SI.com · Jul 17, 2018
2018 NBA Summer League: Winners and Losers
LAS VEGAS — A 30-team field has been whittled down to two. Eleven days are in the books and just one remains. With the Lakers and Blazers set to face off in a championship game rematch on Tuesday, it’s finally time to run through the winners and losers from the desert marathon that is Las Vegas Summer League.
For the second straight year, Las Vegas has belonged to the Lakers, who won last year’s Summer League title and enter Tuesday’s championship game with a perfect 6–0 record. While July 2017 represented the height of Lonzo Mania—with sold out crowds enthralled by L.A.’s heavily-hyped homegrown prospect—Lakers Nation has moved on to worshiping at the altar of LeBron James.