2023 Event Summary: Basketball

Status: Completed

RULES: BASKETBALL

Thanks to covid and the move to an August start/finish for the Decathlon, we will feature more NBA than usual. 2020 Playoffs, 2021 Regular Season and the 2021 Playoffs will all be included! Hooray for peach baskets!

Q1 2020 NBA Playoffs
A total of 16 teams make the playoffs - 8 in each conference.

The 2020 teams are seeded as shown below:
E-1 Milwaukee Bucks
E-2 Toronto Raptors
E-3 Boston Celtics
E-4 Indiana Pacers
E-5 Miami Heat
E-6 Philadelphia 76ers
E-7 Brooklyn Nets
E-8 Orlando Magic

W-1 LA Lakers
W-2 LA Clippers
W-3 Denver Nuggets
W-4 Houston Rockets
W-5 Oklahoma City Thunder
W-6 Utah Jazz
W-7 Dallas Mavericks
W-8 Portland Trail Blazers *

* Memphis must beat Portland 8/15 *and* 8/16 to advance; these games will not award points

Q1a: Seeded Picks
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


Q1b: Finals Picks
Select one team as the NBA Champion (correct choice worth 19 pts).
Select one team as the NBA Runner-Up (correct choice worth 9 pts).

Note: There are no restrictions for your Q1b picks. You may pick teams you selected in Q1a or teams you shunned; you can even select the same team as Champ and as Runner-Up.

Picks lock first playoff game tipoff, Mon 8/17 1030a Pacific

Q2 2021 Regular Season
A Decathlon first - NBA regular season picks. We've divided the teams by Conference and seeded them 1 thru 10. Your job is to pick 4 teams (in each conference) that total 21 or fewer seed points. Your 8 teams will earn you points as follows:

....2pts for each regular season win
...11pts for a high playoff berth, seeds 1-6
....4pts for a low playoff berth, seeds 7-10 (mini-tournament teams)
....7pts for each playoff round win*
....8pts for a conference title
...13pts for an NBA Championship

* Points are for winning 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.

Picks will lock Dec22 at 4p Pacific, the tip off of the first game!

Q3 2021 NBA Playoffs
A total of 16 teams make the playoffs - 8 in each conference.

The 2021 teams are seeded as shown below:
E-1 Philadelphia 76ers
E-2 Brooklyn Nets
E-3 Milwaukee Bucks
E-4 Knicks
E-5 Hawks
E-6 Miami Heat
E-7* Boston Celtics
E-8* (Wizards/Pacers)

W-1 Utah Jazz
W-2 Phoenix Suns
W-3 Denver Nuggets
W-4 LA Clippers
W-5 Dallas Mavericks
W-6 Portland Trailblazers
W-7* LA Lakers
W-8* (Warriors/Grizzlies)

* 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 tip, 5/22 11a Pacific

 
POINT RECAP: BASKETBALL

2020 NBA Playoffs
Answer (Seed Pts) #Sel Cat1 Cat2 Cat3 Cat4 Cat5 Cat6 Total
LA Lakers (1) 159 60 -3 20 -2 15 15 105
Milwaukee Bucks (1) 254 25 -5 0 -0 0 0 20
LA Clippers (2) 253 35 -6 0 -0 0 0 29
Toronto Raptors (2) 100 35 -4 0 -0 0 0 31
Denver Nuggets (3) 30 45 -10 0 -0 0 0 35
Boston Celtics (3) 120 50 -7 0 -0 0 0 43
Houston Rockets (4) 102 25 -7 0 -0 0 0 18
Indiana Pacers (4) 13 0 -4 0 -0 0 0 -4
Oklahoma City Thunder (5) 47 15 -4 0 -0 0 0 11
Miami Heat (5) 155 60 -3 10 -4 15 0 78
Utah Jazz (6) 62 15 -4 0 -0 0 0 11
Philadelphia 76ers (6) 31 0 -4 0 -0 0 0 -4
Dallas Mavericks (7) 58 10 -4 0 -0 0 0 6
Brooklyn Nets (7) 11 0 -4 0 -0 0 0 -4
Portland Trail Blazers (8) 164 5 -4 0 -0 0 0 1
Orlando Magic (8) 1 5 -4 0 -0 0 0 1
2020 NBA Champ
Answer #Sel Cat1 Cat2 Cat3 Cat4 Cat5 Cat6 Total
Boston 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Denver 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Houston 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LA Clippers 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LA Lakers 92 19 0 0 0 0 0 19
Milwaukee 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Portland (not Memphis) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Toronto 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 NBA Runner-Up
Answer #Sel Cat1 Cat2 Cat3 Cat4 Cat5 Cat6 Total
Boston 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brooklyn 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Denver 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Houston 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LA Clippers 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LA Lakers 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Miami 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 9
Milwaukee 182 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Philadelphia 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Toronto 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 NBA Season - West
Answer (Seed Pts) #Sel Cat1 Cat2 Cat3 Cat4 Cat5 Cat6 Total
Minnesota Timberwolves (1) 136 46 0 0 0 0 0 46
Sacramento Kings (1) 95 62 0 0 0 0 0 62
San Antonio Spurs (2) 82 66 0 4 0 0 0 70
Oklahoma City Thunder (2) 32 44 0 0 0 0 0 44
Memphis Grizzlies (3) 171 76 0 4 0 0 0 80
New Orleans Pelicans (5) 37 62 0 0 0 0 0 62
Phoenix Suns (6) 35 102 11 0 21 8 0 142
Utah Jazz (6) 56 104 11 0 7 0 0 122
Houston Rockets (6) 9 34 0 0 0 0 0 34
Portland Trail Blazers (6) 47 84 11 0 0 0 0 95
Denver Nuggets (7) 132 94 11 0 7 0 0 112
Golden State Warriors (7) 26 78 0 4 0 0 0 82
Dallas Mavericks (7) 96 84 11 0 0 0 0 95
LA Clippers (9) 56 94 11 0 14 0 0 119
LA Lakers (10) 202 84 0 4 0 0 0 88
2021 NBA Season - East
Answer (Seed Pts) #Sel Cat1 Cat2 Cat3 Cat4 Cat5 Cat6 Total
Detroit Pistons (1) 33 40 0 0 0 0 0 40
New York Knicks (1) 91 82 11 0 0 0 0 93
Charlotte Hornets (2) 136 66 0 4 0 0 0 70
Cleveland Cavaliers (2) 14 44 0 0 0 0 0 44
Orlando Magic (3) 45 42 0 0 0 0 0 42
Chicago Bulls (3) 23 62 0 0 0 0 0 62
Atlanta Hawks (4) 58 82 11 0 14 0 0 107
Washington Wizards (4) 49 68 0 4 0 0 0 72
Indiana Pacers (4) 106 68 0 4 0 0 0 72
Tampa Bay Raptors (5) 126 54 0 0 0 0 0 54
Philadelphia 76ers (6) 166 98 11 0 7 0 0 116
Boston Celtics (8) 111 72 0 4 0 0 0 76
Miami Heat (8) 94 80 11 0 0 0 0 91
Brooklyn Nets (10) 63 96 11 0 7 0 0 114
Milwaukee Bucks (10) 97 92 11 0 28 8 13 152
2021 NBA Playoffs
Answer (Seed Pts) #Sel Cat1 Cat2 Cat3 Cat4 Cat5 Cat6 Total
Utah Jazz (1) 104 30 -5 0 -0 0 0 25
Philadelphia 76ers (1) 216 35 -5 0 -0 0 0 30
Phoenix Suns (2) 30 60 -4 10 -4 15 0 77
Brooklyn Nets (2) 253 35 -5 0 -0 0 0 30
Denver Nuggets (3) 51 20 -6 0 -0 0 0 14
Milwaukee Bucks (3) 175 60 -5 20 -2 15 15 103
LA Clippers (4) 203 50 -9 0 -0 0 0 41
New York Knicks (4) 31 5 -4 0 -0 0 0 1
Dallas Mavericks (5) 14 15 -4 0 -0 0 0 11
Atlanta Hawks (5) 8 50 -8 0 -0 0 0 42
Portland Trail Blazers (6) 39 10 -4 0 -0 0 0 6
Miami Heat (6) 44 0 -4 0 -0 0 0 -4
LA Lakers (7) 264 10 -4 0 -0 0 0 6
Boston Celtics (7) 4 5 -4 0 -0 0 0 1
Memphis Grizzlies (8) 9 5 -4 0 -0 0 0 1

Hover over Category Titles to view Description and Point Multipliers

 
LEADERBOARD: BASKETBALL

#   Team Points
1   Tampa Team 1307
2   Favre's Prick Picks 1255
3   The Hatchmen 1247
4   Special Ks! 1246
5   Big Ragu 1240
6   In play out(s) 1237
7   The Salty Dogs 1235
8   BDBB - The Original 1225
9   ManorMobbinWVU IV 1222
10   No Shorties 1221
11   Gutter Trojans 1218
12   Rustys Raiders 1202
13   OMG 1201
14   Favre's Dick Picks 1197
15   Delusions of Grandeur 1193
16   Yo-Nays 1191
17   David Hasselhoff 1188
18   PHX Illini 1187
19   Mill St 1183
20   3 Dudes 1 Couch 1180
21   MGOCOVID19 1179
22   Juicy Fatty Chicken Patties 1178
23   NoelG27 1174
24   Atlantic City Knights 1173
25   The F8 of Shane 1171
26   Danger Zone 1167
--   Gambling $$ 1167
--   The Hameltoes 1167
29   Victor Ola3po 1165
30   G.B.G. Campaign 1164
31   Jedi Milo 1163
32   What Comes Next? 1161
33   Uff 1158
34   Shadynasty’s 1156
35   Hondo 1152
--   KJCLJC 1152
37   Checksperts 1144
38   JJBC All-Stars 1143
--   SoHoGoat21 1143
40   Balls of Fuery 1141
41   Impractical Jokers 1138
--   Tundra Prius 1138
43   Bean Boge Ballers 1135
44   Breakfast Beverages 1134
--   Fuji Bomb’s 1134
--   Nax Squared 1134
47   Johnny Backpacks 1132
--   SLOMIKE 1132
49   packers 1131
50   Nerd Alert! 1130
51   idontrecall 1127
--   PRM Trio 1127
--   Sleehrats 1127
54   Big Red Leopards 1124
55   Brad Hand Sanitizer 1123
--   HTown Goonies 1123
57   A1 type of guy 1122
--   Miami Vice 1122
59   The Antibodies 1120
60   DadTrip 1114
--   Munich Vice 1114
62   Any Sport Will Do 1112
63   Team Quack 1111
64   JoeRobbieStadium 1109
--   TheTigerKingOfSports 1109
66   Not Gelded 1107
67   Anything is Possiblllllllllllllllllllle 1106
--   Shart Garfunkel 1106
69   InTuckerWeTrust 1105
--   Rounders 1105
71   Justice For Breonna 1104
72   Eskimo Brothers 1102
73   BOHICA Tribesmen 1100
--   Retiredbutnot 1100
75   Vanilla Chocolate Swirl 1099
76   Pablo Escobar 1098
--   SC_ballerz 1098
78   Kick Names Take Ass 1095
--   Locksmen 1095
80   Roger Dorn Olè Academy 1094
81   Brule's Rules 1093
82   Astoriakids 1092
83   McMcMont Inc 1091
84   Off the Handle 1090
85   Tasty Waves 1089
--   Valimorons 1089
87   JUGGERNAUT 1088
--   Team Beno 1088
--   WhiskeyWinners 1088
90   Party Like It's 09 1087
91   BatCap 1086
92   $3 Miller Lites 1085
--   You Might Win 1085
94   Beershowers 1082
--   Bulls on Parade 1082
96   johnb470 1081
--   steel curtain 1081
98   Fister Sisters 1079
99   BenSimmonsWitDaPen 1078
100   Ashley Remembered 1074
--   Golden Earrings 1074
--   MacM 1074
--   Seven21 1074
--   Two Doofs 1074
105   Poker Boys 1073
106   Bondslingers 1071
--   Running 40 Miles on Fruitcake 1071
108   Billy Walters 1069
--   Declan's Moon 1069
110   Gypsy puss in the flesh 1068
111   DoubleDown11 1064
--   Poky Not Pokey 1064
--   Spamoni & Turd 1064
114   Famous Jewish Sports Legends 1063
115   Jackie Treehorn 1062
116   Ripped the Dry Snatch on the Dock 1061
--   That Ain't Mayo 1061
118   Fighting Irish 1060
119   Bam Bam 1059
120   Party Like It's 21 1058
121   La Cheeserie! 1057
--   The C.O.S.T.A. System 1057
123   ARMageddon 1056
--   Henry the Good Doy 1056
--   Walton’s World 1056
126   Fuck Petey 1053
127   Hawks Fly Together 1052
--   Utility Sports Nuts 1052
129   Off On Your Mother 1051
130   DoubleA & Zola 1048
--   Girth Richards Jr 1048
132   pdot40 1047
133   The Washington Football Team 1044
134   Donkey Punching 1042
135   Gyros & Souvlaki 1039
136   Handsy Docs 1038
--   PenguinsandPolarbears 1038
138   Hard Rock's $$$ 1037
--   Stat Arb for Dummies 1037
140   Eggs on the Roof 1034
141   Bentley's Bitches 1033
142   Do Wrong Right 1031
--   EtAl 1031
--   Fonzinoons 1031
--   illetram yeoj 1031
146   Pa & Ja 1029
147   Art Vandelay 1027
148   DEATH ROW 1026
--   Howling Spider Monkeys 1026
150   Bottom of the Fifths 1024
151   BobbleBill 1023
152   Bowron& Bowron 1022
--   Project Badass 1022
--   South Jersey Jamokes 1022
155   Lawn Game Legend 1021
156   Deebo’s Bike 1020
--   DillyDilly 1020
158   Hawks 1019
--   MattyRads 1019
160   I4 Corridor 1018
161   Wanna Pizza Us? 1017
162   Jimmy Dugan 1016
163   Chaz Reinhold’s Meatloaf 1015
--   Eddie's Cruisers 1015
--   PJM 1015
166   Kissing Cousins 1014
167   Grassy Nole 1013
168   Dancing Bears 1012
--   It's A Shpadoinkle Day 1012
--   NIASKOS 1012
171   6 aces, 4skins and a 3 putt 1011
172   Greatpoint 1007
173   Fightin' Amish 1006
174   brooklynboyz 1005
175   My Team's on the Floor 1004
--   StankMo 1004
177   Dalé 1003
--   Sexy Rexy Grossman 1003
179   Stack the Pool 1002
--   The Flying Wasp 1002
181   GME 1000
--   TrueSpartan 1000
183   CoLo for the win 998
184   Milk Was A Bad Choice 997
--   Twice as Nice 997
186   ppschwa 995
--   Speaking of Airplanes 995
188   Bojangles Breakfast 993
189   Dingletine 992
190   Alaskan Ice Pickers 991
191   Dutchmen 988
--   Thirteen Five 988
193   Ramblers 985
194   Markelle Fultz Is Good 984
195   The Vlad Lads 983
196   Diegens 982
--   The209 982
198   Silky Butter 981
199   Fick Can Still Get Our Nuts 979
200   Can’t be worse than last year 978
--   Dad Boner 978
--   Devils, Bears, Heels Oh My 978
--   Dr. Fauci 978
204   Just Boys in a World 977
--   NLHawkeye88 977
--   The Teds 977
207   The Rodfather 973
208   Giggy 972
209   4Speds 971
--   SARS CoV-2 legit to quit 971
211   Bronx Bombers 969
--   Shower Sharts 969
213   Go Bulldogs! 967
214   Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica. 964
215   RaymondBabbitt 963
216   Artichoked 962
217   Samir123 961
218   Randolph and Mortimer 960
219   Cult of Cardboard Cutouts 959
--   Pare La Musica 959
221   Degenerates-R-Us 958
--   Megatron0525 958
--   Tony Luke’s Laundry 958
224   RD 957
225   Augustus Gloop's Chocolate River 956
--   Sportwonks 956
--   Stimulus my PPP 956
228   Patatas 955
--   Red Deaths 955
--   The Syosset Braves 955
231   Get It Done 954
232   Make America Gronk Again 952
233   The Wild Bunch 951
234   The Joe West Show 948
235   OhioSchultz 947
236   fallfromgrace 946
237   Joe's Tracers 944
238   N.Y. Jets are killing me 942
239   Land Thieves 941
--   Thing Two 941
241   Fuck 2020 939
242   Protector of the Vale 936
243   Blue Horse Shoe 934
244   Juiced 933
245   Mr. Jones and Friends 930
--   Ryan Lynch 930
247   Canadian Crippler 929
--   Little Yerry Stackhouse 929
249   War Otto 928
250   Killer Bs 926
251   Truffle Butter Express 924
252   PhilsNDerbs 923
253   The Mud Dogs 921
254   Matt Nagy Me 2 Death 918
255   The Dude Abides 913
256   Death Star 912
257   the513 908
--   West Virginia Party Boys 908
259   Chicks Dig The Long Ball!! 903
260   Haymart/McAdams 900
261   Brad's Crossed Arms 898
--   TheBizuation 898
263   Gee Unit 23 897
--   Jenkins Bros 897
265   Born for Social Distancing 896
266   she·nan·i·gans 889
267   Bearvers 887
268   Disinfectant Injection 883
--   Kansas City Chiefs 883
270   Metaphysical Munchkin 879
--   OakLandBeforeTimeXVII 879
272   PSU Pride 877
--   SportsFanatic 877
274   4 in the Stink 874
275   Mask On! Mask Off! 872
276   Morty’s Gang 871
--   Subway Hero 871
278   Jets 866
--   TheTeamToBeat 866
280   MDubs3 865
281   BamaDad 864
--   Trevor’s Kickass Team 864
283   The Usual Suspects 863
284   NY Legends 851
285   Covid-69 849
--   Mauricio Duboned your Girlfriend 849
287   Managing Manager 845
288   Slap Shot 841
289   F.C. Poutine 834
290   The Trubisky Resurgence 832
291   boyztrip 831
292   walterhouston22 828
293   Power Top 826
294   BigB 815
295   Little Chocolate Donuts 813
296   Wheels of Fortune 812
297   Bell Island Pirates 806
298   Big Benjamins 790
299   Darnold Palmers 781
300   ATHLETICS! 779
--   SuburbSachs 779
302   HMD Industries 773
--   Rats Gamblers 773
304   Cinderella Story 249
305   Hammers 232
306   PATSWINBIG 204
307   Suplex Spectacles 202
308   Hezzy Jimbos 192
309   T-Diddy 181
310   Wuhan Cocaine Club 169
311   Annexation of Puerto Rico 116
312   Team tiny dicks 99