Sykes continues to open eyes: NBLxNBA Summer League Day Seven Recap

Former South East Melbourne Phoenix import Keifer Sykes continued to showcase his NBA credentials on day seven of the NBA Summer League.

Sykes, who has signed an Exhibit-10 contract with the Indiana Pacers, had another impressive showing for the Pacers Summer League squad with 14 points on 6-of-10 shooting to go along with four assists.

Sykes is also making winning plays on both ends of the floor, evident by his plus/minus of plus-14 in Indiana’s 95-61 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NBLxNBA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NBLxNBA</a> Summer League ??<br><br>We didn&#39;t get the Giddey ? Sykes battle we were hoping for but Keifer Sykes (<a href="https://twitter.com/ksykesyb?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ksykesyb</a>) balled out anyway. 14 PTS, 4 AST and a big W for the <a href="https://twitter.com/Pacers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Pacers</a> <br><br>Catch NBA Summer League action on <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNAusNZ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ESPNAusNZ</a> <a href="https://t.co/4jkLFyxv9r">pic.twitter.com/4jkLFyxv9r</a></p>&mdash; The NBL (@NBL) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBL/status/1426737803220553728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 15, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Former Brisbane Bullet BJ Johnson had six points and five rebounds for the Pacers.

Vic Law (Los Angeles Lakers), Justin Simon (Phoenix Suns) and Zach Hankins (Phoenix) recorded DNPs while Josh Giddey (Oklahoma City) remained out with an ankle injury.