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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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Catch all the excitement with the NBA.com live blog!<\/p>\n
JULY 3 \/ 9:01 p.m. ET<\/p>\n
Conwell on the break<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
45-41 Heat with 7:42 to go in the third, as Conwell goes to the line again.<\/p>\n
JULY 3 \/ 8:51 p.m. ET<\/p>\n
Heat lead 43-36 at the half<\/p>\n
Miami\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
Both teams are flying around and playing defense, as players seek to earn spots in the Association.<\/p>\n
Keyshawn Hall, most recently of Auburn, converted this sweet Eurostep layup to help give the Heat the upper hand.<\/p>\n
That steal \ud83d\udc49 finish!!! pic.twitter.com\/Nv8f68E5xp<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) July 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Catch the second half on ESPN and Prime Video!<\/p>\n JULY 3 \/ 8:39 p.m. ET<\/p>\n A little duel out West<\/p>\n Jahmir Young (12 pts in 10:14) dropped seven quick points to open the second quarter, pushing Miami\u2019s advantage.<\/p>\n 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\u2019Kobi Gillespie (5 ast) that just cut the Heat lead to five.<\/p>\n 38-33 Miami with 3:25 to go in the half.<\/p>\n JULY 3 \/ 8:27 p.m. ET<\/p>\n Heat lead 25-16 after one<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Myron Gardner delivered the highlight of the first quarter, though.<\/p>\n Myron Gardner with POWER.<\/p>\n Miami holds the lead midway through the 1Q!<\/p>\n \ud83c\udf34 California Classic \u2014 NBA (@NBA) July 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n JULY 3 \/ 8:16 p.m. ET<\/p>\n Conwell to the line<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n If he\u2019s that kind of confident, it\u2019ll 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.<\/p>\n 18-10 Heat with 3:32 to go in the first.<\/p>\n JULY 3 \/ 8:02 p.m. ET<\/p>\n The Heat open the summer scoring<\/p>\n Jahmir Young breaks the seal on the 2026 Summer League with a 15-foot jumper.<\/p>\n The Maryland product played 14 games with the Heat in 2025-26, averaging 1.8 ppg in 4.1 mpg.<\/p>\n JULY 3 \/ 6:40 p.m. ET<\/p>\n The summer begins to heat up<\/p>\n Our first game of the summer features the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs (8 ET, Prime \/ ESPN<\/a>).<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n JULY 3 \/ 6:30 p.m. ET<\/p>\n New rule in play for Summer League<\/p>\n This summer, we\u2019ll be testing the one free throw rule, which has been in place in the G League since the 2019-20 season.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Among those that started at those levels and eventually got to the NBA: the coaches\u2019 challenge, resetting the 24-second shot clock to 14 seconds in offensive rebound situations and the one-shot award for a transition take foul \u2014 which is when a defender intentionally commits a foul to halt a transition opportunity for the opposition.<\/p>\n The one free throw rule will be tested at the upcoming NBA summer leagues. <\/p>\n 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\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/tFiOpJLnQW<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 NBA Communications (@NBAPR) July 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n The 2026 Summer League will also use a \u201cconnected basketball,\u201d which contains a sensor that detects contact with the ball.<\/p>\n
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