{"id":778728,"date":"2026-07-04T00:25:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T00:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/778728\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T00:25:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T00:25:17","slug":"live-updates-2026-california-classic-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/778728\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Updates: 2026 California Classic, Day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2257241\" class=\"wp-image-2257241 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2160471417.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2257241\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 2026 California Classic begins tonight at the Chase Center in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>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<p>Catch all the excitement with the NBA.com live blog!<\/p>\n<p>JULY 3 \/ 8:16 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p>Conwell to the line<\/p>\n<p>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<p>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<p>18-10 Heat with 3:32 to go in the first.<\/p>\n<p>JULY 3 \/ 8:10 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p>The Heat open the summer scoring<\/p>\n<p>Jahmir Young breaks the seal on the 2026 Summer League with a 15-foot jumper.<\/p>\n<p>The Maryland product played 14 games with the Heat in 2025-26, averaging 1.8 ppg in 4.1 mpg.<\/p>\n<p>JULY 3 \/ 6:40 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p>The summer begins to heat up<\/p>\n<p>Our first game of the summer features the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/mia-vs-sas-1322600001\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">8 ET, Prime \/ ESPN<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>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<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2257273\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Heat-summer-roster-2-1568x810.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"810\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2257263\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Summer-summer-roster-1568x783.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"783\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>JULY 3 \/ 6:30 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p>New rule in play for Summer League<\/p>\n<p>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<p>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<p>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<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The one free throw rule will be tested at the upcoming NBA summer leagues. <\/p>\n<p>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tFiOpJLnQW\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/tFiOpJLnQW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA Communications (@NBAPR) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NBAPR\/status\/2072712177748762738?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 2026 Summer League will also use a \u201cconnected basketball,\u201d which contains a sensor that detects contact with the ball.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 California Classic begins tonight at the Chase Center in San Francisco. 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