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In the NBA Summer League championship game, Josh Christopher leads the Miami Heat to beat the Memphis Grizzlies.
Josh Christopher has played in the G League and been a member of three different franchises.
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The Heat won their first NBA Summer League title after Pelle Larsson made the game-winning basket in overtime.
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Having shot 6-for-10 from three-point range and 9-for-17 on the floor, Christopher was awarded the MVP of the final game.
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Throughout NBA Summer League, Christopher led a balanced Heat offense, averaging 19.3 points per game while shooting 54.1 percent from the field and 52.5 percent from beyond the arc.
He was one of five Miami players that finished the game with a minimum of ten points.
The 15th choice in the June draft, center Kel'el Ware, finished with 21 points and 10 rebounds.
Alondes Williams, a forward, contributed six assists and 21 points.
Moving forward Larsson hit the game-winning basket with 16 points while Cole Swider added 19 points.
The target score was 120, thus whichever team reached it first would win. The Heat and Grizzlies were deadlocked at 113 going into overtime.
After Christopher made a 3-pointer to put Miami ahead 118-115, forward Jake LaRavia of Memphis responded with a 3-pointer of his own on the next play.
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The Heat won the game when Larsson, their second-round selection this year, drove to the hoop and hit a runner.
For the Grizzlies, LaRavia scored a game-high 32 points, and guard Scotty Pippen Jr. contributed 29 points and 11 assists. GG Jackson II, a forward, ended with nine rebounds and 28 points.
Pippen Jr., Jackson, and Ware were all chosen to the All-Summer League first team.
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