{"id":11717,"date":"2025-07-15T13:22:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T13:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/11717\/"},"modified":"2025-07-15T13:22:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T13:22:04","slug":"nba-2k26-summer-league-kings-crush-suns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/11717\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA 2K26 Summer League: Kings crush Suns"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sacramento defeats Phoenix in the NBA 2K26 Summer League.<\/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\/2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Summer League: Complete Coverage<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Kings 94, Suns 76:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/phx-vs-sac-1522500037\/box-score\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Box Score<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/phx-vs-sac-1522500037\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Game Detail<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nique Clifford tallied 19 points to lead the Sacramento Kings to a 94-76 win over the Phoenix Suns in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/summer-league\/2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA 2K26 Summer League<\/a> at Pavilion on Monday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Clifford was one of four players to score in double digits for the Kings, as he shot a blistering 7-for-8 from the field, including 3-for-3 from long range. He also rounded out his impressive effort with three rebounds, three boards, three steals and a block. Devin Carter followed up with 17 points, two rebounds, three assists, three steals and a block, while Isaac Jones scored 11 points, and Daeqwon Plowden chipped in 10.<\/p>\n<p>The Kings were impressively efficient as a team, shooting 51.6 percent from the field and 13-for-31 from long range. On the other hand, the Suns shot just 40.0% from the field, including 28.6% from deep.<\/p>\n<p>The game got out to a competitive start, but the Kings took control in the second, where they outscored the Suns 27-11, to claim a 17-point advantage at the break. The Suns had no answers in the second half, as the Kings added another 16 points to their cushion, making it a 33-point difference entering the final frame. The Kings took their foot on the gas in the fourth, and the Suns kept fighting but could only bring it down to an 18-point deficit.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Dunn was the only player to score in double digits for the Suns, as he finished with 18 points on 6-for-8 shooting, including 2-for-3 from deep. Khaman Maluach, Yuri Collins and Boogie Ellis finished with eight points each.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sacramento defeats Phoenix in the NBA 2K26 Summer League. \u2022\u00a0Download the NBA App\u2022\u00a0Summer League: Complete Coverage \u2022 Kings&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11718,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,99,11595],"class_list":["post-11717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-nba","tag-sports","tag-suns-kings-recap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}