Becky Hammon coaches Spurs to Las Vegas Summer League title
The San Antonio Spurs are your 2015 NBA Las Vegas Summer League champions after defeating the Phoenix Suns on Monday night, 93-90.
#SummerSpurs are the 2015 @NBASummerLeague CHAMPS! pic.twitter.com/8ZLa8PNGt1
— San Antonio Spurs (@spurs) July 21, 2015
The victory caps off quite the prosperous coaching debut for Becky Hammon, an assistant on Gregg Popovich's staff, who became the first female to ever coach a summer-league squad.
Congratulations @BeckyHammon and @spurs, @NBASummerLeague Champions! pic.twitter.com/zUlLeQ0UFg
— WNBA (@WNBA) July 21, 2015
It wasn't always pretty, but behind Jonathon Simmons' team-high 23 points on 7-of-14 shooting, the Spurs add some more hardware to the mantle, becoming the third Las Vegas Summer League champions ever.
Simmons' performance earned him MVP honors for the championship game.
2015 @NBASummerLeague Championship Game MVP: @ThaRealJsimms
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— San Antonio Spurs (@spurs) July 21, 2015
Kyle Anderson - the No. 30 pick in the 2014 NBA Draft and the recent recipient of the Summer League Most Valuable Player award - had a respectable showing in the final game, finishing with 15 points, seven rebounds, and four assists in 31 minutes.
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— San Antonio Spurs (@spurs) July 21, 2015
Leading the way for Phoenix was guard Mike James, who had a game-high 32 points on some stellar shooting across the board: 10-of-18 from the field, 3-of-6 from 3-point range, and 9-of-11 from the charity stripe.