{"id":927246,"date":"2026-07-11T06:29:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T06:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/927246\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T06:29:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T06:29:17","slug":"adou-thiero-leads-lakers-to-vegas-summer-league-win-over-thunder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/927246\/","title":{"rendered":"Adou Thiero leads Lakers to Vegas Summer League win over Thunder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

LAS VEGAS\u00a0\u2014\u00a0The highlight dunk was proof that Adou Thiero<\/a> is just fine. Thiero delivered a breakaway windmill dunk in the second quarter Friday that brought cheers from the fans, a moment in which the second-year Lakers<\/a> forward displayed his athleticism.<\/p>\n

Thiero\u2019s confidence seemed to grow from that point on, his play for the Lakers during their Las Vegas Summer League opener at the Thomas & Mack Center a sign of his development<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He ran the floor and caught a lob for a dunk. He sprinted back on defense and blocked a shot. He finished the third quarter with a last-second shot off the backboard, a basket that gave the Lakers an 86-66 lead over the Oklahoma City Thunder. Thiero came back in the game in the fourth quarter and threw down another lob dunk.<\/p>\n

Thiero completed his night with 20 points during the Lakers\u2019 96-84 win<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He played an all-around game, collecting four rebounds, four assists, three steals and two blocks with zero turnovers in 30 minutes. He was eight for 14 from the field. He missed all five of his three-pointers, but Thiero finished the game plus-13.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like I was capable of doing this,\u201d Thiero said. \u201cIt\u2019s not different from things I was doing in the G League last year. I feel like I got real comfortable in the G League, how to play and everything and just took that break and still trying to get back to healthy and everything and finally getting to go out and play. I feel like I sped myself up a little bit and now I\u2019m slowing down and letting the game come to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thiero played after missing the Lakers\u2019 final game at the California Classic in San Francisco because of a right wrist injury.<\/p>\n

He looked far more in control and at ease than he did in San Francisco.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe just wasn\u2019t rushed tonight,\u201d said Lakers summer league coach Ty Abbott. \u201cHe took what was in front of him. He attacked matchups. He understood that there was going to be some paint swarming. Those guys are going to try to flood and meet him at the rim and he made the right pass. And then when he started doing that, it started to open up for him and he was able to finish at the rim.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Thiero was asked to criticize his windmill dunk, which was his first highlight of the game and one that had fans cheering.<\/p>\n

But Thiero was not impressed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe windmill was nice, but it wasn\u2019t my best windmill,\u201d Thiero said. \u201cI\u2019d probably say that was one of my worst windmills. I didn\u2019t have my footing. I went back and watched it on video and I didn\u2019t really like it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thiero believed his chemistry with rookie Cameron Carr and his defense stood out on Friday. He also said Lakers coach JJ Redick had conversations with him about being a better defender.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust trying to go out there and cause havoc,\u201d Thiero said. \u201cJJ, he says that the things he wants, you know, we need a point-of-attack on-ball defender and everything. So, just trying to go out there and be that, try and get reps in defending and then, offensively, just trying to play basketball, just trying to make the game more simple for myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carr also played against the Thunder after being limited by a bothersome toenail in his last game. He had another solid game with 18 points on seven-for-13 shooting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAS VEGAS\u00a0\u2014\u00a0The highlight dunk was proof that Adou Thiero is just fine. Thiero delivered a breakaway windmill dunk…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":927247,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5123],"tags":[17377,1582,276,33428,219988,21807,2378,1910,2961,38269,374015,224,5337,374016,1268,449,374013,1409,6001,374014],"class_list":["post-927246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-adou-thiero","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-california-classic","tag-cameron-carr","tag-first-game","tag-friday-night","tag-game","tag-la","tag-laker","tag-lob-dunk","tag-los-angeles","tag-losangeles","tag-mack-center","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-point","tag-second-year-lakers","tag-sign","tag-thunder","tag-vegas-summer-league-win"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116899937171631786","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=927246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/927247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=927246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=927246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=927246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}