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John Tonje made his Summer League debut for Utah and finished with 16 points and four three-pointers. The 24-year-old rookie shined at Wisconsin last season and could be an NBA-ready scoring option for the Jazz this year, though the amount of depth Utah has will make it difficult for him to earn minutes.
Dylan Harper and the San Antonio Spurs won the best game of the Las Vegas Summer League in overtime over the Utah Jazz.
[Trading Markkanen] is not Utah’s intention, sources told ESPN. It would be too much to describe Markkanen as untouchable, but the Jazz still project the All-Star forward as a key player in their future core.
Instead, it was Riley Minix who called game on the other end. Minix caught an inbounds pass and hit a fadeaway contested bucket from the short corner to lift the Spurs to the win, which sparked a huge celebration on the floor in Las Vegas.
The Utah Jazz fell to 0-2 in the NBA Summer League on Sunday night, but they still received some solid individual performances.
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SportsGrid on MSNBulls Defeat Pacers 114-105; Matas Buzelis Scores 28 PointsBuzelis scored 28 points, leading the Bulls to a 114-105 victory over the Pacers with a highlight dunk and 5 rebounds. Kyle Filipowski leads the Spurs to a win.
League attracts the most attention during the first weekend of festivities in Las Vegas. There are intriguing warm-up acts in Salt Lake City and Sacramento earlier in July, but the "main event" takes place in the desert and,
Standing 6-foot-11, Filipowski is a talented scorer who can get buckets from the perimeter and at the post. He's not known for his athleticism, but Filipowski can surprise defenders with his decent ballhandling for a big man and quickness to the basket, as evidenced by his game-tying dunk off the dribble late in overtime of the Spurs game.