{"id":568494,"date":"2026-03-29T11:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T11:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/568494\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T11:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T11:14:11","slug":"legends-close-the-season-with-a-134-116-win-over-santa-cruz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/568494\/","title":{"rendered":"LEGENDS\u00a0CLOSE THE SEASON WITH A\u00a0134-116\u00a0WIN OVER SANTA CRUZ"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nSanta Cruz,\u00a0CA\u00a0–\u00a0The Texas Legends (14\u201322) closed out the 2025\u201326 season with a 134\u2013116 victory over the Santa Cruz Warriors (14\u201322) on Saturday night at Kaiser Permanente Arena.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\nIn a high-scoring contest, the two teams traded momentum early as Santa Cruz held a 32\u201327 lead after the first quarter. The Legends responded with a strong second period, outscoring the Warriors 38\u201316 to take control and carry a 65\u201348 lead into halftime. Santa Cruz made a push in the third, putting up 43 points to cut into the deficit, but Texas answered in the fourth with a 35\u201325 advantage to secure the win.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\nMoussa Cisse led the Legends with\u00a0his 13th\u00a0double-double of the season, finishing with 29 points on 11-of-13 shooting along with a game-high 14 rebounds and six blocks. Dalano Banton added 28 points and 12 assists to record a\u00a0near triple-double\u00a0performance, while John\u00a0Poulakidas\u00a0knocked down six three-pointers, finishing with 21 points.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\nSheldon Edwards\u00a0contributed\u00a022 points\u00a0off the\u00a0bench,\u00a0connecting on\u00a0five three-pointers, as Texas shot 50.0 percent from the field and 40.0 percent from beyond the arc.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\nFranco Miller Jr. led Santa Cruz with 35 points, while Taevion Kinsey added 18. Jack Clark also contributed 18 points as the Warriors shot 39.3 percent from the field.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\nWith the win, the Legends closed the season on a three-game winning streak.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe Texas Legends are the NBA G League affiliate of the Dallas Mavericks.\u00a0The Legends\u00a0are committed to providing exciting and family-friendly entertainment. For more information on partnerships and season tickets with the\u00a0Legends\u00a0contact\u00a0info@texlegends.com<\/a>\u00a0or call 214-469-0822.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Santa Cruz,\u00a0CA\u00a0–\u00a0The Texas Legends (14\u201322) closed out the 2025\u201326 season with a 134\u2013116 victory over the Santa Cruz…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":568495,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-568494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}