Portland Trail Blazers beat Los Angeles Lakers in Las Vegas Summer League championship game

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The Portland Trail Blazers defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 91-73 to grab the 2018 Las Vegas Summer League championship.

Portland led the game from start to finish to record the largest Las Vegas Summer League championship game victory in history.

KJ McDaniels led the way for the Trail Blazers with a game-high 17 points earning championship game MVP in the process. Six different Trail Blazers finished with double figures including All-NBA Summer League second-teamer Wade Baldwin IV with dropped 14 points, six assists and four rebounds.

Portland finished the Las Vegas Summer League with a perfect 7-0 record.


Summer League MVP Josh Hart led the way for the Lakers with a team-high 12 points in 22 minutes. His night was cut short however after being ejected late in the fourth quarter after picking up his second technical foul.

Canadian Xavier Rathan-Mayes finished the championship game with eight points in 16 minutes off the bench.

A media panel selected MVP and voted for the MGM Resorts All-NBA Summer League Teams. Both teams are listed below.

MGM Resorts All-NBA Summer League First Team

Wendell Carter Jr. (Chicago)

Josh Hart (Los Angeles Lakers)

Kevin Knox (New York)

Collin Sexton (Cleveland)

Christian Wood (Milwaukee)

MGM Resorts All-NBA Summer League Second Team

Deandre Ayton (Phoenix)

Wade Baldwin IV (Portland)

Jaren Jackson Jr. (Memphis)

Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk (Los Angeles Lakers)

Trae Young (Atlanta)

MGM RESORTS NBA SUMMER LEAGUE 2018 RESULTS

Friday, July 6

Houston 92, Indiana 89

Orlando 86, Brooklyn 80
Milwaukee 90, Detroit 63

Cleveland 72, Washington 59

Denver 70, Minnesota 69

New Orleans 90, Toronto 77

Charlotte 88, Oklahoma City 87
Boston 95, Philadelphia 89

Phoenix 92, Dallas 85

Golden State 77, LA Clippers 71

 

Saturday, July 7

Portland 93, Utah 78

New Orleans 110, Miami 84

Oklahoma City 90, Brooklyn 76

Memphis 73, Detroit 70

Denver 82, Boston 69

Indiana 86, San Antonio 76

New York 91, Atlanta 89
Phoenix 71, Sacramento 63

Chicago 86, Cleveland 81

Los Angeles Lakers 96, Philadelphia 79

 

Sunday, July 8

Minnesota 103, Toronto 92

Charlotte 94, Miami 90
Dallas 81, Milwaukee 78

Utah 90, New York 85

LA Clippers 88, Sacramento 78

San Antonio 95, Washington 90

Portland 85, Atlanta 68
Houston 87, Golden State 81

Orlando 86, Memphis 56

Los Angeles Lakers 69, Chicago 60

 

Monday, July 9

Detroit 105, New Orleans 97

Cleveland 93, Indiana 88
Boston 100, Charlotte 80

Denver 90, Milwaukee 83

Minnesota 78, Brooklyn 69

Oklahoma City 92, Toronto 82

Washington 87, Philadelphia 75
Dallas 91, Golden State 71

Phoenix 71, Orlando 53

Houston 104, LA Clippers 90

 

Tuesday, July 10

Portland 95, San Antonio 89

Atlanta 101, Chicago 93

Miami 98, Utah 90

Sacramento 94, Memphis 80
Los Angeles Lakers 109, New York 92

 

Wednesday, July 11

LA Clippers 89, Washington 74

Houston 109, Brooklyn 102

Detroit 64, Minnesota 59

Toronto 85, Denver 77

Cleveland 96, Sacramento 84

Chicago 95, Dallas 83

Atlanta 107, Indiana 101

Charlotte 87, Golden State 69

 

Thursday, July 12

Miami 110, New Orleans 106

Memphis 92, Oklahoma City 85

Milwaukee 83, San Antonio 75 (OT)

Utah 75, Orlando 70

Boston 82, New York 75

Philadelphia 88, Phoenix 86

LA Lakers 82, LA Clippers 69

Portland 95, Atlanta 69

 

Friday, July 13

Indiana 116, Brooklyn 79

Dallas 96, Washington 92

Minnesota 83, Denver 71

Sacramento 69, Golden State 67

New York 102, New Orleans 83

Phoenix 90, San Antonio 55

Oklahoma City 87, Orlando 85

Atlanta 97, LA Clippers 81

 

Saturday, July 14  

Detroit 72, Chicago 66

Cleveland 92, Houston 87

Toronto 87, Charlotte 84

Boston 74, Miami 72

Philadelphia 91, Milwaukee 89

Memphis 92, Utah 86

 

Sunday, July 15 - Quarterfinals

Thomas & Mack

LA Lakers 101, Detroit 78

Cleveland 82, Toronto 68

Portland 95, Boston 80

Memphis 82, Philadelphia 73
 

Monday, July 16 – Semifinals

LA Lakers 112, Cleveland 109

Portland 97, Memphis 92

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Carlan Gay is a deputy editor at The Sporting News.