What is important to understand for the second year of the NBA Cup.
How about the level where you lose?
The six team victors and two wild tickets will make it through to the knockout stages of the tournament with eight teams. The conferences with the best information among the second-place groups in group play are the wild cards, respectively.
Unlike previous year, overtime rating will not be a component in tiebreaker outcomes.
After the final group stage game, ( Warriors coach ) Steve Kerr said," Warriors were trying to get in the playoffs by getting the 12 points they needed to get in the knockout rounds," whether he was joking or not.
But to preserve the integrity of the activities and avoid some controversial finishes, they removed extra scoring from point variable and total points tiebreakers.
The single-elimination activities of the NBA Cup playoffs will remain held Dec. 10 and 11. The higher-seeded groups may host the rooms in their household fields. The four finalists may advance to the quarterfinals in Las Vegas.
( During the knockout stage, the 22 teams that did n't qualify will each play two to-be-determined, regular-season games. )
What happens in Vegas?
Las Vegas, the house of NBA Summer League and future home of an development team, serves as ground zero for the NBA Cup finals and ultimate on Dec. 14 and Dec. 17, both.
For the four groups, spending a few days in Las Vegas in December was definitely serve as incentive to put more effort into these activities, along with a financial reward for the winning team that traps$ 500, 000 per player. ( The runner-up receives$ 200, 000 per player. )
Las Vegas served as a pseudo-home activity for the Lakers next year because of the contact compared to New Orleans, Milwaukee and Indianapolis. Include in the rapid turnaround from the semifinals, and it was challenging to give the teams outside of Los Angeles a true home-court advantage.
" It's a double-edged sword", Wasch admitted.
In order to improve the fan experience, they have added an extra day between the semifinals and the last and opted to stay away from the NFL routine. They believe they've made it more visible overall.
It's also possible for a lover to want to travel to Vegas for the trip because the quarterfinals are on this Saturday, as opposed to flying out to Vegas on a Thursday night, according to Wasch. " Many of our followers work, and so that was that was a real issue. Fans who want to watch that Saturday semifinal dual now have a better chance, in our opinion.
" This point may rise to the level years down the road where it becomes such an integral part of the time of the contest that you do get that energy and that presence, but at least, we think we've made it easier, and we do believe we'll see a little bit more pleasure and interest from enthusiasts, let's say, outside of the L. A. ( market )."
And it also puts Las Vegas in the center of basketball conversation for something besides Summer League, in the heart of the NBA season.
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