NBA Summer League roundup: Two top five picks shut down

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Friday’s results

Minnesota 91, Milwaukee 64

Utah 84, Miami 65

New Orleans 87, Cleveland 74

Golden State 94, Oklahoma City 84

Detroit 93, New York 87

Sacramento 90, Memphis 75

L.A. Lakers 86, L.A. Clippers 84

Saturday’s schedule

Noon: Denver vs. Dallas, NBA TV (Cox)

1 p.m.: Atlanta vs. Miami, ESPN2 (T&M)

2 p.m.: Philadelphia vs. Boston, NBA TV (Cox)

3 p.m.: Indiana vs. Oklahoma City, ESPN2 (T&M)

4 p.m.: Charlotte vs. Toronto, NBA TV (Cox)

5 p.m.: Cleveland vs. New York, ESPN2 (T&M)

6 p.m.: Portland vs. Phoenix, NBA TV (Cox)

7 p.m.: Detroit vs. L.A. Lakers, ESPN2 (T&M)

Stars are falling

Two of the apical 5 picks successful past month’s NBA draught are improbable to play the remainder of Summer League.

No. 2 wide prime Jalen Green has a hamstring injury, and Jalen Suggs, who went 3 picks later, wounded his near thumb Thursday.

The Magic announced Suggs’ wounded connected Twitter, revealing an MRI had confirmed helium suffered a sprained near thumb aboriginal successful Thursday’s blowout nonaccomplishment to Boston.

Suggs had six points, 2 rebounds and 2 steals successful 11 minutes aft pouring successful 24 points successful his debut.

Green had 13 points successful 12 minutes for the Rockets against Toronto connected Thursday nighttime earlier tweaking his hamstring arsenic helium tried to get backmost connected defence aft helium missed a jumper.

The wounded is not expected to linger into the commencement of grooming campy adjacent month.

Spotted

■ Fresh disconnected winning his archetypal NBA title, Finals MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo sat courtside Friday, taking successful the enactment astatine the Summer League. He was checking retired the Kings, arsenic they improved to 3-0 with a 90-75 triumph implicit the Grizzlies.

Antetokounmpo’s youngest member Alex, 19, did not get successful the crippled for Sacramento. He plays professionally successful Spain.

■ Another talented member was successful attendance Friday to ticker his sibling arsenic Southern California’s Isaiah Mobley saw member Evan play for Cleveland.

Isaiah concisely flirted with entering the draught lone to marque the determination to instrumentality to school. He precocious signed his archetypal endorsement woody nether the NCAA’s caller NIL regularisation and figures to beryllium portion of different talented Trojans squad adjacent season.

■ Miami regulars Bam Adebayo and Udonis Haslem saw their Heat suffer 84-65 to the Jazz.

Adebayo did not look to beryllium wearing the golden medal helium won with Team USA successful Tokyo past week.

Haslem reportedly agreed to a one-year woody to instrumentality to the Heat adjacent season. At 41, helium volition beryllium the oldest subordinate successful the league. Only Dirk Nowitzki and Kobe Bryant person played much seasons with 1 franchise than Haslem.

■ Aces standout Liz Cambage was successful attendance arsenic the city’s WNBA franchise continues to beryllium well-represented astatine Summer League.

■ Internet comedian Druski was besides a fashionable presence. He is champion known for impressions and speedy sketches helium posts connected Instgram and has astir 3 cardinal followers.

Player of the day

Former Florida State prima Trent Forrest continues to beryllium a revelation for the Jazz. He has been a creaseless distributor and provided fantabulous defence successful helping the squad enactment undefeated.

Then helium broke retired Friday.

Forrest had 19 points, 10 rebounds and six assists successful a triumph implicit Miami. He had conscionable 88 points successful 30 regular-season games for the Jazz arsenic a rookie.

Udoka Azubuike besides looked bully for Utah, hitting each of his 8 shots and finishing with 18 points.

They volition beryllium backmost successful enactment Sunday astatine 2 p.m. against the Clippers.

Cade breaks out

Pistons rookie Cade Cunningham showed Detroit fans wherefore the squad made him the apical prime successful the draught past month.

The erstwhile Oklahoma State standout had 24 points connected 8-for-14 shooting and added 7 rebounds and 3 assists successful Friday’s triumph implicit the Knicks. He made 7 of 10 3-pointers.

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