Ryan Conwell and the Miami Heat are opening the 2026 Summer League against the San Antonio Spurs in the first game of the California Classic.
Welcome to the 2026 NBA Summer League! We open the festivities with the 2026 California Classic, coming to you live on Prime Video, ESPN and ESPNU tonight.
Golden State, Miami, San Antonio and the Los Angeles Lakers will play in San Francisco during the event. A second Golden State team, plus Sacramento, Brooklyn and Milwaukee will play in Sacramento, where play tips off tomorrow.
Catch all the excitement with the NBA.com live blog!
JULY 3 / 9:01 p.m. ET
Conwell on the break
The Louisville product delivered a nice one-handed bounce pass on the break to Jahmir Young (14 pts) for a layup. An encouraging sign and nice dime.
45-41 Heat with 7:42 to go in the third, as Conwell goes to the line again.
JULY 3 / 8:51 p.m. ET
Heat lead 43-36 at the half
Miami’s earned an 18-8 edge in points in the paint, as well as an 8-2 advantage in fast break points, on their way to a halftime lead.
Both teams are flying around and playing defense, as players seek to earn spots in the Association.
Keyshawn Hall, most recently of Auburn, converted this sweet Eurostep layup to help give the Heat the upper hand.
That steal 👉 finish!!! pic.twitter.com/Nv8f68E5xp
— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) July 4, 2026
Catch the second half on ESPN and Prime Video!
JULY 3 / 8:39 p.m. ET
A little duel out West
Jahmir Young (12 pts in 10:14) dropped seven quick points to open the second quarter, pushing Miami’s advantage.
But he was matched by Miles Kelly (11 pts), who has seven in the quarter as well, including a layup off a dime from Ja’Kobi Gillespie (5 ast) that just cut the Heat lead to five.
38-33 Miami with 3:25 to go in the half.
JULY 3 / 8:27 p.m. ET
Heat lead 25-16 after one
Ryan Conwell and former Knick Trevor Keels (6 pts) lead Miami in scoring, while North Carolina product R.J. Davis (5 pts) is the top man for the Spurs.
Myron Gardner delivered the highlight of the first quarter, though.
Myron Gardner with POWER.
Miami holds the lead midway through the 1Q!
🌴 California Classic
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— NBA (@NBA) July 4, 2026
JULY 3 / 8:16 p.m. ET
Conwell to the line
Ryan Conwell, the No. 35 pick in the 2026 NBA Draft, just went to the line after being fouled on a 3-pointer, which he squared up on the move to launch.
If he’s that kind of confident, it’ll be a meaningful addition for Miami as they surround Giannis Antetokounmpo. He shot 34.5% from 3-point range and 83.2% from the line in his senior season at Louisville.
18-10 Heat with 3:32 to go in the first.
JULY 3 / 8:02 p.m. ET
The Heat open the summer scoring
Jahmir Young breaks the seal on the 2026 Summer League with a 15-foot jumper.
The Maryland product played 14 games with the Heat in 2025-26, averaging 1.8 ppg in 4.1 mpg.
JULY 3 / 6:40 p.m. ET
The summer begins to heat up
Our first game of the summer features the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs (8 ET, Prime / ESPN).
Miami will be led by second-year guard Myron Gardner and second-round pick Ryan Conwell, while San Antonio features second-year wing Carter Bryant and rookies Jayden Quaintance and Tarris Reed Jr.
JULY 3 / 6:30 p.m. ET
New rule in play for Summer League
This summer, we’ll be testing the one free throw rule, which has been in place in the G League since the 2019-20 season.
The G League and Summer League have often served as testing labs for the league before bringing rule changes or amended policies into NBA games.
Among those that started at those levels and eventually got to the NBA: the coaches’ challenge, resetting the 24-second shot clock to 14 seconds in offensive rebound situations and the one-shot award for a transition take foul — which is when a defender intentionally commits a foul to halt a transition opportunity for the opposition.
The one free throw rule will be tested at the upcoming NBA summer leagues.
With this rule, any foul that would typically result in one, two or three free throws under standard NBA rules will instead result in a single free throw attempt. That attempt will be worth the same… pic.twitter.com/tFiOpJLnQW
— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) July 2, 2026
The 2026 Summer League will also use a “connected basketball,” which contains a sensor that detects contact with the ball.