Walter Clayton Jr.'s Unlucky Ending to Incredible NBA Summer League Performance originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

LAS VEGAS – Rayan Rupert scored 23 points to lead the Portland Trail Blazers to a 106-73 victory over the Golden State Warriors in the NBA 2K26 Summer League on Friday at Thomas and Mack Center.

T he opening day of the NBA Las Vegas Summer League provided fireworks and the debut of No. 1 overall pick Cooper Flagg, who struggled to find his shot in a dramatic win over the Los Angeles Lakers. Day 2 of the multi-week event from Sin City on Friday provided a further look into more prospects from last month's draft making their debut in summer league,

Tre Johnson and Khaman Maluach are expected to make their professional debuts tonight at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN from Las Vegas with streaming options available.

LAS VEGAS – Jordan Miller scored 23 points to lead the Los Angeles Clippers to a 95-92 victory over the Houston Rockets in the NBA 2K26 Summer League on Friday at Pavilion.

Noa Essengue struggled to stand out in his Las Vegas debut Friday night as the Chicago Bulls floundered in an ugly 116-72 loss to the Toronto Raptors.

Phoenix Suns open Summer League play Friday, July 11, in Las Vegas. They will be without Rasheer Fleming, who will be out with a knee injury.

Fans of the Boston Celtics have been wondering how much they will be seeing new Celtics rookie Hugo Gonzalez in the NBA's 2025 Las Vegas Summer League games Boston is soon to start playing in Sin City almost from the moment he was picked up with the 28th overall pick of the 2025 NBA Draft.

The 7-foot-1 center flashed his passing skills, blocked some shots and hit a three during a win over the Golden State Warriors.

The Utah Jazz and Ace Bailey will face the Charlotte Hornets and Kon Knueppel tonight at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN from Las Vegas.

Cooper Flagg is already an NBA star in one respect. The first overall pick of the 2025 NBA Draft made his Summer League debut on Thursday and, alongside another ratings-driver in Bronny James, drew an average of 955,000 viewers via Nielsen metrics, ESPN announced Friday. That's the fourth-highest recorded viewership in Summer League history.