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Darius Acuff Jr. scores 25 points (9-29 FGs) in his Summer League debut.<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Download the NBA App<\/a> \u2022 SAC 79, BKN 76: Box Score<\/a>\u00a0| Game Detail<\/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.<\/p>\n Nique Clifford was the hero, hitting a game-winning 3-pointer with 5.0 seconds remaining.<\/p>\n 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 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":"Darius Acuff Jr. scores 25 points (9-29 FGs) in his Summer League debut. \u2022\u00a0Download the NBA App\u2022\u00a02026 Summer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386506,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,155850],"class_list":["post-386505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-kings-nets-cali-classic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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