John Butler Jr. started and played 34 minutes for the Wizards. He had 13 points. From the field, he was 5-of- 15 (33.3%) including 3-of- 10 (30.0%) from deep. He blocked five times, had five rebounds and five assists, two steals. He turned over one.
Sacramento Kings 87; Phoenix Suns 77
Malik Osborne played 11:10 for the Suns. Going 1-of- 2 (50.0%), he scored two points from the field including 0-of- 1 (0%) from deep. He did indeed get five rebounds.
Former Seminoles finish their NBA Summer League competition in Las Vegas on Sunday at 7 p.m. when the San Antonio Spurs, featuring Darin Green Jr., play the Toronto Raptors (NBA TV).
Starting with a lot of opening-weekend showdowns in the 2024 season, the fight for College Football Playoff supremacy in the first year of expansion gets underway. Can the Big 12 and ACC flex elite play at the top and drive others out of the mix? Will the SEC and Big Ten rule the field?
Although these questions will all be answered over the next few months, it’s interesting to look at the top of the preseason polls and forecast the twelve teams that will be in the national championship scene by year’s end.
Reaching the enlarged playoff clearly depends on surviving the schedule gauntlet and keeping pretty injury-free. And since single losses no longer significantly affect a season, the stretch run becomes even more crucial.