{"id":794606,"date":"2026-07-12T01:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T01:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/794606\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T01:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T01:56:11","slug":"2026-nba-summer-league-76ers-hold-off-surging-pacers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/794606\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 NBA Summer League: 76ers hold off surging Pacers"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 76ers defeat the Pacers, 100-93, in overtime, improving to 2-0.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/link.nba.com\/NBAapp_\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Download the NBA App<\/a><br \/>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/summer-league\/2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 Summer League<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 40px; width: auto; vertical-align: middle; display: inline;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1782882446_63_logo.png\" alt=\"Philadelphia 76ers logo\" height=\"40\"\/> 76ers 100, <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 40px; width: auto; vertical-align: middle; display: inline;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1782882447_567_logo.png\" alt=\"Indiana Pacers logo\" height=\"40\"\/>\u00a0Pacers 93: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/ind-vs-phi-1522600018\/box-score\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Box Score<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/ind-vs-phi-1522600018\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Game Detail<\/a><\/p>\n<p>LAS VEGAS \u2013 The Philadelphia 76ers led by 24 points in the third quarter and held on to beat the Indiana Pacers in overtime, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/ind-vs-phi-1522600018\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">100-93<\/a>, at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/2026-summer-league-vegas-schedule\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 NBA Summer League<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The one-two punch of rookie<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/draft\/2026\/prospects\/labaron-philon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Labaron Philon<\/a> and second-year center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/player\/1641780\/johni-broome\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Johni Broome<\/a> proved to be the deciding factor in the Sixers\u2019 win.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Philon, the No. 22 overall pick in the <a href=\"http:\/\/nba.com\/draft\/2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 NBA Draft<\/a>, paced Philadelphia with 24 points and six assists, adding three rebounds and a steal with just two turnovers.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Broome (No. 35 <a href=\"http:\/\/nba.com\/draft\/2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in 2025<\/a>) posted 23 points and 11 rebounds with three assists, a steal and a block.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Philly took a 59-45 lead into halftime, then came storming out of the gates with a 12-2 run to start the third quarter, giving them a game-high 24-point advantage at the 6:48 mark, 71-47.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Indiana responded with an impressive 20-9 stretch fueled by Yuki Kawamura and Braden Smith to close the frame. The Pacers trimmed the deficit to 80-67 heading to the fourth and battled back to tie the game at 93.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It was all Philadelphia in OT, though, as they scored all seven points while holding Indiana scoreless.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Sixers secured the tight victory by dominating points in the paint (50-32).<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Dante Maddox Jr. scored 15 points and added six rebounds and three assists, while Matt Rogers poured in 17 points and three rebounds.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gleague.nba.com\/player\/1641771\/jalen-slawson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jalen Slawson<\/a> scored a game-high 26 points on 8-for-16 shooting to lead five Pacers in double figures, adding five boards, one assist, one steal and one block.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/draft\/2026\/prospects\/braden-smith\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Braden Smith<\/a> finished with 16 points, two rebounds, five assists and two steals against just one turnover, and Kawamura helped spark the third-quarter rally with 12 points, three boards and three assists.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Pacers (1-1) return to the court on Monday against the Toronto Raptors (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/tor-vs-ind-1522600033\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">4:30 ET, ESPN2<\/a>), while the 76ers take on the Houston Rockets on Tuesday (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/phi-vs-hou-1522600040\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">4 ET, Prime Video<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 76ers defeat the Pacers, 100-93, in overtime, improving to 2-0. \u2022\u00a0Download the NBA App\u2022\u00a02026 Summer League 76ers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":794607,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[155899,64,63,590,16120,85,5657],"class_list":["post-794606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-76ers","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-pacers","tag-sports","tag-summer-league"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794606","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=794606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/794607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=794606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=794606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=794606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}