{"id":761724,"date":"2026-07-14T04:46:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T04:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/761724\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T04:46:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T04:46:16","slug":"2026-nba-summer-league-suns-use-defense-rebounding-to-edge-bucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/761724\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 NBA Summer League: Suns use defense, rebounding to edge Bucks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2272290\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2272290\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages_KoaPeat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2272290\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">First-round pick Koa Peat scores 19 points in Summer League action Monday<\/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\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784004375_412_logo.png\" alt=\"Phoenix Suns logo\" height=\"40\"\/> Suns 95 <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 40px; width: auto; vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783294631_596_logo.png\" alt=\"Milwaukee Bucks logo\" height=\"40\"\/> Bucks 88: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/phx-vs-mil-1522600038\/box-score\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Box Score<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/phx-vs-mil-1522600038\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Game Detail<\/a><br aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>LAS VEGAS \u2013 The Phoenix Suns defeated the Milwaukee Bucks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/phx-vs-mil-1522600038\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">95-88<\/a>, in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/2026-summer-league-vegas-schedule\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 NBA Summer League<\/a> at Cox Pavilion on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>There were nine ties and 18 lead changes in this game, with neither team grabbing a double-digit lead.<\/p>\n<p>Milwaukee led 87-84 with 2:30 remaining, but Phoenix closed the game on an 11-1 run to prevail. The Suns outrebounded the Bucks, 52-39, while out-assisting them 22-15. Phoenix also shot 43.7% from the field and 44.1% from 3-point range while holding Milwaukee to 41.8% from the field and 37.1% from deep<\/p>\n<p>The Suns (2-1) were led by Khaman Maluach, who posted 21 points, 10 rebounds, two assists and four blocks. First-round pick <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/draft\/2026\/prospects\/koa-peat\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Koa Peat<\/a> provided 19 points and six rebounds.<\/p>\n<p>Darius Brown had 14 points, two rebounds and five assists, while Koby Brea compiled 19 points and two assists.<\/p>\n<p>The Bucks (0-3) were led by one of their first-round picks, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/draft\/2026\/prospects\/brayden-burries\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brayden Burries<\/a> tallying 23 points, eight rebounds, six assists and four steals. Bogoljub Markovic amassed 16 points and eight rebounds. Brandon Boston led the bench with 17 points and two assists.<\/p>\n<p>Both teams return to action on Wednesday, with Milwaukee matching up with the Charlotte Hornets (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/mil-vs-cha-1522600050\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">7:30 ET, Prime Video<\/a>) and Phoenix facing the Detroit Pistons (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/phx-vs-det-1522600049\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">6 ET, ESPNU<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"First-round pick Koa Peat scores 19 points in Summer League action Monday \u2022 Download the NBA App\u2022 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":761725,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,99,326070],"class_list":["post-761724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-nba","tag-sports","tag-suns-bucks-2026-summer-league"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761724","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=761724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/761725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=761724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=761724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=761724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}