Pemain anyar Los Angeles Lakers, yakni LeBron James tampil dihadapan publik untuk pertama kalinya sejak bergabung dengan tim barunya tersebut. Pria yang sudah memiliki 3 orang anak itu menyaksikan langsung pertandingan NBA Summer League 2018 antara Lakers dan Detroit Pistons. Sesaat begitu James menginjakkan kaki di Thomas & Mack Center, tepuk tangan serta sorakan yang meriah pun terdengar di seluruh penjuru arena. Dihadapan sang raja, para punggawa muda Lakers berhasil mendapatkan kemenangan mudah atas Pistons dengan kedudukan 101-78.
Berikut di bawah ini adalah statistik lengkap dari kedua tim.
>> Los Angeles Lakers
| NAMA PEMAIN | MENIT | POIN | REBOUNDS | ASSISTS | STEALS | BLOK |
| Svi Mykhailiuk | 21 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnathan Williams | 23 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeff Ayres | 27 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Hart | 21 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Alex Caruso | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Xavier Rathan-Mayes | 18 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick King | 21 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Jeffrey Carroll | 21 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Isaac Bonga | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Demarcus Holland | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malik Newman | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephaun Branch | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malik Pope | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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>> Detroit Pistons
| NAMA PEMAIN | MENIT | POIN | REBOUNDS | ASSISTS | STEALS | BLOK |
| Reggie Hearn | 28 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Henry Ellenson | 32 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Nnanna Egwu | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Brown | 33 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Kenneth Smith | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Khadeen Carrington | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zack Lofton | 29 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Eric Griffin | 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Obi Enechionyia | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Johnny Hamilton | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Kyle Washington | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scotty Lindsey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamel Morris | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
