The nba Mid-season Championship is a new annual NBA championship, which was established in the 2023-24 season and all 30 NBA teams will participate. On June 65438+February 10, 2023, the Lakers defeated the Pacers with 123- 109 in the final of the NBA mid-year championship, and won the first NBA mid-year championship with a record of seven wins, and James won the MVP of the first NBA mid-year championship.
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.
Related 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, and a team's record in these four group matches will determine whether it is qualified to participate in the knockout stage. If two or more teams have the same record in the same group, they will be re-selected according to the record of the group match, the number of net wins in the group match and the total score in the group match.
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