LAS VEGAS (AP) – Kira Lewis Jr. scored 22 points and Naji Marshall continued his strong NBA Summer League with 16 points, 11 rebounds, five assists and three steals, and the New Orleans Pelicans beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 87-74 on Friday night .
Marshall, a sophomore striker, had no loss of the ball and also blocked a shot to help the Pelicans improve to 3-0.
Broderic Thomas led the Cavaliers with 15 points. Draft pick # 3 Evan Mobley was held to eight points in the 4-of-11 shoot-out. He had 11 rebounds.
The first-round draft picks, Moses Moody and Jonathan Kuminga, carried Golden State past Oklahoma City.
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Moody scored 22 points in 8v14, and Kuminga had 18 points and seven rebounds. Kuminga was the seventh player to be selected in the NBA draft, and Moody was the 14th.
JaQuori McLaughlin added 14 points and four assists.
Rob Edwards had 23 points out of four 3-pointers for the Thunder. Theo Maledon had 18 points, six rebounds and five assists.
Trent Forrest continued his hot game with 19 points, 10 rebounds and six assists and former Kansas center Udoka Azubuike had 18 points on an 8-of-8 shootout and added nine rebounds in Utah’s win over Miami.
Elijah Hughes added 17 points to take Jazz to 3-0 in Las Vegas.
Omer Yurtseven led Miami with 16 points, 11 rebounds and three steals. The heat only shot 31.9% out of the field and only made 5 of 17 3-pointers.
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Jaylen Nowell had 26 points on 11-of-22 shooting and six rebounds, and Minnesota put Milwaukee on the run with poor shooting.
Jaden McDaniels added 17 points and Jared Brownridge had 12 points for Minnesota, which won their third Summer League game.
Brandon Randolph had 17 points for the Bucks. They shot 27.9% out of the field and made 6 out of 34 shots from 3 point distance.
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