Warriors Wins The summer League!

The Warriors are golden after two Las Vegas Summer League tourneys.

Golden State improved to 12-0 and took home the first Las Vegas Summer League Championship with a 91-77 win over the Phoenix Suns, Monday (Tuesday, PHL time) at the Thomas and Mack Center.




Ian Clark, an undrafted rookie guard out of Belmont University, came off the Golden State bench to explode for 33 points, including 7-of-10 from downtown, a Las Vegas Summer League record. He also added two rebounds, two assists and a steal in just under 30 minutes, and was named the inaugural Summer League Championship game MVP.

Kent Bazemore stuffed the stats sheet with 18 points, four boards, five assists, two steals and a block, Draymond Green added 12 markers, eight rebounds and three dimes, while Cameron Jones also scored 12.

It was back-and-forth for most of the early part of the first half, until eight straight points by Clark put the Warriors up 50-40, with 1:07 left in the second quarter.

The Suns however countered with an 8-0 blast bridging the middle two cantos, before Bazemore broke their rhythm, scoring via a layup, under three minutes gone by in the third, 52-48. Phoenix knotted things again at 52-all, but they had to settle for a four-point deficit entering the fourth, as Bazemore added six more markers to widen the Warriors' lead, 65-61.

A three-minute scoreless stretch for Phoenix turned out to be the nail in their coffin, as they conceded 13 unanswered to Golden State, allowing the latter to go up 81-66 with 5:19 remaining in the game. The Suns were within twelve with 3:17 left, 84-72, but Clark nailed a lay-up and a three-pointer for a 17-point buffer, 2:19 on the clock, effectively ending the game.

Archie Goodwin, the 29th overall pick in this season's draft, led the Suns with 18 points on 6-of-11 shooting. The Morris twins combined for 27 points and 13 rebounds, but they got precious little from their bench, just 18 points to be exact.