\u2022\u00a02026 Summer League<\/a><\/p>\n
SACRAMENTO \u2013 The Sacramento Kings defeated the Brooklyn Nets, 79-76<\/a>, in the 2026 California Classic Summer League<\/a> at Golden 1 Center on Saturday. It looked like there could be a Nets blowout when they led by 18 points midway through the second quarter, but the Kings responded by going on a 27-9 run to tie the game at halftime.<\/p>\n Brooklyn recaptured a 10-point lead with 6:52 remaining, but Sacramento closed the game on a 19-6 run to prevail. There were six ties and 10 lead changes in total. The Kings recorded 13 assists to 9 turnovers, while the Nets had 8 assists to 20 turnovers.<\/p>\n Sacramento (1-0) was led by No. 7 overall pick Darius Acuff Jr.<\/a>, who amassed 25 points, two rebounds and four assists. Clifford, the No. 24 overall pick<\/a> at the 2025 NBA Draft<\/a>, collected 14 points, four rebounds and three assists.<\/p>\n Emanuel Sharp had 13 points and two steals, while Dylan Cardwell compiled eight points, eight rebounds, two steals and four blocks.<\/p>\n The Nets (0-1) were led by Egor D\u00ebmin, who finished with 23 points and seven rebounds.<\/p>\n Chaney Johnson tallied 10 points and 10 rebounds. Ben Saraf totaled 10 points and five boards while Tyler Bilodeau provided nine points and six rebounds.<\/p>\n Both teams play again on Sunday, with Brooklyn matching up against the Milwaukee Bucks and Sacramento facing Golden State Warriors Blue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nique Clifford drills a 3 with 5.0 seconds left to elevate the Kings beyond the Nets, 79-76, at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":780443,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,369443,590,85],"class_list":["post-780442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-kings-nets-cali-classic","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780442","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=780442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/780443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=780442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=780442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=780442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Sacramento](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1782882441_85_logo.png\"){kind=logo}
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Nets 76: Box Score<\/a>\u00a0| Game Detail<\/a><\/p>\n
Nique Clifford was the hero, hitting a game-winning 3-pointer with 5.0 seconds remaining.<\/p>\n