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 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Golden State | 479 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Houston | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Milwaukee | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Toronto | 2 | 60 | 60 | ||||||
| NBA Runner-Up |
Answer | #Sel |
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| Boston | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Golden State | 21 | 15 | 15 | ||||||
| Houston | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Milwaukee | 223 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Oklahoma City | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Philadelphia | 46 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Toronto | 182 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| NBA Tiebreaker-A |
Answer | #Sel |
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| Kawhi Leonard | 36 | 8 | 8 | ||||||
| Pascal Siakam | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Serge Ibaka | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Draymond Green | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Klay Thompson | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Stephen Curry | 382 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Other Warrior | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| NBA Tiebreaker-B |
Answer | #Sel |
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| Raptors in 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Raptors in 6 | 13 | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| Raptors in 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Warriors in 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Warriors in 5 | 158 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Warriors in 6 | 265 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Warriors in 7 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| NBA Tiebreaker-C |
Answer | #Sel |
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| 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2 | 81 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 3 | 155 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 4 | 118 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 5 | 40 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 6+ | 66 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| NBA Tiebreaker-D |
Answer | #Sel |
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| < 749 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 750 - 999 | 50 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1000 - 1249 | 216 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1250 - 1499 | 213 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| > 1500 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
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