It’s tournament night 🏆🎉
The first team gets their ticket to the next round tonight. Click to see what happened this morning.
Lineup 🏀
- Must see on Monday👀
- LeBron challenges father time 👑
- 8 games in 2 minutes on Monday⏰
- Championship decider scene 🏆
- AMA: In-Season Championship Edition 🗣️
📺 Cavaliers 76ers, 7:30 ET, TNT
📺 Jazz vs. Lakers, 10 Eastern Time, TNT
📲 3 games left In the NBA app
- A must-see on Tuesday morning👀
- LeBron continues to challenge time and history👑
Compared to more than 5,000 players, no NBA player has had a career trajectory quite like LeBron James.
Tonight against the Jazz10 Eastern Time, TNT), with a spot in the knockout round of the in-season tournament coming up, the all-time scoring leader is about to make history again.
- 5 to 39K: King James needs just 5 points to become first player to reach 39,000 points
There are only five other players, Among them are three NBA 75 team players who have played for 21 years in NBA history: Vince Carter, Kevin Garnett, Dirk Nowitzki, Robert Parish and Kevin Willie Sri Lanka.
- no other players Since entering his NBA career, he has averaged more than 7.4 points per game. LeBron averages 26.4 points per game.
- Meanwhile, LeBron Scored a season-high 37 points. This was his fifth 30+ point game this season, his 109th game with the Lakers, and the 539th game of his career.Only Michael Jordan (562) has more
- He’s on pace for 20 consecutive seasons Averaged 25+ points per game. LeBron through the years: In his own words
- James has scored at least 10 points in 1,164 consecutive games dating back to 2007
What are the dangers: If the Lakers win, they will also become the first team to remain undefeated in the group stage and one of the first teams to enter the single-elimination playoffs.
- Not many awards LeBron hasn’t won yet. If Los Angeles moves forward, could he add an NBA Cup and NBA In-Season Tournament MVP to his list of career accolades?
- Giannis Antetokounmpo: “When you think of LeBron James, you think of greatness.” NBA stars and legends talk LeBron’s continued excellence
- 8 games played in 2 minutes: score in a row
Version 📈
Monday saw a number of consecutive upward trends either terminated or extended. Let’s break it down.
🦌Bucks 142, Wizards 129
review | Thousand 10-4, is 2-11
- Giannis’ big night: Milwaukee falls behind for fifth straight time Giannis’ latest ridiculous stat: 42 points, 23 of 20 shots, 13 rebounds and 8 assists
- Relationship Karim: 10/30/5 games most played in Bucks history (106 games).Giannis has reached those marks in 14.5% of his career games
- Join Wilt(3) and Karim(2) The only player to shoot over 87% and 40/10/5 in a game. Giannis is the first player in 52 years (!)
🐝 Hornets 121, Celtics 118 (overtime)
review | CHA 4-9, BOS 11-3
⚜️ Pelicans 129, Kings 93
review
| NOP 7-7, SAC 8-5 - Pelicans slow down Kings: Sacramento’s six-game winning streak and high-octane offense came to an abrupt end in New Orleans. Brandon Ingram and Zion Williamson The Pelicans scored a combined 57 points, easily earning their biggest victory of the season (36 points)
🌉Warriors 121, Rockets 116
review | GSW 7-8, HOU 6-6
- The Splash Brothers each hit five 3-pointers Helped the Warriors end their six-game losing streak while Steph breaks his own NBA record Consecutive games with at least 4 3-pointers (14 games and counting)
- reaction: As we all know, Curry’s three-point shot will leave Defenders are confused …in this case, it’s actually Alperen Sengun
⛵ Clippers 124, Spurs 99
review | LAC 5-7, SAS 3-11
- George takes over: Paul George Showed off his smooth jump shotAfter scoring 14 of their 28 points in the fourth quarter, the Clippers easily defeated the Spurs, who lost their ninth straight game.
⚒️Nuggets 107, Pistons 103
review | DEN 10-4, DET 2-13
- Denver finished 10th: The Nuggets lost their coach and two-time MVP due to a first-half ejection, but they didn’t lose the game as Reggie Jackson and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope combined to score 41 points, giving Detroit its 12th straight loss.
🐺 Wolves 117, Knicks 100
review | Minutes 10-3, NYK 8-6
- The stars align: The top-ranked Wolves have won nine of their past 10 games, with Anthony Edwards and Karl-Anthony Towns combining for 43 points, 15 rebounds, nine assists, five steals and two blocks.
🔥 Heat 118, Bulls 100
review | MIA 9-5, CHI 5-10
- Back to winning ways: Miami’s seven-game winning streak was snapped when Chicago blew a 21-point lead on Saturday.Two days later, the Heat responded to Bam Adebayo’s 23 points with a wire-to-wire victory
- In-season tournament: stakes and decider scenarios 🏆
Championship Night 5 features five group games, two of which have group lock-in significance.
✅ Western Conference Group A: Secure the victory
🏆 lakers Win: Lakers win
🏆 jazz Suns win: Jazz win
🏆 jazz 12+ win, Suns win: Whether the Jazz and Suns can win the group depends on the Suns’ results and point differential on Friday; Lakers can’t win the group
🏆 jazz Win percentage < 12 and Suns win: All three teams can still win their group, depending on the Suns' finish and point differential on Friday
Western Conference Group A: Tuesday games
🏀 Jazz vs. Lakers
📺 10pm ET, TNT
🏆 UTA 2-1, LAL 3-0
- Compete for first place: Utah, Los Angeles and Portland will wrap up their group games on Tuesday, but no game is more important than the championship showdown between the Lakers and Jazz.
- The Lakers are expected to become the first team to complete the knockout rounds 4-0 in the group stage
🏀 Suns Trail Blazers
📱 9 ET, NBA App
🏆 1-2，PHX 1-1
✅ Eastern Group A: Secure the victory
🏆 Pacers Win: Pacers win
🏆 Pacers loss: eaglesPacers and Champions Cavaliers/76ers The group can still win
Eastern Group A: Tuesday games
🏀 Pacers vs. Hawks
📱 7:30 ET, NBA App
🏆IND 2-0, ATL 1-1
🏀 Cavaliers vs. 76ers
📺 7:30 ET, TNT
🏆CLE 1-1,PHI 2-1
- Pacers may only need three games Defeat Atlanta to qualify from the group and Indy to advance to the knockout rounds
- Indiana has won If the Pacers lose to the already-eliminated Pistons in the group finals, they’ll beat Cleveland and Philadelphia for a chance at a direct tiebreaker.
Eastern Conference Group C: Tuesday games
🏀 Raptors Magic
📱 7 ET, NBA App
🏆 Thor 0-1, Orr L 1-1
- In-season tournament questions and answers
The in-season tournament ended just over two weeks ago.
But if you talk to NBA Basketball Strategy and Analysis Heat’s Evan Wasch, you’ll find this work has been in the works for a long time — years before he even started.
Last week, Wasch hosted a Reddit AMA Chat all things tournament with r/NBA. Read on for some great stuff from Wasch and click the link above to read the full article.
Alternative formats and suggestions for the tournament:
- We considered a lot of different formats /options/Times from past years, some from other sports, some newly suggested
- including direct knockoutspreading the tournament over a longer period of the season, holding it to coincide with the All-Star weekend, including non-NBA teams, providing draft picks/additional salary cap exceptions to the winner, etc.
- About the incentive partwe felt it was important for the tournament to stand on its own and not be viewed as a stepping stone to Larry O’Brien, so we didn’t want to tie incentives to the playoffs in any way.
- Ultimately, we bet on our players; Teams and fans build traditions over time and turn them into real championships that everyone wants to chase. -Evan
A few quotes:
- in the court: While there aren’t any “limitations” as long as the design is consistent with league-wide themes, we did do some testing with the colors to make sure the visuals worked – both in real-life colored decals and in NBA2K simulations!
- About group makeup: It helps maintain a competitive balance between the groups, creates a Champions League-like connection across multiple seasons, and allows us to draw a group each year, which we think will become a fun annual event for the teams and fans
- Click to read the full text