Scoot Henderson and Amen Thompson leave summer league game between Trail Blazers and Rockets because of injuries Friday night.
Lakers wing Max Christie enters his second summer with the team looking confident and on the verge of becoming a rotation player.Then Wembanyama and the Spurs finally got on the court for a 76-68 victory over the Hornets and Brandon Miller, who followed him as the No. 2 pick. Wembanyama finished with nine points on two-for-13 shooting, eight rebounds, five blocked shots and three assists.
Summer league tickets were sold out for Friday, with all 17,500 claimed, the NBA said. The league was approaching sellouts for Saturday and Sunday as well; Wembanyama is expected to play for the Spurs on Sunday against Portland.Wembanyama — the 7-foot-4 French teen whose debut has been hotly awaited — made headlines Thursday when Britney Spears filed a police report saying a Spurs security guard struck her while she tried to approach Wembanyama.
Games continue in Las Vegas through July 17. Summer league contests are slightly shorter than regularseason games; quarters are 10 minutes each instead of the customary 12.Max Christie finished with 22 points and seven rebounds to propel the Lakers past Golden State . Cole Swider sank five three-pointers and scored 19 for the Lakers, who shot 43.8% from three-point range . First-round pick Jalen Hood-Schifino totaled nine points, five rebounds, four steals and three assists. Second-rounder Maxwell Lewis scored seven off the bench with four rebounds.
Gui Santos scored 25 to led five Golden State players in double figures. Reggie Perry added 11 points and 11 rebounds. Brandin Podziemski, the 19th overall pick, had nine points and 11 rebounds.
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