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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#SummerSpurs pic.twitter.com/mgyPgaWza5
— 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.
