{"id":745627,"date":"2026-07-06T02:01:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T02:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/745627\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T02:01:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T02:01:11","slug":"2026-california-classic-summer-league-kings-rally-late-to-beat-warriors-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/745627\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 California Classic Summer League: Kings rally late to beat Warriors Blue"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Kings win 91-85 at the 2026 California Classic Summer League, behind 18 points each from Emanuel Sharp and Isaiah Stevens.<\/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\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783303270_839_logo.png\" alt=\"Sacramento Kings logo\" height=\"40\"\/> Kings 91, <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 40px; width: auto; vertical-align: middle; display: inline;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783303271_145_logo.png\" alt=\"Golden State Warriors logo\" height=\"40\"\/> Warriors Blue 85: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/gwb-vs-sac-1322600007\/box-score\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Box Score<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/gwb-vs-sac-1322600007\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Game Detail<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SACRAMENTO \u2013 The Kings pulled off a gritty comeback to defeat the Golden State Warriors Blue squad, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/gwb-vs-sac-1322600007\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">91-85<\/a>, 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 Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The Warriors led 52-42 at halftime and shot 50 percent from the field through the first half.<\/p>\n<p>By the end of the third, however, Sacramento had trimmed the deficit to just one, 71-70, thanks to intensity on defense and Emanuel Sharp\u2019s explosion on offense.<\/p>\n<p>The rookie <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/kings\/news\/sacramento-kings-select-emanuel-sharp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">second-round pick<\/a> (No. 45 overall) out of Houston scored 11 of his 18 points in the third quarter, including three 3-pointers.<\/p>\n<p>Sharp\u2019s shot 5-for-15 in the come-from-behind victory, hauling in seven rebounds, three assists, two steals and one block against just two turnovers.<\/p>\n<p>Sacramento took its first lead of the game, 81-79, with 3:25 remaining, and held on to move to 2-0 in the California Classic.<\/p>\n<p>The Kings outscored the Warriors 49-33 over the final two quarters.<\/p>\n<p>Isaiah Stevens matched Sharp with 18 points to lead five Kings players in double figures. He added four assists and a steal while going 7-for-7 at the free throw line.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gleague.nba.com\/player\/1642940\/viktor-lakhin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Viktor Lahkin<\/a> was a force in the paint with 12 points (5-7 FGs), six rebounds, two steals and four blocks, while Marquel Sutton sparked off the bench with 16 points (5-8 FGs), seven rebounds and one steal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stats.gleague.nba.com\/player\/1642946\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jacksen Moni<\/a> led the way for Golden State with 18 points (4-8 FGs, 6-8 FTs), and RJ Nembhard finished with 17 points, three rebounds, two assists and a steal off the bench. Nick Boyd chipped in 11 points (4-7 FGs), seven rebounds, 10 assists and one steal.<\/p>\n<p>Both teams will wrap the California Classic on Monday, with the Kings facing the Milwaukee Bucks (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/mil-vs-sac-1322600012\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">10 ET; Prime Video &amp; ESPN U<\/a>) and Warriors Blue squaring off against the Brooklyn Nets (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/gwb-vs-bkn-1322600010\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">8 ET; Prime Video, ESPN+ &amp; NBA TV<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Kings win 91-85 at the 2026 California Classic Summer League, behind 18 points each from Emanuel Sharp&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":745628,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[319009,117629,355,99,4202],"class_list":["post-745627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-california-classic","tag-kings","tag-nba","tag-sports","tag-warriors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745627","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=745627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/745628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=745627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=745627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=745627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}