{"id":296205,"date":"2026-07-15T02:11:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T02:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/296205\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T02:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T02:11:10","slug":"2026-nba-summer-league-nets-get-sturdy-defense-in-win-over-kings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/296205\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 NBA Summer League: Nets get sturdy defense in win over Kings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Game Recap: Nets 115, Kings 83<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Nets defeated the Kings, 115-83. The Nets move to 2-1, as the Kings drop to 1-2.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/link.nba.com\/NBAapp_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Download the NBA App<\/a><br aria-hidden=\"true\"\/>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/summer-league\/2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">2026 Summer League<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 40px;width: auto;vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/logo.png\" alt=\"Brooklyn Nets logo\" height=\"40\"\/> Nets 115, <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 40px;width: auto;vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784081470_790_logo.png\" alt=\"Sacramento Kings logo\" height=\"40\"\/> Kings 83: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/sac-vs-bkn-1522600041\/box-score#box-score\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Box Score<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/sac-vs-bkn-1522600041\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Game Detail<\/a><\/p>\n<p>LAS VEGAS \u2013 Egor D\u00ebmin dropped 22 points in the Brooklyn Nets\u2019 115-83 triumph over the Sacramento Kings at 2026 NBA Summer League on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/draft\/2025\/prospects\/egor-demin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">D\u00ebmin, the No. 8 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft<\/a>, erupted for 20 of those 22 in the first half, with 16 of them coming in the first 10 minutes of the game.<\/p>\n<p>He added four rebounds, eight assists and four steals with zero turnovers to round out a stellar showing.<\/p>\n<p>Brooklyn stormed out to a 38-18 advantage after one quarter, and a nearly-even second in favor of the Nets (18-16) still left them up 22 at halftime, 56-34.<\/p>\n<p>The Kings came out of the break swinging, pouring in 29 points in the third, but they also allowed Brooklyn to post a 30-piece at the other end.<\/p>\n<p>The Nets dominated the Kings in fast break points (30-3), points in the paint (56-34), and points off turnovers (41-16). Brooklyn racked up 21 steals and had six players with at least two swipes. All five Brooklyn starters finished in double-figures scoring, led by D\u00ebmin\u2019s 22.<\/p>\n<p>Drake Powell notched 18 points, four 3-pointers and two steals, while Mikel Brown Jr. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/draft\/2026\/prospects\/mikel-brown\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">No. 6 in 2026 by Brooklyn<\/a>) tallied 16 points (6-for-11 FGs) with two 3-pointers, two boards, five assists, and two steals.<\/p>\n<p>Danny Wolf chipped in 14 points, and Chaney Johnson finished with 13 points, nine rebounds, three assists and a game-best +31 rating. Ben Saraf sparked with 11 points (3-for-4 FGs), five assists and four steals off the bench.<\/p>\n<p>Darius Acuff Jr. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/draft\/2026\/prospects\/darius-acuff\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">No. 7 in 2026 by Sacramento<\/a>) led all scorers with 26 points on 9-for-18 shooting, adding five assists, one steal and one block with five turnovers.<\/p>\n<p>Emanuel Sharp (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/draft\/2026\/prospects\/emanuel-sharp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">No. 45 in 2026<\/a>) went bucket-for-bucket with his teammate, supplying 23 points (7-for-12 FGs), three boards, four steals and a game-high six 3s.<\/p>\n<p>Sacramento (1-2) is back in action on Wednesday versus the Boston Celtics, while Brooklyn (2-1) will battle the Houston Rockets on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Game Recap: Nets 115, Kings 83 The Nets defeated the Kings, 115-83. The Nets move to 2-1, as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296206,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,4646,4475,9,24,63,110019],"class_list":["post-296205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-kings","tag-nets","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-summer-league"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}