| 2018 NBA Summer League | |
| League: | National Basketball Association |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| Duration: | July 2–17 |
| No Of Games: | At least 5 games (including 3 preliminary games) for each team (as many as 8 games per team) |
| No Of Teams: | Sacramento-4 Utah-4 Las Vegas-30 |
| Tv: | NBA TV & ESPN |
| Season: | California Classic Summer League |
| Season Champs: | Golden State Warriors |
| Season2: | Utah Jazz Summer League |
| Season Champs2: | Memphis Grizzlies |
| Top Scorer2: | Derrick White |
| Season3: | Las Vegas NBA Summer League |
| Season Champs3: | Portland Trail Blazers |
| Second Place3: | Los Angeles Lakers |
| Top Seed3: | Los Angeles Lakers |
| Mvp3: | Josh Hart (league) KJ McDaniels (championship game) |
| Seasonslistnames: | NBA Summer League |
| Prevseason Link: | 2017 NBA Summer League |
| Prevseason Year: | 2017 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2019 NBA Summer League |
| Nextseason Year: | 2019 |
The 2018 NBA Summer League consisted of three pro basketball leagues organized by the National Basketball Association (NBA): the Sacramento Kings's California Classic Summer League, Utah Jazz Summer League, and Las Vegas Summer League.
The Sacramento Kings hosted their own summer league event called the California Classic at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento.[1] The event was scheduled to take place before the Las Vegas Summer League began, with the teams in place for the event involving the Kings, Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors, and Miami Heat. Eight days later, the Kings confirmed that their own Summer League event (titled the California Classic Summer League) would take place July 2–5, 2018 (taking a day off to celebrate the Fourth of July), replacing the Orlando Pro Summer League. On May 14, 2018, the Kings confirmed that report.[2]
Four teams participated in the round-robin format of the Utah Jazz Summer League from July 2 to July 5, 2018. All four teams (Utah Jazz, Atlanta Hawks, Memphis Grizzlies, and San Antonio Spurs) also participated in the Las Vegas Summer League.[3]
The 2018 Las Vegas NBA Summer League was the official 2018 summer league of the National Basketball Association. The league was held at the Thomas and Mack Center and Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas, Nevada, on the campus of University of Nevada, Las Vegas. It began on July 6 and ended on July 17. For the first time in league history, all 30 teams participated.[4] With every team participating, the event expanded to 82 games in 12 days. Teams competed in a tournament-style schedule in three preliminary games before seeding in a tournament; each team played at least five games and as many as eight games. The event concluded with the 2018 NBA Summer League Championship game on July 17.[5]
In May 2018, the Sacramento Kings confirmed that they would host the inaugural California Classic from July 2–5, 2018 (taking a day off to celebrate the Fourth of July), replacing the Orlando Pro Summer League.
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| Team | Tiebreaker Notes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 25 | |||
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 21 | |||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 20.5 | |||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
Reference: [6]
| Player | Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 23.0 | |||
| 21.3 | |||
| 17.0 | |||
| 14.7 | |||
| 14.0 |
| Player | Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bam Adebayo | 11.3 | ||
| Moritz Wagner | 8.3 | ||
| De'Aaron Fox | 8.0 | ||
| Kendrick Nunn | 8.0 | ||
| 8.0 |
| Player | Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.3 | |||
| Daryl Macon | 7.5 | ||
| Frank Mason | 6.3 | ||
| 6.0 | |||
| 6.0 |
Now in its fourth year, the Utah Jazz Summer League featured six games and hosted four teams. Each team played on July 2, 3 and 5. All games were played at Vivint Smart Home Arena.
All times are in Mountain Daylight Time (UTC–6)
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| Team | Tiebreaker Notes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6.0 | 1–1, -4 | ||
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6.5 | 1–1, -9 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7.5 | 1–1, +13 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4.0 |
Reference: [7]
| Player | Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 23.0 | |||
| 23.0 | |||
| 17.0 | |||
| 16.7 | |||
| 16.3 |
| Player | Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 12.3 | |||
| 8.3 | |||
| 7.7 | |||
| 7.7 | |||
| 7.0 |
| Player | Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Grayson Allen | 7.5 | ||
| 7.0 | |||
| 5.3 | |||
| 4.7 | |||
| 4.3 |
The Las Vegas NBA Summer League is the official summer league of the NBA. It is the premier summer league of the three, and it is the first year all 30 teams will be participating in. 82 games were played from July 6 to 17, 2018, across two venues, the Thomas & Mack Center and Cox Pavilion, both located in Paradise, Nevada (near Las Vegas). The Las Vegas NBA Summer League championship featured a rematch of the previous year's teams, the Los Angeles Lakers and the Portland Trail Blazers.
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The championship is determined by a single-elimination tournament; the top 2 teams receive a first-round bye.
Teams are seeded first by overall record, then by a tiebreaker system. Coin toss is used if the tiebreakers below fail.
First-round losers will play consolation games to determine 17th through 30th places based on the tiebreaker system stated above. Second-round losers will play consolation games to determine 9th through 16th places.
| Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 10.5 | |||
| 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 8 | +38 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 8 | +33 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 8 | +21 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 6 | |||
| 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 8 | |||
| 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 7 | +31 | ||
| 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 7 | +19 | ||
| 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 7 | +16 | ||
| 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 7 | +13 | ||
| 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.5 | +18 | ||
| 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.5 | +13 | ||
| 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5 | |||
| 14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.5 | |||
| 15 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7 | +2 | ||
| 16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7 | -6 | ||
| 17 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6 | -10 | ||
| 18 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6 | -11 | ||
| 19 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.5 | -11 | ||
| 20 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.5 | -20 | ||
| 21 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5 | -4 | ||
| 22 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5 | -18 | ||
| 23 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5 | -20 | ||
| 24 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.5 | -12 | ||
| 25 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.5 | -22 | ||
| 26 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4 | -22 | ||
| 27 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4 | -41 | ||
| 28 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5 | |||
| 29 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4 | |||
| 30 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 2 |
All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)
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| Team | Explanation | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | 20 | Won Championship Game | ||
| 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | .857 | 18 | Lost Championship Game | ||
| 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | .714 | 16 | Lost in Semifinals | ||
| 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | .571 | 12.5 | Lost in Semifinals | ||
| 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 14 | Lost in Quarterfinals | ||
| 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 9.5 | Lost in Quarterfinals | ||
| 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | 10.5 | Lost in Quarterfinals | ||
| 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | 6.5 | Lost in Quarterfinals | ||
| 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 10.5 | Lost in Second Round | ||
| 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 10 | Lost in Second Round | ||
| 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 12 | Lost in Second Round | ||
| 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 11.5 | Lost in Second Round | ||
| 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 9.5 | Lost in Second Round | ||
| 14 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 9.5 | Lost in Second Round | ||
| 15 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 7 | Lost in Second Round | ||
| 16 | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | 11 | Lost in Second Round | ||
| 17 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 14 | Lost in First Round | ||
| 18 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 12 | Lost in First Round | ||
| 19 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 12 | Lost in First Round | ||
| 20 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 10.5 | Lost in First Round | ||
| 21 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 10 | Lost in First Round | ||
| 22 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 13 | Lost in First Round | ||
| 23 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 10 | Lost in First Round | ||
| 24 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 9 | Lost in First Round | ||
| 25 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 8.5 | Lost in First Round | ||
| 26 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 8.5 | Lost in First Round | ||
| 27 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200 | 10.5 | Lost in First Round | ||
| 28 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200 | 8 | Lost in First Round | ||
| 29 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200 | 7.5 | Lost in First Round | ||
| 30 | 5 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 6.5 | Lost in First Round |