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 2016 teams are seeded as shown below:
E-1 Cleveland Cavaliers
E-2 Toronto Raptors
E-3 Miami Heat
E-4 Atlanta Hawks
E-5 Boston Celtics
E-6 Charlotte Hornets
E-7 Indiana Pacers
E-8 Detroit Pistons

W-1 Golden State Warriors
W-2 San Antonio Spurs
W-3 Oklahoma City Thunder
W-4 LA Clippers
W-5 Portland Trail Blazers
W-6 Dallas Mavericks
W-7 Memphis Grizzlies
W-8 Houston Rockets

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 4/16 at 930am Pacific.

Q3: Tiebreakers
3A - Finals MVP (4pts) Choose from 3 Warriors, 3 Cavaliers or play the rest of either team's roster.

3B - Length (2pts) Pick the length and winner of the series

3C - Total Points (1pt) Pick the number of points scored by both team in the entire series. Answers in 250pt increments

Tiebreaks lock at the first tip off (Thu 6/2 6p Pacific)

 
POINT RECAP: PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL

NBA Playoff Teams
 Answer (Seed Pts) #Sel Cat1 Cat2 Cat3 Cat4 Cat5 Cat6 Total
Cleveland Cavaliers (1) 117 240 -4 80 -6 40 35 385
Golden State Warriors (1) 329 240 -10 60 -8 40 0 322
Toronto Raptors (2) 13 200 -20 0 -0 0 0 180
San Antonio Spurs (2) 183 120 -8 0 -0 0 0 112
Miami Heat (3) 20 140 -14 0 -0 0 0 126
Oklahoma City Thunder (3) 64 220 -14 0 -0 0 0 206
Atlanta Hawks (4) 19 80 -12 0 -0 0 0 68
LA Clippers (4) 62 40 -8 0 -0 0 0 32
Boston Celtics (5) 101 40 -8 0 -0 0 0 32
Portland Trailblazers (5) 34 100 -12 0 -0 0 0 88
Charlotte Hornets (6) 125 60 -8 0 -0 0 0 52
Dallas Mavericks (6) 31 20 -8 0 -0 0 0 12
Indiana Pacers (7) 252 60 -8 0 -0 0 0 52
Memphis Grizzlies (7) 28 0 -8 0 -0 0 0 -8
Detroit Pistons (8) 248 0 -8 0 -0 0 0 -8
Houston Rockets (8) 110 20 -8 0 -0 0 0 12
NBA Playoff At-Large
 Answer #Sel Cat1 Cat2 Cat3 Cat4 Cat5 Cat6 Total
Cleveland Cavaliers 234 192 -6 64 -9 35 30 306
Golden State Warriors 84 192 -15 48 -12 35 0 248
Indiana Pacers 1 48 -12 0 -0 0 0 36
Oklahoma City Thunder 7 176 -21 0 -0 0 0 155
San Antonio Spurs 103 96 -12 0 -0 0 0 84
Toronto Raptors 5 160 -30 0 -0 0 0 130
NBA Champ
 Answer #Sel Cat1 Cat2 Cat3 Cat4 Cat5 Cat6 Total
Cleveland 15 60 0 0 0 0 0 60
Golden State 384 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oklahoma City 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
San Antonio 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NBA Runner-Up
 Answer #Sel Cat1 Cat2 Cat3 Cat4 Cat5 Cat6 Total
Atlanta 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Boston 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Charlotte 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cleveland 389 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Golden State 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 15
Miami 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oklahoma City 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
San Antonio 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Toronto 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NBA Tiebreaker-A
 Answer #Sel Cat1 Cat2 Cat3 Cat4 Cat5 Cat6 Total
Kyrie Irving 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LeBron James 97 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
Other Cavalier 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stephen Curry 216 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Draymond Green 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Klay Thompson 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other Warrior 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NBA Tiebreaker-B
 Answer #Sel Cat1 Cat2 Cat3 Cat4 Cat5 Cat6 Total
Cavaliers in 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cavaliers in 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cavaliers in 6 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cavaliers in 7 31 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Warriors in 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Warriors in 5 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Warriors in 6 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Warriors in 7 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NBA Tiebreaker-C
 Answer #Sel Cat1 Cat2 Cat3 Cat4 Cat5 Cat6 Total
< 749 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
750 - 999 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1000 - 1249 163 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1250 - 1499 213 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
> 1500 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Hover over Category Titles to view Description and Point Multipliers

 
LEADERBOARD: PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL

#   Team Points
1   Red ones 982
2   Wii Sinead Home Run 969
3   Mr Jones and Friends 905
4   Game of Skill 904
5   Asian Invasion 898
6   Revis Island 884
--   Stack the Pool 884
--   The Rodfather 884
9   AndyParlay 883
--   Spitters are Quitters 883
11   Lester Diamond 882
12   morf8311 881
13   'Insured' to Win 879
--   1% Perspiration 879
--   3 In The Stink 879
--   ballin on a budget 879
--   Billy Ripken's Bat 879
--   Chuck Steel 879
--   ChuEpperFlynn and associates 879
--   Cry, Cry Again 879
--   DocHoliday34 879
--   Eagle Powers and Nutrients 879
--   knocked the f out 879
--   Reno time share 879
--   The Bizuation 879
26   Art Vandelay 878
--   BigB 878
--   Cayuts All Day 878
--   Da Stucci Brothers 878
--   Fick Can Still Get My Nuts 878
--   Hibernation Dekkers 878
--   jjbdecathlonchamps 878
--   Klitz with a K 878
--   Lone Star 878
--   Make Decathlon Great Again 878
--   Morrie's Wigs 878
--   Tasty Waves 878
--   The Fighting Tuckmans 878
--   Zack Attack 878
40   Big Papi 874
41   Little Lebowski Urban Achievers 873
42   Drunken Irish 2 871
43   charlestonsooner 866
--   Kruger Industrial Smoothing 866
--   The Right Angle 866
46   Yogi & Bob Bob 860
47   Metaphysical Munchkins 859
48   Bye Shane IV 853
--   Steve Holt! 853
50   Worl-B-Free 852
51   Steve Wentz 845
52   BornLucky 842
53   Donkey Kong Kill Screen 841
54   Bill Cosby's Sleepers 821
55   Nax Squared 820
56   biglawboy 816
--   Ludicrous Speed 816
58   Caffeine Achievers 815
--   Mets2016 815
--   Orange Gasbags 815
61   Help Us Fight TBA 814
62   The Money Machine 811
63   Performance Enhancing Drunks Pt.4 810
64   Ball Bags 809
--   Fightin' Amish 809
--   Foghorn 809
--   Rocky Mountain Way 809
--   Rusty's Raiders 809
--   SLOTUG 809
70   Fighting Irish 808
--   Livin The Dream 808
--   RG-CLE 808
73   Finkle is Einhorn 807
--   Nuke Laloosh 807
75   Pippen Ain't Easy 805
--   Shut up and take my money 805
77   10 Slices 804
--   22 Milez Away 804
--   Car RamRod 804
--   G.B.G. Campaign 804
--   I Should Have Yelled Two 804
--   MAGS 804
--   OnWisconsin 804
--   Shiran Brennan 804
--   Spaghetti Cat 804
--   The duke 804
87   Doing it for the kids 803
88   Front Porch Boys 802
--   Russell The Muscle 802
--   Shotgun Willies 802
91   +by- 801
--   Charlie Hustle 801
--   Fonzinoons 801
--   RIP Pidge 801
--   The 209 801
--   WILFORK ON FIRST DATE 801
97   Anti Tar Heel Alliance 800
--   Famous Jewish Sports Legends 800
--   KNEEL BEFORE ZOD!! 800
--   Morrison Team 800
--   Napoleon Complex 800
--   Patty's Midnight Runners 800
--   Rookies of the Year 800
--   Still No Janni 800
--   The Hameltoes 800
106   3 Muskateers 799
--   Bitc..slapped 799
--   Mick and Mack 799
--   Right Place...Wrong Time! 799
--   Sam Rothstein Sucks 799
--   Shoot First 799
--   Wisco 799
113   greg7up 798
--   Mmmmmm 798
--   sc2xnay 798
--   terrible gambler 798
117   Cnuggy22 797
118   13B 796
--   Dad Boner 796
--   Danger Zone 796
--   Dirty VL 796
--   Drunken Irish 1 796
--   Favre's Dick Picks 796
--   Favre's Prick Picks 796
--   feedmetacos 796
--   Gambling is Illegal at Bushwood 796
--   Grayson Allen..Still My Hero 796
--   Greatpoint 796
--   Jon Grossbard 796
--   Kappy's KeKumbas 796
--   LouieFlozell 796
--   Mickey Avalon 796
--   NVRFULL 796
--   Pretty..Pretty..Pretty Good 796
--   Project Badass 796
--   Saber Tooth Dirt Gerbils 796
--   SomerCor 796
--   SportsFanatic 796
--   Stewpidhead 796
--   STL4TW 796
--   T-Diddy 796
--   Texas Forever 796
--   The Angry Dragon 796
--   The Farbs 796
--   The Giant Titan 796
--   The Golden Domers 796
--   The Vlad Lads 796
--   Twice As Nice 796
--   War Otto 796
--   West Virginia Party Boys 796
151   AdamSquared 795
--   Allman Bros 795
--   Bald Italian Posse 2.0 795
--   Beaker's Tweakers 795
--   bob22west 795
--   Cream Filling 795
--   Eskimo Brothers 795
--   Go Bulldogs! 795
--   If you ain't first you're last 795
--   Jimbo Slice 795
--   Joaquin in LA 795
--   Kaepernick for MVP 795
--   Liam doesn't have PayPal 795
--   Little Chocolate Donuts 795
--   Mickey's Revenge 795
--   Mr. Bean 795
--   NY Jets Are Killing Me 795
--   OneUnited 795
--   Sausage and Whiskey 795
--   Steel Curtain 795
--   Wing Man 795
--   You Can't Teach That 795
173   Sam Rothstein 793
174   Eazy Money 791
--   i2k 791
--   SEM3rd 791
177   Beer Barons 790
--   Cuddle Puddles 790
--   Defecation Occurs 790
--   Jake's Nightclub 790
--   Jefferson's Reserves 790
--   PaleistheNewTan 790
183   Al Czervik 789
--   Blue Bombers 789
--   BUCK University 789
--   Great White Buffalo 789
--   Hapa Haole 789
--   Illibuck 789
--   Jack=Top, Dave=Bottom 789
--   Royale with Cheese 789
--   Shart Garfunkel 789
--   Squishy Boyz 789
--   The Highlander 789
--   The Meatballers 789
--   The Scuba Squad 789
--   Those that can't teach 789
--   Tundra Prius 789
198   Cizzle CK 788
--   One Large Love Worm 788
--   Oracle 788
--   Rich Friedman 788
--   Semi-Pros 788
--   Serenity Now 788
204   60 Seconds 785
--   Aldinho and Sully 785
--   AmWins 785
--   AngryBitterHbruTroll(s) 785
--   Ashley Remembered 785
--   Ashton Johnson 785
--   Balls Deep 785
--   C & M 785
--   ClizzleforSizzle 785
--   Dynamic Duo 785
--   GBS 785
--   Golden Earrings 785
--   Grit & Grind 785
--   Johnny Backpacks 785
--   Longwood Legends 785
--   Miami Vice 785
--   Nerd Alert! 785
--   NINJA IN THE WOODS 785
--   Pink Crustaceans and Good Vibrations 785
--   ReturnoftheDingle 785
--   Ricky Bobby 785
--   Sheepdog Riding Monkeys 785
--   Slomike 785
--   Sslefton 785
--   Terms of Enrampagement 785
--   That Won team 785
--   The Decs Pistols 785
--   The Dude Abides 785
--   The Usual Suspects 785
--   Time, Love & Tenderness 785
--   Two Doofs 785
--   Unhung Heros 785
--   Vali-Morons 785
--   Warren Buffett's Quant 785
--   WhereHaveYouGoneJoeDimaggio? 785
--   Wu Tal Clan 785
--   Yo-Nays 785
--   You're Guilty 785
242   98LEAGUECHAMP 784
--   9FratRow 784
--   Ain't We Lucky We Got 'Em 784
--   Bad News Bros 784
--   Bears, Devils, Heels, Oh My 784
--   Bearvers 784
--   Big Perm 784
--   CANDY FROM LIL BABIES 784
--   Chicks Dig The Long Ball!! 784
--   Dalé 784
--   Emotional Knapsack 784
--   F.C. Poutine 784
--   In play, out(s) 784
--   Kindergarten Cop 784
--   Kinfolk'n A 784
--   Marshall Stars 784
--   Nevada Gaming Authority 784
--   Off the Handle 784
--   Palestinian Chicken 784
--   Partagas 784
--   Party Like It's '09 784
--   PBL 784
--   Psycho Hogs 784
--   Red Deaths 784
--   Sean LaVine Isn't Dead 784
--   Step Above Coaching 784
--   Taco Corp 784
--   Team CKC 784
--   The 513 784
--   Tonic 784
--   You Might Win 784
273   willys gold 778
274   Urban Shocker 771
275   ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!!!!! -KG 770
276   Jimmy Dugan 769
--   Rico Suave 769
278   Elmo Blatch 768
--   O.C. Hustlaz 768
280   juliorg13 766
281   Agador Spartacus 765
--   DandridgeDarrell865 765
--   Gambling $$ 765
--   Gutter Trojans 765
--   JUGGERNAUT 765
--   mp321 765
--   MyTeam'sOnTheFloor 765
--   Ollie World 765
--   snackbarsooner 765
--   Stank 765
--   Ten_27 765
--   The Ex-Presidents 765
--   The hawks 765
294   Chicago Sunroofs 764
--   GoGophers 764
--   Hokie Pokie 764
--   Hot Peanuts 764
--   John's Bunting 764
--   PMI 764
--   Thechiefsports 764
301   Buck23 761
--   Chef Boyar 'DLO' 761
303   DaddyFreddy 760
--   El Buzzardo 760
--   Turbo 760
306   Brooklynboyz 758
307   ProButtSnorkles 746
308   The Big Sexy 745
309   Ellis Burks is slow 740
--   Soupy Maroney 740
--   South Central Granby 740
312   Fraternity House 733
--   The train 733
314   Baby Buster 730
--   Fo Shizzle My Nizzle 730
--   Violet is turning Violet 730
317   The Damage Done 729
318   Grip It and Sip It 728
319   ATLiens 725
--   We Stuff Pink Tacos 725
321   Bauer Play 724
--   Jobu's Rum 724
--   KingK 724
--   Matt Hatter 724
--   Power Top 724
--   Rule Brittania 724
--   SLO Hollywood 724
--   Team MAS 724
329   Fried Okra 720
330   M&T 711
331   Points in the Paint 709
332   O Town 704
333   GiantEagle 690
334   Giggybunt 688
335   Booze 4 Duzz 685
336   Clam Chowder 684
--   Straight Outta Windmill 684
338   Rusty McCrustbuckets 676
339   DEATH ROW 675
340   Piggy's World 674
--   Throwing Darts 674
342   Smokin Doobies 672
343   Chocolate Milk at Fins 671
--   Grip It and Sip It 3.0 671
--   Jeremy Miller 671
346   Blumpkin Munchkins 668
347   Jenkins Bros 665
--   Metswillbe2016champs 665
349   Woodland Empire 663
350   Shenanigans 658
351   Alasters 656
--   Big TDs (.)(.) 656
353   Dock Ellis 649
354   Godzilla's Foot 634
355   Raidya 633
356   KP Klystrons 630
357   10 Sports 1 Cup 626
358   The Mighty Thors 614
359   The Salty Dogs 609
360   #noquit 605
--   Coolidge Cougars 605
362   Team Quack 600
363   Gyros & Souvlaki 599
--   Kaye's Footwear 599
365   JetsMetsCanes 590
366   Dubnation 588
367   Da Bears of MOState 585
368   BOHICA Tribesmen 584
--   Bro-Lo El Cuñado 584
--   New Day Rocks 584
371   The Baby Eater 580
372   The Book of Eli 579
373   Champfrancisco 578
--   Eutaw St 578
--   Rudy was offsides 578
--   Safe From Elimination 578
--   The Thundering Hurricanes 578
--   Tired Bumps 578
379   Dr. Danadajosamy 570
--   Jowana Mandrave 570
--   Ventures02 570
382   vikingpride 569
--   Wiseteets 569
384   26+6 561
385   TheRealPSK 551
386   robertcvf 547
--   Too many Simons 547
388   CatsByTitty 546
389   fsu312 542
--   Workhorses 542
391   Taconuts 541
392   Meisel Brothers 539
--   San Diego Thank You 539
--   stimulus me 539
395   Chez Hector Patel 538
--   NewEnglndClamChowda 538
397   WagBart 537
398   California Pokes 536
399   COD for Life 533
--   Nonchalantly Talented 533
401   The Grooster 532
402   Abernik 520
403   Bobcats194 518
404   Decathlonmen 514
--   Hill Country 514
406   Tango & Cash 511
407   P and V 510
408   Brooding Brewed Bruins 503
409   Money on the Wood 502
--   Saltine Warrior 502
--   Sex Cauldron 502
--   Whitebread 502
413   Nuckin Futs Again 492
414   High Street 2.0 481
--   Redcoat Nation 481
416   Smitty513 480
417   GoodTimers 479
418   Ace_Storm 477
--   Big dawg bub 477
--   Cobra Kai 477
--   Homedawgs 477
--   Midnite Marauders 477
--   SFO-OAK-DC 477
424   Rico 476
--   Showtime 476
426   cdloughmiller 462
--   Team Tank 462
--   Van Buren Boys 462
--   Viva Los Doyers 462
430   COREY1251 460
431   BelicheckYaSelf 450
432   Billberry's Brotherhood 416
433   Orange Huskies 414
434   Richard craniums 411

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