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Jameer Nelson Jr. goes to the basket in the Suns\u2019 win on Friday.<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Download the NBA App<\/a> LAS VEGAS \u2013 Javonte Cooke scored a team-high 21 points off the bench, Khaman Maluach delivered a 19-point, 11-rebound double-double before limping off in the fourth quarter, and the Suns defeated the Trail Blazers, 81-79<\/a> at the 2026 NBA Summer League<\/a> on Friday.<\/p>\n Cooke<\/a> scored a team-high 21 points for Phoenix while shooting an impressive 5-for-8 from 3-point range.<\/p>\n The Blazers jumped to a nine-point lead (19-10) after the opening 10 minutes, and by halftime, Portland\u2019s advantage was 14 points (38-24). The Suns played with a completely different intensity in the second half and outscored Portland 31-18 in the third quarter, including a 17-4 run that changed the momentum of the game.<\/p>\n Phoenix carried that energy into the fourth quarter and outscored Portland 26-23 in the final 10 minutes, ultimately clinching the victory after DJ Steward\u2019s<\/a> miss in the final shot of the game.<\/p>\n Maluach had 19 points and 11 rebounds, but he exited the game in the fourth quarter, and it remains to be seen if he\u2019ll miss time.<\/p>\n First-round pick Koa Peat also had a strong debut, with 17 points, six boards and four assists. Rasheer Fleming had six points (3-9 FGs, 0-4 3PM) but grabbed 10 rebounds.<\/p>\n Steward led the way for the Trail Blazers with 21 points, eight rebounds, two assists and two steals in 25 minutes.<\/p>\n Yang Hansen notched 12 points, nine rebounds and four assists. Frankie Fidler posted 13 points and four boards.<\/p>\n No other Portland player scored in double digits, and the Trail Blazers shot just 7-for-36 from three-point range in this loss.<\/p>\n Both teams will return to action Sunday. The Suns will take on the Pelicans (3 ET, ESPN2<\/a>), while the Trail Blazers will face the Orlando Magic at (7 ET, ESPNU<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jameer Nelson Jr. goes to the basket in the Suns\u2019 win on Friday. \u2022\u00a0Download the NBA App\u2022\u00a02026 Summer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":794535,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82,5406,6694,22891],"class_list":["post-794534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports","tag-summer-league","tag-suns","tag-trail-blazers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794534","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=794534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/794535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=794534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=794534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=794534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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