Las Vegas ? Kansas University product Cheick Diallo played a team-high 28 minutes and scored 11 points in his NBA Summer League debut on Friday, an 85-65 loss by his New Orleans Pelicans to the Los Angeles Lakers.
Former Oklahoma standout Buddy Hield led the Pelicans with 13 points.
Diallo shot 5-for-10 from the field, 1-for-1 from the line and had a team-high seven rebounds.
Led by former Jayhawk Kelly Oubre Jr., the Washington Wizards defeated the Utah Jazz, 88-73, on Saturday. Second-year pro Oubre scored 20 points and pulled down eight rebounds in the win.
Perry Ellis failed to score in nine minutes of action in his Summer League debut. Ellis didn’t get off a shot but grabbed a pair of rebounds as his Dallas Mavericks defeated Miami, 83-64.
Brannen Greene played 12 minutes in the Grizzlies’ 106-62 loss to Denver. He shot 0-for-3 from the floor — all three-point attempts — and was 1-for-2 from the line. He also had three rebounds.