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Summer Sixers shock Suns (and the World)

It wasn’t quite Team USA vs. the USSR, but Thursday night’s win for the Summer Sixers certainly qualified as an upset. With Phoenix having nearly half their regular season rotation playing in Summer League, the Suns felt comfortable enough against the then-0-3 Sixers to rest Josh Jackson for the game. The move seemed irrelevant after the Suns jumped out to a 14-point lead during the second quarter.

However, unlike their previous three contests, the Sixers caught fire as a team offensively to charge back into the lead. On the night, they shot 15-34 from behind the arc, led by former St.