2023 Event Summary: Professional Basketball

Status: Completed

RULES: PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL

A total of 16 teams make the playoffs - 8 in each conference.

The 2019 teams are seeded as shown below:
E-1 Milwaukee Bucks
E-2 Toronto Raptors
E-3 Philadelphia 76ers
E-4 Boston Celtics
E-5 Indiana Pacers
E-6 Brooklyn Nets
E-7 Orlando Magic
E-8 Detroit Pistons

W-1 Golden State Warriors
W-2 Denver Nuggets
W-3 Portland Trail Blazers
W-4 Houston Rockets
W-5 Utah Jazz
W-6 Oklahoma City Thunder
W-7 San Antonio Spurs
W-8 LA Clippers

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 Apr 13 1130a Pacific

Q3: Tiebreakers
The Finals matchups are set, let's pick some tiebreakers!

3A - Finals MVP (8pts) Choose from 4 Warriors, 4 Raptors 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 5/30 605p Pacific)

 
POINT RECAP: PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL

NBA Playoff Teams
Answer (Seed Pts) #Sel Cat1 Cat2 Cat3 Cat4 Cat5 Cat6 Total
Golden State Warriors (1) 388 240 -8 40 -8 40 0 304
Milwaukee Bucks (1) 35 200 -10 0 -0 0 0 190
Denver Nuggets (2) 4 140 -14 0 -0 0 0 126
Toronto Raptors (2) 96 240 -12 80 -4 40 35 379
Portland Trailblazers (3) 2 160 -16 0 -0 0 0 144
Philadelphia 76ers (3) 103 140 -10 0 -0 0 0 130
Houston Rockets (4) 137 120 -10 0 -0 0 0 110
Boston Celtics (4) 238 100 -8 0 -0 0 0 92
Utah Jazz (5) 19 20 -8 0 -0 0 0 12
Indiana Pacers (5) 32 0 -8 0 -0 0 0 -8
Oklahoma City Thunder (6) 372 20 -8 0 -0 0 0 12
Brooklyn Nets (6) 52 20 -8 0 -0 0 0 12
San Antonio Spurs (7) 350 60 -8 0 -0 0 0 52
Orlando Magic (7) 40 20 -8 0 -0 0 0 12
LA Clippers (8) 27 40 -8 0 -0 0 0 32
Detroit Pistons (8) 109 0 -8 0 -0 0 0 -8
NBA Playoff At-Large
Answer #Sel Cat1 Cat2 Cat3 Cat4 Cat5 Cat6 Total
Boston Celtics 5 80 -12 0 -0 0 0 68
Denver Nuggets 2 112 -21 0 -0 0 0 91
Golden State Warriors 101 192 -12 32 -12 35 0 235
Houston Rockets 14 96 -15 0 -0 0 0 81
Milwaukee Bucks 254 160 -15 0 -0 0 0 145
Oklahoma City Thunder 2 16 -12 0 -0 0 0 4
Philadelphia 76ers 10 112 -15 0 -0 0 0 97
Toronto Raptors 113 192 -18 64 -6 35 30 297
NBA Champ
Answer #Sel Cat1 Cat2 Cat3 Cat4 Cat5 Cat6 Total
Golden State 479 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Houston 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Milwaukee 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Toronto 2 60 0 0 0 0 0 60
NBA Runner-Up
Answer #Sel Cat1 Cat2 Cat3 Cat4 Cat5 Cat6 Total
Boston 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Golden State 21 15 0 0 0 0 0 15
Houston 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Milwaukee 223 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oklahoma City 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Philadelphia 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Toronto 182 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NBA Tiebreaker-A
Answer #Sel Cat1 Cat2 Cat3 Cat4 Cat5 Cat6 Total
Kawhi Leonard 36 8 0 0 0 0 0 8
Pascal Siakam 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Serge Ibaka 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Draymond Green 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Klay Thompson 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stephen Curry 382 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other Warrior 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NBA Tiebreaker-B
Answer #Sel Cat1 Cat2 Cat3 Cat4 Cat5 Cat6 Total
Raptors in 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Raptors in 6 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
Raptors in 7 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Warriors in 4 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Warriors in 5 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Warriors in 6 265 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Warriors in 7 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NBA Tiebreaker-C
Answer #Sel Cat1 Cat2 Cat3 Cat4 Cat5 Cat6 Total
0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 118 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
5 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6+ 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NBA Tiebreaker-D
Answer #Sel Cat1 Cat2 Cat3 Cat4 Cat5 Cat6 Total
< 749 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
750 - 999 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1000 - 1249 216 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1250 - 1499 213 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
> 1500 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Hover over Category Titles to view Description and Point Multipliers

 
LEADERBOARD: PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL

#   Team Points
1   The Wild Bunch 956
2   SH TIGERS 921
--   ZFG 921
4   Sleehrats 920
5   Big Dogs 915
6   Kissing Cousins 914
7   Fast_EddieFelson 913
8   Anything is Possiblllllllllllllllllllle 912
--   Bam Bam 912
--   Community College Fund 912
--   Glorious Alts 912
12   ARMageddon 888
13   Wentz Wagon 887
14   Project Badass 880
15   NY Jets Are Killing Me 875
--   Ride the McCoach 875
--   We Are... 875
18   BBB- Big Bowron Brand 874
--   CincyBeerBuds 2.0 874
--   Gutter Trojans 874
--   Nax Squared 874
22   Attachment Points 873
--   Double Dribble 873
--   Drixx Picks 873
--   In play, out(s). 873
--   johnb470 873
--   Sexy Rexy Grossman 873
--   Shane 7 873
--   Shart Garfunkel 873
--   The Usual Suspects 873
31   6Aces 4Skins & a 3Putt 872
--   Big Ragu 872
--   ChubbsPinkyFinger 872
--   Gypsy Puss Returns 872
--   JCJ Triple Crown 872
--   Jimmy G for MVP 872
--   Mean Meat 872
--   Mr. Jones and Friends 872
--   My bobblehead has bad sneakers 872
--   Nerd Alert! 872
--   No Shorties 872
--   Party Like It's 09 872
--   Penguins and Polar Bears 872
--   Shananigans 872
--   Stat Arb for Dummies 872
--   Suplex Spectacles 872
47   Greatpoint 864
48   Sportwonks 848
49   BCP 2019 835
50   Tycat’s Litterbox 832
51   Japanese Porn Ferish 826
52   Megatron0525 823
53   Inglorious Bastards 822
54   Jabs 819
55   I Got Worms 817
56   Walloping Weinbags 816
57   A1 Sport Too 2 815
--   Impractical Jokers 815
--   Little Chocolate Donuts 815
60   I Suck @ This 810
61   'Bating Jackers 809
--   Let'sNailThisLikeBigJ 809
--   Paulina Gret-Skeet Skeet 809
--   T-Diddy 809
--   Thosethatcan'tteach 809
66   #Donadio Jr. 808
--   G.B.G. Campaign 808
--   Get These Nuts Fick 808
--   KP Klystrons 808
--   Ryan L’s Picks 808
--   SPORTS! 808
72   HelplesslyHopingHilton 797
--   illetram yeoj 797
--   Rocket City Trash Pandas 797
--   stimulus me 797
76   Dr. Baum's secret sauce 795
77   Springfield Isotopes 789
78   McJewish 788
79   PJM 787
80   Flying V 778
--   RaymondBabbitt 778
82   Yes to Adventure 777
83   OakLand Before Time XIX 776
--   OMG 776
--   Ryan's Lions 776
--   The Revolting Blobs 776
--   Yogi & Bob Bob 776
88   brooklynboyz 775
--   The Salty Dogs 775
90   Dirty Mike and the Boys 771
91   Balls Models 770
--   fc poutine 770
--   LHS llc 770
--   The Hawks 770
95   CavAndKellz 766
--   Piss Ants & Spiders 766
--   Prestige Worldwide 766
98   Ohio Players 763
99   3 in the Stink 760
--   Fuji's Fockers 760
--   JJBC All-Stars 760
--   KungFu Pandovals 760
--   Off the Handle 760
--   OldTownChode 760
--   Ramblers 760
--   The Dude Abides 760
--   The People’s Champ 760
--   Triplets for the Win 760
109   Boo-yah 759
--   Do Wrong Right 759
--   Eskimo Brothers 759
--   Hebert 759
--   RJMARINO 759
--   Tasty Waves 759
--   You Might Win 759
116   Cheeser31 758
--   DingleDingle 758
--   Docile Beasts 758
--   fallfromgrace 758
--   Flaccid Thunder by Eddie Merlot's 758
--   Flying Bears 758
--   Go Bulldogs! 758
--   HTown Goonies 758
--   John Daly for President 758
--   Kikumbas 758
--   Kzoo Crew 758
--   Manganelli Mambo 758
--   Marcus Morris Sucks 758
--   MegaCool 758
--   Oliver Rose 758
--   Randolph and Mortimer 758
--   Sibling Rivalry 758
--   Team Quack 758
--   The Hameltoes 758
--   West Virginia Party Boys 758
136   $3 Miller Lites 757
--   AAF Memorial 757
--   AnchorDown 757
--   Bentley's Bitches 757
--   BPAthletes97 757
--   Brad's Crossed Arms 757
--   Danger Zone 757
--   Famous Jewish Sports Legends 757
--   Fighting Irish 757
--   Gilbert Snape 757
--   Great White Buffalo 757
--   Jimmy Dugan 757
--   La Cheeserie 757
--   Little Yerry Stackhouse 757
--   Managing Managers 757
--   Markelle Fultz is Good 757
--   MattyRads10 757
--   Noelg27 757
--   Not Mine 757
--   Red Deaths 757
--   Roger Dorn’s Ole! Academy 757
--   StankMo 757
--   steel curtain 757
--   Steve's Return to Glory 757
--   The 209 757
--   The ambiguously Oliver Yee Duo 757
--   The Great Soutarski 757
--   The Rodfather 757
--   Trevor’s Kickass Team 757
165   Le’Veon on a Prayer. 750
166   Cleveland Steamers 749
--   DiamondHead Warriors 749
--   Kremenator 749
169   Double Down 748
--   Full Mast Blast 748
--   Leckarello 748
--   Locksmen 748
173   walterhouston22 746
174   Lunatic Fringe 745
175   Grassy Nole 744
--   Texas Hedge 744
177   Caffeine Achiever 742
178   Violet Beauregarde is a Blueberry 741
179   Brady & Manning 736
--   EtAl 736
181   Doin Wirk 735
--   El Chupacabra 735
--   Fartface 735
--   Longwood Legends 735
--   MDubs Triumvirate 735
--   My Team's On The Floor 735
187   The C.O.S.T.A. System 733
--   Van Buren Boys 733
189   CRR 730
--   Spitters Are Quitters 730
--   The Champs Champ 730
192   Vampire Sorority Babes 723
193   I4 Corridor 720
194   Dhaul42 719
195   Aldinho and Sully 718
196   BOHICA Tribesmen 717
197   Chicks Dig The Long Ball!! 700
198   Astoria kids 699
199   Fred's Tavern 697
200   NLHawkeye88 695
201   PATSWINBIG 681
202   Garys FTW 680
203   War Otto 678
204   Alone Twogether 677
205   Chaz 673
206   PHX Illini 659
207   YesAwesome 648
208   AnnArbaughs 645
--   ManorMobbinWVU III 645
--   The Dancing Bears 645
--   The Vlad Lads 645
--   WALSH! 645
213   The Dusters 643
--   Three Judges 643
--   World Champion Orlando Apollos 643
216   Jedi Milo 639
--   Rimprim 63 639
218   Driver 638
219   Frat 637
220   AFreedie 636
221   Ferda 631
222   Knicks2020 630
223   Shower Sharts 629
224   ChillWaveCaps 627
225   Atlantic City Knights 626
--   BigB 626
--   Brule's Rules 626
--   Fab 5 626
--   KogerRoad 626
--   Too Dope! 626
--   TrueSpartan 626
232   Bean Boge Ballers 625
--   Fo Shizzle 625
--   PauScauJa 625
--   sgsgsgsg 625
--   The Barksdales 625
--   TheRealPSK 625
238   CraigsBFFs 624
--   Dad Vasectomy 624
--   Fuji Bombs 624
--   META. MUNCHKINS 20 624
--   MKE 624
--   Pare La Musica 624
--   RD 624
--   Slim Jims’ 624
--   The author of Catcher in the Rye 624
--   The513 624
--   theangrybitterhbrutroll 624
--   Travel Nurses 624
--   Vegas Bedspread 624
--   Welshrr 624
252   Bronx bombers 623
--   Charitable Donation 623
--   David Hasselhoff 623
--   Donkey Kong Kill Screen 623
--   Dutchmen 623
--   GEOFF KELLER IS MY HERO 623
--   Jackie Treehorn 623
--   Macho Row 623
--   Mackattack 623
--   NVRFULL 623
--   Taconuts1 623
--   Team Wood 623
--   The Blue Mountain Devils 623
--   The High Pitch Erics 623
--   The Masterminds 623
--   Truffle Butter Express 623
268   Handsy Docs 622
--   Yahtzee!! 622
270   The Bizuation 621
271   Friedlock 620
--   KevandCaro309 620
--   Sandhills Stunners 620
274   #ToiletBeers 619
--   Dr. Mantis Toboggan 619
--   Oozing Machismo, ESQ 619
--   Paulisstillawanker 619
--   Sea Muffs 619
--   Yippee-Ki-Yay MFers 619
280   Fire Breathing Rubber Duckies 617
281   JetsMetsCanes19 616
282   PhilsNDerbs13 615
283   Capper2227 614
--   Patty's Midnight Runners 614
--   Team Popolow 614
286   Ladder43 611
287   Breakfast Beverages 608
--   Devin Nunes' Dad 608
--   Gordon Bombay 608
--   Miami vice 608
--   Team Beno 608
--   Utah...Get me two, two 608
--   Walton's World 608
--   We The Fans Network 608
295   All The Way Black 607
--   AndyParlay 607
--   BamaDad71 607
--   BDBB - The Original 607
--   Father & Son-in-Law 607
--   Jenkins Bros 607
--   Pimp in the Box 607
--   Power Top 607
--   Russell the Muscle 607
--   The Right Angle 607
--   Tulsa Trannies 607
--   Well-Lived Coaching 607
307   22 Milez Away 606
--   Ain't We Lucky We Got'em 606
--   Amateur Hour 606
--   Art Vandelay 606
--   Ashley Remembered 606
--   Big Hitter The Lama 606
--   Blue Lightning 606
--   Bulls on Parade 606
--   Fightin' Amish 606
--   GBS 606
--   GME 606
--   Golden Earrings 606
--   Hondo V 606
--   League of Shadows 606
--   Mags37 606
--   MFnParr 606
--   Pablo Sanchez 606
--   Queen of Hearts 606
--   Team Houzzzzz 606
--   That Ain't Mayo 606
--   Tundra Prius 606
--   Twice as Nice 606
--   Two Doofs 606
--   Woke Up Feeling Dangerous 606
331   4 Dudes 1 Couch 605
--   4th & Gaul 605
--   Bochy's Farewell Tour 605
--   Can O'Whoopass 605
--   Cinderella Story 605
--   Colonel Pedro 605
--   DEATH ROW 605
--   Diamond Medallion 605
--   Eddie's Cruisers 605
--   Favre's Dick Picks 605
--   Favre's Prick Picks 605
--   Gambling $$ 605
--   Grayson Allen..Still My Hero 605
--   Joe Robbie Stadium 605
--   Johnny Backpacks 605
--   Juicy Fatty Chicken Patties 605
--   Just Gurley Things 605
--   leaman07 605
--   LucCon2019 605
--   Lynch 605
--   Might Have a Problem 605
--   Mike Stevens JMU 605
--   Milk Was A Bad Choice 605
--   Nuckin Futs 1920 605
--   Oakland (P-T-B-N-L) A's 605
--   Orchids of Asia 605
--   PickleJuice 605
--   Ripped the Dry Snatch on the Dock 605
--   Rusty's Raiders 605
--   SLO Mike 605
--   Stack The Pool 605
--   The Farbs 605
--   Uff 605
--   Valimorons 605
--   WDYG 605
--   Yankees Suck 605
367   John Freeman 603
368   Chicksy Dix 602
369   #D'Naughty 601
370   Death Star 600
--   Haymart/McAdams 600
--   Hi, I'm looking for Ray Finkle 600
373   Beershowers 599
--   Bolet 599
--   JW4221 599
--   Michielli4340 599
--   NIASKOS 599
--   PAUPAU! 599
--   Sell the Team 599
--   TEAM DEUCE 599
381   Kitten Mittens 598
382   Brendan Mooney 596
383   SportsFanatic 586
--   SwissMisterAU 586
385   Beer Barons 585
--   Dragonroll 585
--   Hezzy Jimbos 585
388   AUmilo 584
--   Butthole Bill 584
--   BYE WEEK 584
--   Dad Boner 584
--   DeRp 584
--   Garnutch BBB's 584
--   Let do it for Jhonny! 584
--   Lompton 584
--   Mean Team 584
--   OurYear19-20 584
--   Projo’s Dojo 584
--   Reno Time Share 584
400   Albin's Squad 583
--   Andalooch 583
--   Cinnamon Flakes 583
--   Fonzinoons 583
--   idontrecall 583
--   King Rock 583
--   Mistake by the Lake 583
--   Pablo Escobar 583
--   Pepe Silvia 583
--   Taco Dirty to Me 583
--   The Killer C's 583
411   The Hatchmen 582
412   DoubleT1324 581
413   The Fighting Tuckmans 576
414   3 Guys 1 Cup 574
--   Pay Us! 574
416   M&T 568
417   Benny LaJett Rodriguez 566
418   Better than a Stick in Your eye 565
--   blue bombers 565
--   Flip Flip Flipadelphia 565
--   Giggybunt 565
--   Mutt Cutts 565
--   Schwardy 565
--   Smokeys 565
--   Those are I.O.U.'s 565
426   ASigPhi 563
427   Helllooo! La La La 561
428   SoHoGoat 560
429   Da Stucci Brothers 559
--   Eggs on the Roof 559
--   Philly Special 559
--   Poky Not Pokey 559
--   Safe From Elimination 559
434   Yo-Nays 558
--   Zola n Double A 558
436   ARMYdoc 557
--   The Joe West Show 557
--   TheLittleKid 557
439   Wacenske Team 547
440   McGopolis 546
--   Scavnasties 546
442   Ice Cold Hank Flamingo 545
--   JD CM 545
--   Off Constantly 545
445   Bad Lieutenant 544
--   Kangatron 544
447   Two U's Two K's NO Heart 543
448   Big Jim! 542
--   TGentile 542
450   Health.Moves.Minds. 541
--   IfIScoreMorePointsThanTheOthers... 541
--   Remy & The Jets 541
--   WhyNot? 541
454   Jacoby Jones Gold Glove 540
455   PoopityScoop 529
456   L-Train 526
457   Subway Hero 522
458   Senior&Son 521
459   sachsgoblue 519
460   Bearvers 506
--   Jets3790 506
--   Rats Gamblers 506
463   Chosen Newton 501
--   Gusdad74 501
--   Smokin Toogs 501
--   Winter Sucks 501
467   Nittany Lion 495
468   rtronce 492
469   Maybe this year? 487
470   tlamb5187 485
471   Orange is Oranger 482
--   walterhouston25 482
473   Happy Valley 481
--   Shimmer 481
475   Beakers Tweakers 480
--   Egg Salad Sandwich 480
--   HawkFlyTogether 480
--   Longwood's Finest 480
--   Mack7732 480
--   Oasis 480
--   Smoke Stack Lightning 480
--   Unicorns Are Jerks 480
483   Ctrl + Alt + Del All Competition 479
484   Damage, Inc. 478
485   TheNeverNudes 468
486   Bald Balder Baldest 466
--   Robocolonels 466
488   ChubbsPeterson 465
--   Don’t call me Joey 465
--   Miami Heaters Only 465
--   My Special Purpose 465
492   Lazy Leandro 464
493   Make America Gronk Again 461
494   Rocky Mountain Way 443
495   Gyros & Sheftalies 440
496   Campen 411
497   Cash Kinghorn 401
498   Lumberjacks 389
--   Special Ks 389
500   Nostradumbass 388
501   Gambling is Illegal at Bushwood 371