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Here is all you need to know about the 2023 NBA In-Season Tournament,
The National Basketball Association (NBA) unveiled details of the NBA In-Season Tournament, a new annual competition for all 30 teams that will debut in the 2023-24 regular season.
The inaugural In-Season Tournament will tip off on Friday, Nov. 3 in NBA team markets and culminate with the playing of the Semifinals (Thursday, Dec. 7) and Championship (Saturday, Dec. 9) at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
NBA Executive Vice President, Head of Basketball Operations Joe Dumars speaking about the new tournament said, “We are excited to introduce the NBA In-Season Tournament as an opportunity to further enhance and innovate around our season structure.
“With the addition of this new marquee event on the NBA calendar, we are focused on providing players and teams with another competition to win, engaging fans in a different way and driving further interest in the early portion of the regular-season schedule.”
NBA In-Season Tournament explained
The In-Season Tournament will consist of two stages: and the Knockout Rounds.
Group Play
All 30 teams have been randomly drawn into groups of five within their conference based on win-loss records from the 2022-23 regular season.
Each team will play four designated Group Play games – one game against each opponent in its group, with two games at home and two on the road – on “Tournament Nights,” which will take place every Tuesday and Friday from Nov. 3-28 (with the exception of Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 7, when no games will be played).
Knockout Rounds
Eight teams will advance to the Knockout Rounds: the team with the best standing in Group Play games in each of the six groups and two “wild cards”.
The Knockout Rounds will consist of single-elimination games in the Quarterfinals (played in NBA team markets on Monday, Dec. 4 and Tuesday, Dec. 5)
Semifinals and Championship (played in Las Vegas on Dec. 7 and Dec. 9, respectively).
The Knockout teams will compete for a prize pool and the new In-Season Tournament trophy, the NBA Cup.
The 67 games across both stages of the In-Season Tournament will count toward the regular-season standings except the Championship.
Each team will continue to play 82 regular-season games in the 2023-24 season, including those games that are part of Group Play and the Knockout Rounds.
NBA IN-SEASON TOURNAMENT GROUPS
Western Conference
Prize Pool
For the 2023-24 season, the In-Season Tournament prize pool will be allocated to the players on the teams that participate in the Knockout Rounds as follows:
Players on winning team of Championship: $500,000 each
Players on losing team of Championship: $200,000 each
Players on losing team of Semifinals: $100,000 each
Players on losing team of Quarterfinals: $50,000 each
League Honors
At the conclusion of the In-Season Tournament, the NBA will name the Most Valuable Player of the In-Season Tournament and the All-Tournament Team.
Selection will be based on the players’ performance in both Group Play and the Knockout Rounds.
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