2024/2025 Decathlon: Event Summary: Professional Basketball
Status: Completed
RULES: PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL
| A total of 16 teams make the playoffs - 8 in each conference. The 2018 teams are seeded as shown below: E-1 Toronto Raptors E-2 Boston Celtics E-3 Philadelphia 76ers E-4 Cleveland Cavaliers E-5 Indiana Pacers E-6 Miami Heat E-7 Milwaukee Bucks E-8 Washington Wizards W-1 Houston Rockets W-2 Golden State Warriors W-3 Portland Trail Blazers W-4 Oklahoma City Thunder W-5 Utah Jazz W-6 New Orleans Pelicans W-7 San Antonio Spurs W-8 Minnesota Timberwolves Q1a: Seeded Picks Pick 4 NBA playoff teams whose seeds add up to *at least* 18. For example, you could take the 1st seed from the West, the 5th seeds from the East and West, and the 7th seed from the East, and your entry would be valid (1 + 5 + 5 + 7 = 18). Or, you could take the 3rd through 6th seed from one conference, and that would be valid (3 + 4 + 5 + 6 = 18). Q1b: At-Large Pick Pick 1 At-Large team*. Your At-Large pick cannot duplicate one of your seed picks. Q1 Points: 20 pts for every playoff win -2 pts for every playoff loss 40 bonus pts for winning a Conference Title 35 bonus pts for winning the NBA Championship * At-Large picks will earn slightly fewer points per category Q2: Finals Picks Select one team as the NBA Champion (correct choice worth 60 pts). Select one team as the NBA Runner-Up (correct choice worth 15 pts). Note: There are no restrictions for your Q2 picks. You may pick teams you selected in Q1 or teams you shunned; you can even select the same team as Champ and as Runner-Up. Picks lock first playoff game tipoff (Sat 4/14 12n Pacific) Q3: Tiebreakers The Finals matchups are set, let's pick some tiebreakers! 3A - Finals MVP (8pts) Choose from 3 Warriors, 3 Cavaliers or play the rest of either team's roster. 3B - Length (4pts) Pick the length and winner of the series 3C - Total Techs (2pts) Pick the number of unsportsmanlike technical fouls committed by both teams (including coaches) combined in the entire series. 3D - Total Points (1pt) Pick the number of points scored by both team combined in the entire series. Answers in 250pt increments Tiebreaks lock at the first tip off (Thu 5/31 6p Pacific) |
POINT RECAP: PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL
| NBA Playoff Teams |
Answer (Seed Pts) | #Sel |
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| Toronto Raptors (1) | 8 | 80 | -12 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | |
| Houston Rockets (1) | 121 | 220 | -12 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 208 | |
| Boston Celtics (2) | 5 | 220 | -16 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 204 | |
| Golden State Warriors (2) | 310 | 240 | -10 | 80 | -0 | 40 | 35 | 385 | |
| Philadelphia 76ers (3) | 104 | 100 | -10 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | |
| Portland Trailblazers (3) | 7 | 0 | -8 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | -8 | |
| Cleveland Cavaliers (4) | 375 | 240 | -12 | 0 | -8 | 40 | 0 | 260 | |
| Oklahoma City Thunder (4) | 99 | 40 | -8 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | |
| Indiana Pacers (5) | 7 | 60 | -8 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | |
| Utah Jazz (5) | 175 | 100 | -12 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 88 | |
| Miami Heat (6) | 27 | 20 | -8 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| New Orleans Pelicans (6) | 151 | 100 | -8 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | |
| Milwaukee Bucks (7) | 301 | 60 | -8 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | |
| San Antonio Spurs (7) | 45 | 20 | -8 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Minnesota Timberwolves (8) | 20 | 20 | -8 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Washington Wizards (8) | 121 | 40 | -8 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | |
| NBA Playoff At-Large |
Answer | #Sel |
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| Boston Celtics | 4 | 176 | -24 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 152 | |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 18 | 192 | -18 | 0 | -12 | 35 | 0 | 197 | |
| Golden State Warriors | 94 | 192 | -15 | 64 | -0 | 35 | 30 | 306 | |
| Houston Rockets | 297 | 176 | -18 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 158 | |
| Indiana Pacers | 1 | 48 | -12 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |
| Miami Heat | 1 | 16 | -12 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Milwaukee Bucks | 1 | 48 | -12 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |
| Philadelphia 76ers | 17 | 80 | -15 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | |
| Toronto Raptors | 36 | 64 | -18 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | |
| NBA Champ |
Answer | #Sel |
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| Cleveland | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Golden State | 252 | 60 | 60 | ||||||
| Houston | 200 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Oklahoma City | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Philadelphia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Toronto | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| NBA Runner-Up |
Answer | #Sel |
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| Boston | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Cleveland | 311 | 15 | 15 | ||||||
| Golden State | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Houston | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Milwaukee | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Oklahoma City | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Philadelphia | 57 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Toronto | 67 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| NBA Tiebreaker-A |
Answer | #Sel |
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| Jeff Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| LeBron James | 46 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Stephen Curry | 125 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Kevin Durant | 246 | 8 | 8 | ||||||
| Draymond Green | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Klay Thompson | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| NBA Tiebreaker-B |
Answer | #Sel |
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| Cavaliers in 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Cavaliers in 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Cavaliers in 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Cavaliers in 7 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Warriors in 4 | 33 | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| Warriors in 5 | 264 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Warriors in 6 | 100 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Warriors in 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| NBA Tiebreaker-C |
Answer | #Sel |
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| 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2 | 86 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 3 | 137 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 4 | 106 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 5 | 51 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 6+ | 48 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| NBA Tiebreaker-D |
Answer | #Sel |
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| < 749 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 750 - 999 | 84 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 1000 - 1249 | 280 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1250 - 1499 | 74 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| > 1500 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
LEADERBOARD: PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL