LAS VEGAS — Rookie Kon Knueppel’s team-high 21 points and a lightning-fast start helped fuel the Charlotte Hornets to a hard-fought 83-78 win over the Sacramento Kings in the NBA 2K26 Summer League championship game at Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas on Sunday night. Kneuppel was named the championship game MVP.

Two players who went undrafted in this summer's class have already earned two-way contracts after strong Summer League showings.

The NBA 2K26 Summer League will officially come to an end tonight, as the Sacramento Kings take on the Charlotte Hornets in the league championship game. Tonight’s finale will be broadcast on ESPN at 10 p.m. ET with streaming available through FuboTV, Sling and DirecTV.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Kon Knueppel, the fourth pick in this year’s draft, scored 21 points and Charlotte held off a Sacramento rally to beat the Kings 83-78 on Sunday for the Hornets’ first NBA Summer League title.

League is over. The Hornets won the popular and essential summer league event with an 83-78 victory against the Kings.

NBA Las Vegas Summer League is over. The Charlotte Hornets defeated the Sacramento Kings on Sunday night in the final game from Sin City to claim their first Vegas Summer League title. Among the many standouts in the event,