The final weekend of the 2025 NBA Summer League is here and on Saturday, July 19 the semifinals will take place along with some consolation games.

Maxwell Lewis’ near-perfect shooting effort and a suffocating defensive performance spearheaded the Dallas Mavericks’ comfortable 92-69 win over the Orlando Magic in an NBA 2K26 Summer League consolation game at Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas on Friday.

After going 2-2 during Las Vegas Summer League action, the Cavaliers have learned who their final opponent will be in Sin City.

Fears, the No. 7 overall pick in the 2025 NBA draft, netted 22 points for the New Orleans Pelicans in Las Vegas. Cody Williams, the 10th overall selection in 2024, also shined with 26 points for the Utah Jazz. Jeremiah Fears ended his Summer League slate on a high with 22 points in a defeat to the Indiana Pacers.

LAS VEGAS – Mark Armstrong and Judah Mintz combined for 43 points while Philadelphia forced 20 turnovers to fuel the 76ers’ 87-83 comeback win over the Brooklyn Nets in an NBA 2K26 Summer League consolation game at Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas on Friday.

After a down year for the 2024 NBA rookie class, during which second-rounder Bronny James was the most anticipated draft pick to play in the NBA summer league in Las Vegas, the excitement was back earlier this month as No. 1 pick Cooper Flagg and other top selections from the touted 2025 class took the court with their new teams.

Making the playoffs in Summer League means very little. Even winning it all means very little, because while it does come with a ring and a historical note that

Former OKC Thunder forward Darius Bazley suffered a "heartbreaking" injury with the Los Angeles Lakers in Las Vegas Summer League.

As the NBA Summer League winds down in Las Vegas, we inch closer to Saturday's conclusion and the playoffs from the UNLV campus, Thomas and Mack Arena, and Cox Pavilion.

While Flagg looked good with the ball in his hands, he looked better playing off it, and that will be more of his role in Dallas where D’Angelo Russell in the short term and Kyrie Irving long term (once healthy), not to mention Anthony Davis, will facilitate the offense most of the time.

If the Nuggets don’t offer the former Iowa State star Curtis Jones a 2-way contract, then some other NBA team sure as heck will.