Rookie Yaxel Lendeborg stayed hot, registering a near double-double performance with 15 points on 6-of-12 shooting from the field with nine boards, three assists and two steals in 29 minutes on Tuesday. Yet, it wasn’t enough for the Golden State Warriors on their way to their first loss of the Las Vegas Summer League.
The Warriors dropped their first loss in Las Vegas in blowout fashion to the Memphis Grizzlies, 106-85. Javon Small notched 26 points while Brendan Hausen added 20 points off the bench to snap the Warriors’ win streak in the desert. In a matchup with Lendeborg, Grizzlies top pick Cameron Boozer recorded 12 points on 4-of-12 shooting with seven rebounds and three assists.
Tuesday marked the first game of the Las Vegas Summer League and California Classic in which Lendeborg failed to knock down a 3-pointer. He finished the evening shooting 0-of-2 from beyond the arc.
Malevy Leons, Chance McMillian and Lajae Jones all recorded double-figures in scoring. The second-round pick, Jones, tallied 10 points on 4-of-6 shooting from the field with five boards. Jones has now tallied 10 or more points with five or more rebounds in three straight Summer League games for the Warriors.
The Warriors will have the chance to get back in the win column on Thursday when they meet the newly crowned champion New York Knicks in Las Vegas.
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