{"id":758065,"date":"2026-07-12T06:15:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T06:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/758065\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T06:15:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T06:15:17","slug":"2026-nba-summer-league-raptor-bench-keys-win-over-rockets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/758065\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 NBA Summer League: Raptor bench keys win over Rockets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Game Recap: Raptors 102, Rockets 89<\/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\/logo.png\" alt=\"Toronto Raptors logo\" height=\"40\"\/>Raptors 102, <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 40px; width: auto; vertical-align: middle; display: inline;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783100661_448_logo.png\" alt=\"Houston Rockets logo\" height=\"40\"\/>Rockets 89: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/hou-vs-tor-1522600022\/box-score\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Box Score<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/hou-vs-tor-1522600022\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Game Detail<\/a><\/p>\n<p>LAS VEGAS \u2013 A productive performance from the second unit and an efficient team shooting effort propelled the Toronto Raptors to a 102-89 win over the Houston Rockets in Summer League play on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Seth Lundy led the Raptors with 23 points, and Tyreke Key poured in 19 points to pace a second unit that enjoyed a 45-24 scoring edge.<\/p>\n<p>A competitive first quarter culminated with the Rockets clinging to a narrow 21-19 lead, but the Raptors turned the tide by erasing their deficit and building a 10-point advantage going into halftime.<\/p>\n<p>After the two teams essentially matched each other point for point in the third, Houston would get as close as within five with 5:42 remaining before Toronto sealed the win with a game-ending 16-8 run.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto\u2019s Jamarion Sharp posted 17 points, seven rebounds and two blocks. Nimari Burnett scored 14 points. Rookie first-round pick Allen Graves turned in nine points on 57.1 percent shooting.<\/p>\n<p>The Rockets were led by Tristen Newton, who managed 18 points, four rebounds and two steals.<\/p>\n<p>Rookie second-round pick Bruce Thornton had a second straight productive night, registering 17 points, six rebounds, six assists and a game-high five steals.<\/p>\n<p>Daishen Nix and Isaiah Crawford generated matching 16-point contributions while also recording three and four rebounds, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The Raptors are back in action Monday against the Pacers (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/tor-vs-ind-1522600033\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">4:30 ET, ESPN2<\/a>), while the Rockets (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/phi-vs-hou-1522600040\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">4 ET, Prime<\/a>) next face the 76ers on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Game Recap: Raptors 102, Rockets 89 \u2022\u00a0Download the NBA App\u2022\u00a02026 Summer League Raptors 102, Rockets 89: Box Score&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":758066,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,18431,6425,99,11651],"class_list":["post-758065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-nba","tag-raptors","tag-rockets","tag-sports","tag-summer-league"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758065","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=758065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/758066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=758065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=758065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=758065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}