Teams: The teams participating in the NBA mid-season matches are all some teams in the league, usually those that have done well or performed well in the past few seasons. The regular season is a competition in which all 30 teams participate, including the confrontation between the new army with its own characteristics and the established strong teams.
Goal: The goal of the mid-season champion is to win the championship and get extra bonuses and honors. The goal of the regular season is to get a good ranking, lay a good foundation for the playoffs, and ensure that each team has the opportunity to show its strength.
Qualification: The qualification of the mid-season champion is determined by the ranking in the middle of the regular season, not the ranking at the end of the regular season. This means that some teams that do not perform well in the first half of the regular season may miss the chance of winning the mid-season championship, while some teams that do well in the second half of the regular season may miss the reward of winning the mid-season championship.
This also means that the team participating in the mid-season championship may be different from the team participating in the playoffs, because the ranking of the regular season may change after the mid-season championship. The qualification of the mid-season championship is to motivate the team to go all out in every game in the regular season, rather than waiting until the playoffs to play their own level.
Mid-season championship rules
Grouping: The grouping of mid-season champions is based on last season's regular season ranking and lottery. There are three schools in the East and three schools in the West. In the regular season last season, 1-3 ranked first, 4-6 ranked second, 7-9 ranked third, 10- 12 ranked fourth, and 13- 15 ranked fifth. Then draw lots to decide the group grouping, and the five teams in each group just come from 1-5 file.
Group Match: The group match is a single round robin system, and each team has to play 1 time with the other four opponents of the group. Each team will play four games in the group stage, including two home games and two away games.
Finally, according to the record, the ranking order is: 1, and the team with high winning rate ranks first; 2. The team with good record is in the front; 3. The highest score of net victory; 4, the top few with high total scores; 5. Last season's record was good; 6. Draw lots to decide. 1 of the six teams and the second team with the best record of the two teams will advance to the quarter-finals.