorer amongst 5 double-figures players for Minnesota successful its victory.
Pullin was a first-team All-SEC enactment astatine Florida successful 2024, but went undrafted. He spent his archetypal NBA play (2024-25) with the Memphis Grizzlies organization. Pullin joined Minnesota’s G-League team, the Iowa Wolves, earlier the commencement of the 2025-26 season, and successful March signed a two-way declaration with the Timberwolves portion appearing successful 5 NBA games.
■ Yaxel Lendeborg, Golden State Warriors
Yaxel Lendeborg, Golden State’s first-round prime successful past month’s draft, is continuing to amusement that helium could marque an contiguous interaction with his caller squad this fall.
The 11th-overall prime posted a double-double, with 21 points and 10 rebounds, portion adding six assists successful an 8 of 13 shooting effort to pb Golden State to a 101-90 triumph implicit Dallas. Lendeborg had 2 baskets and an assistance successful the last infinitesimal to assistance the Warriors fend disconnected the Mavericks.
Lendeborg had a beardown showing astatine the California Summer League earlier this month, wherever helium averaged 15 points, 6.5 rebounds and 4 assists successful 2 appearances. The 6-foot-9 guardant was a first-team All-American and Big 10 subordinate of the twelvemonth past play portion helping pb Michigan to the nationalist championship.
■ AJ Dybantsa, Washington Wizards
The No. 1 prime successful past month’s draught enactment connected a amusement successful his Summer League debut.
Dybantsa scored a team-high 27 points and grabbed 7 rebounds to assistance Washington outlast Utah 92-88 successful a conflict of the apical 2 picks successful the draft. Utah’s Darryn Peterson, the No. 2 pick, had 24 points for the Jazz.
Dybantsa’s 27 points necktie Blake Griffin for the astir points scored by a No. 1 prime successful a Summer League debut.
The 6-foot-9 guardant changeable 7 of 18 (38.9 percent) from the level and was o of 5 from 3-point range, but Dybantsa showcased his athleticism attacking the basket, which was highlighted by a ferocious 1st-quarter two-handed dunk.
Dybantsa said helium did not play successful the last minutes owed to “leg soreness,” but added helium expects to beryllium “back” for the Wizards’ adjacent Summer League crippled connected Sunday.
Faces successful the crowd
The assemblage astatine the Thomas & Mack Center arrived to ticker Dybantsa marque his Summer League debut, but reigning NBA Rookie of the Year Cooper Flagg drew a assemblage courtside connected Thursday.
The 2025 No. 1 prime watched his Dallas Mavericks look the Golden State Warriors, and Flagg was met with a swarm of radical during halftime of the crippled arsenic helium signed a fistful of autographs.
Making his archetypal quality astatine the Las Vegas Summer League, arsenic an NBA coach, was caller Mavericks manager Dusty May, who took the Dallas occupation past period aft starring Michigan to the nationalist title.
NBA Hall of Famer Patrick Ewing arrived astatine the Thomas & Mack earlier the the opening of the Washington-Utah battle. Earlier this month, it was announced that Ewing had joined the Wizards coaching unit arsenic an assistant.
Wizards teammates Trae Young, Anthony Davis and Deandre Ayton joined Ewing astatine Thomas & Mack to spot their caller teammate Dybansta marque his Summer League debut.
Two-time NBA All-Star and 2019 No. 1 prime Zion Williamson got a akin autograph absorption astatine the Cox Pavilion arsenic helium watched his Pelicans look the Minnesota Timberwolves. Williamson was joined by teammates Jordan Poole, Dejounte Murray, Jeremiah Fears and Herb Jones.
Also astatine Cox Pavilion was Timberwolves number proprietor and three-time MLB AL MVP Alex Rodriguez, with manager Chris Finch and defender Bones Hyland.
Detroit Pistons prima defender Cade Cunningham was successful attendance to spot the Pistons look the 76ers. As was erstwhile Pistons defender and 14-year NBA seasoned Richard Hamilton.
Alex Wright Las Vegas Review-Journal
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