LAS VEGAS\u00a0 — The Sacramento Kings advanced to the NBA Summer League championship game with a 98-88 victory over the top-seeded Toronto Raptors on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Sacramento, now on a five-game unbeaten streak, relied on the standout play of forward Isaac Jones, who finished with 21 points on 13-of-17 shooting and added six rebounds in 29 minutes. Maxime Raynaud supported the attack with 12 points and seven rebounds, while Mason Jones contributed 17 points, including a perfect 8-of-8 from the free-throw line.<\/p>\n
The Kings took control early, outscoring the Raptors 28-16 in the first quarter and never trailed. Toronto closed the gap in the second quarter, but Sacramento pulled away after halftime, fueled by defensive stops and fast-break points. Sacramento finished the game shooting just under 50 percent from the field.<\/p>\n
Toronto was paced by guard Jamal Shead, who tallied a game-high 24 points with 12 assists. Ja\u2019Kobe Walter added 19 points, shooting 3-of-10 from beyond the arc. However, the Raptors struggled with turnovers and shot only 29 percent from three-point range, hampering their comeback efforts.
The win moves Sacramento into the Summer League title game, marking another strong showing in Las Vegas as the team looks to claim a third championship in franchise history.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Isaac Jones: 21 pts (13-17 FG), 6 reb
\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Maxime Raynaud: 12 pts, 7 reb
\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Mason Jones: 17 pts, 3-5 3PT, 8-8 FT
\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Jamal Shead (Raptors): 24 pts, 12 ast
\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Kings: 49.3% FG, 8-27 3PT
\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Raptors: 44.6% FG, 9-31 3PT<\/p>\n
Sacramento will face the winner of the other semifinal in the championship game on Sunday, currently between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Charlotte Hornets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAS VEGAS\u00a0 — The Sacramento Kings advanced to the NBA Summer League championship game with a 98-88 victory…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7097,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-7096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}