Recap of play: The Hornets beat the kings for the 2K26 summer league championship.
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Las Vegas – The 21 points of 21 points of the Recruit Kon Knueppel team and an start of lightning helped to feed the Hornets of Charlotte with a lasting victory of 83-78 on the Kings of Sacramento in the NBA 2K26 Summer League Championship match at Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas on Sunday evening. Kneuppel was appointed MVP of the championship match.
The confrontation of the title had the appearance of a unilateral case in the first 10 minutes, while the Hornets dominated at the two ends of the ground to forge a advance of 34-18 after a quarter. Without being discouraged, the Kings knocked out nine points of their deficit before the intermission, but the defense of Charlotte intensified the third to push his advantage to 11 points in the last period.
Sacramento then made a valiant effort that saw the kings to obtain once twice inside the two -minute brand, but at four Kueppel points via a 3 -point pointer and a franc launch helped the Hornets to hang and secure the championship.
Isaac Jones led the Kings with a double -double of 24 points and 11 rebounds – the two peaks of the game – which also included two assists. Devin Carter provided 13 points, seven assists, two rebounds and two blocks. The recruit choice of first round nique Clifford provided 10 points, eight rebounds and two assists.
Kueppel completed his total score with five rebounds and two assists. The second round, Ryan Kalkbrenner, posted 15 points, nine boards, a flight and a block. Jaylen Sims and KJ Simpson made the efforts of 11 points, Simpson, adding seven rebounds, five assists and a block.
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Charlotte’s Hornets are # NBA2KSUMMERLEAGUE Champions!
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