ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A look at some of the highlights from Saturday’s games in the Orlando Pro Summer League:
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INJURY WATCH
Indiana’s Georges Niang was knocked out of the Pacers’ opener against Orlando in the opening minutes with a left knee injury, after he took an awkward fall over teammate Trey McKinney-Jones. The preliminary diagnosis on Niang was a sprain, and he did not return.
Also, New York was without No. 8 draft pick Frank Ntilikina because of knee soreness, and Knicks coach Jeff Hornacek said he doesn’t expect the 18-year-old guard to be ready to play on Sunday against Detroit, either.
The Knicks are hopeful Ntilikina will play at some point in Orlando.
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BACON’S FIRST
Let the record show the first points of summer-league season in the NBA were scored by Charlotte’s Dwayne Bacon on a foul-line jumper. Briante Weber scored 17 points and the Hornets led most of the way in beating the Miami Heat 74-67.
Okaro White led all scorers with 20 for Miami, and Heat first-round pick Bam Adebayo added 14 points and 10 rebounds in his pro debut.
“Bam, he’s a beast,” White said.
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DING DEBUTS
Ding Yanyuhang, the MVP of the Chinese Basketball Association this past season for the Shandong Golden Stars, started for Dallas and scored eight points in the Mavericks’ 80-75 win over New York.
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PACERS HOLD ON
Indiana wasted a 20-point lead before holding on to beat Orlando 85-74. Travis Leslie scored 20 points off the bench for the Pacers.
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WILD FINISH
Oklahoma City won the fourth and final game of the day, topping Detroit 92-91 and capping a 14-point comeback with a rally in the final moments. Vincent Hunter scored 21 points for the Thunder, and Henry Ellenson had 21 for the Pistons.
Detroit first-round pick Luke Kennard, who some thought may have been the best pure shooter in last month’s draft, had 16 points and was 4 for 6 from 3-point range.
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LOTS OF FOULS
The summer league rule is that no one fouls out until committing 10 personals, four more than the NBA norm.
And as is often the case, a few guys benefited from that quirk.
Among those in the more-than-six-foul-club Saturday: Charlotte’s Johnny O’Bryant III, Miami’s Jake Odum and New York’s Chasson Randle. All were whistled for seven fouls.
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LOTS OF MISSES
In the four games Saturday, no team shot better than 45 percent. Combined, the eight teams - Charlotte, Miami, Indiana, Orlando, Dallas, New York, Detroit and Oklahoma City - shot a combined 40 percent.
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FEMALE REFS
Two female referees were part of the crews working Saturday’s four-game slate.
Natalie Sago, who did some summer league games last year as well, officiated the Miami-Charlotte game. And Fatou Cissoko-Stephens was on the crew for the Detroit-Oklahoma City game.
For now, the NBA has only one active female referee - Lauren Holtkamp, also a summer-league veteran.
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