Wrapping up Monday’s action in the NBA Summer League at the Thomas & Mack Center and Cox Pavilion and a look-ahead to Tuesday’s games.
Basketball
Liz Cambage hadn’t played for the Aces since July 7 but is energized after five weeks of rest. She had 17 points and seven rebounds in Sunday’s win over the Washington Mystics.
Atlanta native Keely Jackson is completing her third year as an intern at the Vegas Summer League. But her duties this year included doing a painting of Giannis Antetokounmpo.
The Aces erased a 14-point deficit in the fourth quarter Sunday, marking the biggest fourth-quarter comeback in franchise history.
Jalen Johnson, the No. 20 overall pick in the 2021 NBA draft, continued to impress for the Hawks. He had 25 points, seven rebounds and three steals as one of the best players in the league thus far.
The Olympics are history now, and the Aces will try to parlay the gold-medal afterglow into a strong finish over the final 11 games of the WNBA season.
Former UNLV wing Jordan Cornish returned to the Thomas & Mack Center this week for the first time since leaving the program in 2016. He’s now an NBA agent with Beyond Athlete Management.
Other notable matchups include a home tilt Feb. 1 against UNR, a Feb. 22 trip to Reno and a Feb. 19 meeting with Colorado State. Conference play concludes March 5 against New Mexico.
The National Basketball Retired Players Association convened in Las Vegas during the first three days of the NBA’s Vegas Summer League. Eleven-time NBA champion Bill Russell was on hand.
The NBA’s Vegas Summer League began its 10-day run Sunday at the Thomas & Mack Center and Cox Pavilion. Nine games are scheduled for Monday.
The NBA’s 10-day Vegas Summer League began Sunday at the Thomas & Mack Center and Cox Pavilion, ending a one-year hiatus because of the COVID pandemic.
A’ja Wilson thrived in her first Olympics, leading Team USA in scoring throughout the course of the tournament. Gray excelled as a backup point guard. Both were first-time Olympians.
The NBA’s Summer League in Las Vegas begins Sunday and will conclude Aug. 17 with the championship game.
In Summer League, the 6-foot-5-inch point guard will have an opportunity to audition for the 76ers — and the other 29 NBA teams.
Daishen Nix came to Las Vegas to develop as a basketball player at Trinity International School. His unusual journey should land him in the NBA on Thursday.
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