NBA Summer League kept rolling in Las Vegas on Tuesday, and four former Iowa basketball players all turned in productive nights.
Brendan Hausen helped power the Memphis Grizzlies to a 106-85 win over the Golden State Warriors, while Bennett Stirtz, Payton Sandfort, Josh Dix and the Oklahoma City Thunder came up just short in a 106-103 loss to the Denver Nuggets. All four were making their third Las Vegas Summer League appearances and each posted strong numbers.
Hausen had the most explosive outing of the group. In his first game of Memphis’ Las Vegas Summer League run, he scored 20 points on 7-for-9 shooting and went 6-for-8 from 3-point range in the win over Golden State.
Stirtz continued to set the pace for Oklahoma City. He led all Thunder scorers for the third straight game, finishing with 22 points on 8-of-16 shooting. He also added six assists, two rebounds, one steal and one block while logging a team-high 30 minutes.
Sandfort gave the Thunder a lift off the bench with 19 points in 27 minutes. That was the second-highest total on the team behind Stirtz, and while his 3-point shot wasn’t falling the way he wanted, he still shot 50% from inside the arc.
Dix made the most of another start next to Stirtz. For the second game in a row, he was in the opening lineup and finished with 14 points on 5-for-10 shooting, plus six rebounds, one assist and one block in 26 minutes.
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