Utah Jazz lose to Blazers in sudden death: The unwritten rule about summer league basketball is that no summer league basketball game should be allowed to go to overtime. But the Utah Jazz's sudden-death 92-89 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday should be the exception, if only for the drama. Not only was it exciting. Not only was it good basketball throughout. Atypical for summer league basketball, it featured a thrilling ending, when the Blazers' Pat Connaughton drilled a 3-pointer on the second possession of the second overtime to end the contest. -- The Salt Lake Tribune

Longtime Jazz assistant coach Phil Johnson wins first Tex Winter award: Through all his years as Jerry Sloan's right hand guy, Phil Johnson never sought validation for the job he's done as an assistant coach. On Tuesday afternoon, that validation came, regardless. Johnson was given the inaugural Tex Winter Assistant Coach Lifetime Impact Award during Utah's summer league game against the Portland Trail Blazers. The award is given to the assistant who has made an impact over the course of a long career. -- The Salt Lake Tribune

Longtime Jazz assistant Phil Johnson receives prestigious coaching award: Though Phil Johnson was the recipient of an NBA coach of the year award — a distinction that somehow eluded Jerry Sloan in his Hall of Fame career — the longtime Utah Jazz assistant spent most of his time in the league as somebody else’s right-hand man. On Tuesday, Johnson was honored for his behind-the-scenes contributions over the decades. -- Deseret News

Jazz fall despite odd, sudden-death OT-forcing play by Butterfield, Lyles: An unusual thing happened Tuesday afternoon toward the end of the Utah Jazz’s summer league game against the Portland Trail Blazers. Former Utah State player Spencer Butterfield, called a basketball shooting “sniper” by Jazz assistant Mike Wells, helped his team force a sudden-death overtime by making two free throws and then, oddly enough, by perfectly missing a third one. -- Deseret News