The four advanced teams will go to Las Vegas for the semi-finals and finals. It should be noted that the mid-season championship finals are not included in the team's regular season record. In the end, the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Indiana Pacers by 123- 109 in the final, and successfully won the first mid-season championship in NBA history, and James won the MVP of the first mid-season champion.
The annual mid-season championship officially starts from 1 1.3. All 30 teams in the League will play in 6 groups according to the East and West, and 5 teams in each group will play in the group match. Each team will play four games against the other four teams in the group, divided into two home games and two away games. After four rounds, the team ranked first in the group will advance to the knockout stage, and the team with the second record in the three groups of each league (East and West) will form the quarterfinals with the team with the first wild card in the six groups of the whole league for the final knockout stage.
NBA mid-season rules
Before the group draw, each team will be ranked according to last season's regular season ranking. The 15 teams in each league (East and West) will be divided into five grades. The first grade includes 1-3 in each league last season, the second grade includes 4-6, and so on until the fifth grade. When drawing lots, a team will be drawn from each file to form a team in the league, so each team has teams from the first to the fifth file.
Each team will play a group match with the other four teams in the group. A team's record in these four group matches will determine whether the team is qualified to participate in the knockout stage. If two or more teams have the same record in the same group, they will be ranked according to the following rules (in order): (1) the record of the group match; Net winning points in the group stage; Total score of group stage; The record of NBA regular season last season; Random sampling.