{"id":388804,"date":"2026-07-07T03:55:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T03:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/388804\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T03:55:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T03:55:09","slug":"2026-california-classic-summer-league-nets-get-huge-run-to-beat-warriors-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/388804\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 California Classic Summer League: Nets get huge run to beat Warriors Blue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Nets defeated the Warriors Blue, 100-79 as Mikel Brown, Jr. scored 10 points in his Summer League debut.<\/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\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783290370_599_logo.png\" alt=\"Brooklyn Nets logo\" height=\"40\"\/> Nets 100, <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 40px; width: auto; vertical-align: middle; display: inline;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783226667_905_logo.png\" alt=\"Golden State Warriors logo\" height=\"40\"\/> Warriors Blue 79: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/gwb-vs-bkn-1322600010\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Box Score<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/gwb-vs-bkn-1322600010\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Game Detail<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SACRAMENTO \u2013 The Brooklyn Nets dominated the final three quarters en route to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/gwb-vs-bkn-1322600010\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a 100-79 win<\/a> over the Golden State Warriors Blue Team in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/2026-summer-league-california-schedule\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 California Classic Summer League<\/a> at Golden 1 Center on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Mikel Brown Jr., the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/nets\/news\/brooklyn-nets-sign-mikel-brown-jr-and-tyler-bilodeau\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">No. 6 overall pick<\/a> in the <a href=\"http:\/\/nba.com\/draft\/2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 NBA Draft<\/a>, dropped 10 points and four assists with two 3-pointers in his Summer League debut.<\/p>\n<p>The rookie out of Louisville was playing in his first game since late February, and he made several standout moves to the basket and some incredible passes.<\/p>\n<p>Golden State led 28-24 after the first quarter and 38-28 with 7:22 remaining in the second, but the Nets shifted into high gear and seized control from there.<\/p>\n<p>Brooklyn used a 20-2 run to take a 48-40 advantage with less than three minutes remaining in the first half, and the Nets entered halftime with a 56-46 lead. The Nets shot a scorching 65 percent from the field in the second quarter, thanks in large part to Egor D\u00ebmin, who scored 10 of his game-high 23 points in the frame.<\/p>\n<p>D\u00ebmin, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/draft\/2025\/prospects\/egor-demin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the No. 8 overall pick<\/a> in the <a href=\"http:\/\/nba.com\/draft\/2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2025 NBA Draft<\/a>, looked confident in his approach, racking up eight rebounds, five assists and two steals while shooting 7-for-12 from the field with two triples.<\/p>\n<p>After posting 28 points in the first 10 minutes, Golden State went on to score 18, 16 and 17 points, respectively, over the final three quarters. Brooklyn outscored the Warriors 76-51 during that stretch, including a 29-17 advantage in the fourth.<\/p>\n<p>For the Nets, Chaney Johnson finished with 19 points (7-9 FGs), seven boards, two steals and one block, while Tyler Bilodeau erupted for 18 points and six 3-pointers to go with five rebounds and two dimes.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Saraf, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/draft\/2025\/prospects\/ben-saraf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the No. 26 overall selection<\/a> in in 2025, tallied 15 points, three 3-pointers, seven assists, one steal and a game-best plus-28 point differential.<\/p>\n<p>RJ Nembhard and Cameron Tyson led the way for Golden State with 14 points apiece.<\/p>\n<p>Nick Boyd added 13 points, five assists and two steals, while Wade Taylor also chipped in 13 points.<\/p>\n<p>Brooklyn finishes the California Classic with a 2-1 record, and the Warriors Blue squad went 0-3.<\/p>\n<p>Both teams will now prepare for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/2026-summer-league-vegas-schedule\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Las Vegas Summer League<\/a>, which begins Thursday, July 9.<\/p>\n<p>The Warriors open against the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/gsw-vs-dal-1522600004\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">7 ET, ESPN<\/a>), and the Nets will face the New York Knicks on Friday (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/bkn-vs-nyk-1522600010\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">6 ET, Prime Video<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Nets defeated the Warriors Blue, 100-79 as Mikel Brown, Jr. scored 10 points in his Summer League&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":388805,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,124478,9,8,31957,13340],"class_list":["post-388804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-classic","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-nets","tag-warriors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388804","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=388804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}