NBA Summer League Day 8
Who: All 30 NBA teams
When: Through July 19
Where: Thomas &Mack Center and Cox Pavilion
Tickets: Start astatine $68 for single-day admission
Thursday’s scores
Dallas 97, Oklahoma City 87
Houston 100, Brooklyn 83
L.A. Lakers 105, Chicago 82
Golden State 87, New York 77
Memphis 96, Atlanta 64
Toronto 99, Miami 90
Portland 108, Denver 101
Friday’s schedule
Sacramento vs. Charlotte 3:30 p.m., Cox Pavilion, Prime Video
Chicago vs. Cleveland, 4 p.m., Thomas &Mack Center, ESPN
Dallas vs. New York, 5:30 p.m., Cox Pavilion, Prime Video
Detroit vs. Miami, 6 p.m., Thomas &Mack Center, ESPN
Portland vs. Utah, 7:30 p.m., Cox Pavilion, Prime Video
Minnesota vs. L.A. Clippers, 8 p.m., Thomas &Mack Center, ESPN
Stars of the day
■ Bruce Thornton, Houston Rockets
The No. 31 wide prime was primitively drafted by the New York Knicks retired of Ohio State earlier being traded to Houston instantly aft the selection.
He totaled a game-high 23 points portion adding 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, shooting 53% from the tract successful the Rockets’ triumph implicit the Nets.
A four-year standout astatine Ohio State, Thornton capped his collegiate vocation by averaging 19.9 points per crippled arsenic a elder and becoming the program’s all-time starring scorer with 2,164 vocation points.
He besides became 1 of conscionable 2 players successful Big Ten past to decorativeness a collegiate vocation with astatine slightest 2,000 points, 500 rebounds and 500 assists, joining Penn State alum Talor Battle.
■ Brooks Barnhizer, Oklahoma City Thunder
The second-round prime successful the 2025 NBA draught retired of Northwestern posted a double-double successful the Thunder’s nonaccomplishment to the Mavericks to unfastened the eighth time of Summer League action.
Barnhizer recorded 21 points portion shooting 50% from the field, knocking down his lone 3-point attempt. He besides grabbed 12 rebounds and dished retired 5 assists.
The 6-foot-6 guardant appeared successful 40 games during his rookie run with Oklahoma City but averaged conscionable 8.7 minutes and 1.7 points per crippled connected a Thunder squad that fell to the San Antonio Spurs successful the Western Conference finals.
■ Cameron Boozer, Memphis Grizzlies
Boozer was 1 of 2 Grizzlies to people astatine slightest 20 points successful Memphis’ triumph implicit the Hawks, finishing with a team-high 24 points and 7 rebounds.
Drafted No. 3 wide successful the 2026 NBA draft, Boozer has appeared successful each of Memphis’ 4 Summer League games successful Las Vegas and has led the squad successful scoring 3 times portion averaging 19.5 points per game.
The 6-foot-9 guardant played 1 collegiate play with the Duke Blue Devils, averaging 22.5 points per crippled arsenic a freshman portion helping the Blue Devils beforehand to the Elite Eight of the NCAA tournament.
Faces successful the Crowd
For the 2nd clip this week, Las Vegas Raiders prima borderline rusher Maxx Crosby was successful attendance, this clip joined by teammates Thomas Booker IV and Jermod McCoy among others arsenic they watched the Thunder instrumentality connected the Mavericks.
Crosby is inactive recovering from meniscus repair country that has sidelined him since the extremity of the 2025 play but remains connected way to beryllium steadfast for the commencement of grooming campy aboriginal this month.
Golden State Warriors manager Steve Kerr and New York Knicks manager Mike Brown sat courtside during their respective teams’ Summer League matchup.
Kerr has been astatine the helm successful the Bay Area since May 2014 and volition statesman his 13th play with the Warriors erstwhile the NBA play tips disconnected successful October. He is the winningest manager successful franchise past with a 604-353 grounds and 4 championships successful six NBA Finals appearances.
Brown has been successful New York for conscionable 1 season, guiding the Knicks to a 53-29 regular-season grounds and their archetypal NBA title since 1973 aft replacing Tom Thibodeau, who spent 5 seasons with the franchise.
Donovan Hicks Las Vegas Review-Journal
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