2024/2025 Decathlon: Event Summary: Basketball
Status: Locked
updated thru Reg SeasonLPP Playoffs thru 5/15
RULES: BASKETBALL
| Q1 2024/2025 Regular Season We've divided the teams by Conference and seeded them 1 thru 9. Your job is to pick 4 teams (in each conference) that total 24 or fewer seed points. Your 8 TOTAL teams will earn you points as follows: ....2pts for each regular season win over 20 ...10pts for a high playoff berth, seeds 1-6 ....5pts for a low playoff berth, seeds 7-10 (mini-tournament teams) ....8pts for each playoff round win* ...10pts for a conference title ...20pts for an NBA Championship * Points are for each playoff round that is won, not each playoff game. The NBA mini-tournament between seeds 7 thru 10 does not count as a round. We know you want a week of thought, doubt and self recrimination, so picks will lock Mon Oct 28th! Q2 2025 Playoffs A total of 16 teams make the playoffs - 8 in each conference. The 2025 teams are seeded as shown below: E-1 Cleveland Cavaliers E-2 Boston Celtics E-3 NY Knicks E-4 Indiana Pacers E-5 Milwaukee Bucks E-6 Detroit Pistons E-7* Orl/Atl E-8* Orl/Atl/Chi/Mia W-1 OKC Thunder W-2 Houston Rockets W-3 Los Angeles Lakers W-4 Denver Nuggets W-5 LA Clippers W-6 Minnesota Timberwolves W-7* GSW/Mem W-8* (GSW/Mem/Sac/Dal) * The 7 and 8 seeds in the playoffs will be determined by the NBA's play-in tournament; we are not picking those games and will not reward points for them. Pick 5 NBA playoff teams whose seeds add up to *at least* 17. For example, you could take the 1st seed from both conferences, the 4th seed from both conferences, and the 7th seed from the East, and your entry would be valid (1 + 1 + 4 + 4 + 7 = 17). Or, you could take the 2nd through 6th seed from one conference, and that would be valid (2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 = 20). Points: 5 pts for every playoff win -1 pts for every playoff loss 15 bonus pts for a Finals berth 15 bonus pts for winning the NBA Championship Picks are open before the play-in tournament begins and will lock at first actual playoff tip, Apr19 10a Pacific |
POINT RECAP: BASKETBALL
| 24/25 NBA Season - West |
Answer (Seed Pts) | #Sel |
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| Portland Trailblazers (1) | 12 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | |
| Utah Jazz (1) | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Houston Rockets (2) | 136 | 64 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | |
| Los Angeles Clippers (3) | 32 | 60 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | |
| San Antonio Spurs (3) | 54 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | |
| New Orleans Pelicans (4) | 73 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Sacramento Kings (4) | 76 | 40 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | |
| Golden State Warriors (5) | 51 | 56 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 69 | |
| Memphis Grizzlies (5) | 74 | 56 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | |
| Los Angeles Lakers (6) | 35 | 60 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | |
| Phoenix Suns (7) | 64 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | |
| Dallas Mavericks (8) | 112 | 38 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | |
| Minnesota Timberwolves (8) | 88 | 58 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 84 | |
| Denver Nuggets (9) | 61 | 60 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 78 | |
| OKC Thunder (10) | 173 | 96 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 114 | |
| 24/25 NBA Season - East |
Answer (Seed Pts) | #Sel |
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| Brooklyn Nets (1) | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Charlotte Hornets (1) | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Detroit Pistons (1) | 15 | 48 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | |
| Washington Wizards (1) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bulls (2) | 35 | 38 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | |
| Toronto Raptors (2) | 16 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
| Atlanta Hawks (3) | 63 | 40 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | |
| Cleveland Cavaliers (4) | 157 | 88 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 106 | |
| Indiana Pacers (4) | 78 | 60 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 86 | |
| Orlando Magic (4) | 99 | 42 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | |
| Miami Heat (5) | 63 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | |
| Milwaukee Bucks (7) | 102 | 56 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | |
| Philadelphia 76ers (8) | 31 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| New York Knicks (9) | 94 | 62 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 88 | |
| Boston Celtics (10) | 240 | 82 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100 | |
| NBA Playoffs |
Answer (Seed Pts) | #Sel |
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| Last Place Picks (thru 5/15) (0) | 6 | 80 | -22 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | |
| Cleveland Cavaliers (1) | 125 | 25 | -4 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | |
| Oklahoma City Thunder (1) | 226 | 20 | -0 | 15 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 32 | |
| Boston Celtics (2) | 246 | 30 | -5 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |
| Houston Rockets (2) | 7 | 15 | -4 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Los Angeles Lakers (3) | 126 | 5 | -4 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| NY Knicks (3) | 32 | 40 | -4 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |
| Denver Nuggets (4) | 45 | 20 | -3 | 15 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | |
| Indiana Pacers (4) | 44 | 40 | -2 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | |
| LA Clippers (5) | 57 | 15 | -4 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Milwaukee Bucks (5) | 37 | 5 | -4 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Detroit Pistons (6) | 37 | 10 | -4 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Minnesota Timberwolves (6) | 83 | 40 | -2 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | |
| Golden State Warriors (7) | 207 | 25 | -7 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
| Orlando Magic (7) | 1 | 5 | -4 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Memphis Grizzlies (8) | 12 | 0 | -4 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | |
| Miami Heat (8) | 5 | 0 | -4 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | -4 |
LEADERBOARD: BASKETBALL