The NBA's new in-season tournament features pool play and elimination games, but the league and teams need to make it special to capture interest.
Scoot Henderson and Amen Thompson leave summer league game between Trail Blazers and Rockets because of injuries Friday night.Over the course of four pool games and potentially three rounds of single-elimination games, all 30 teams will compete for the NBA Cup. Tournament games will be played every Tuesday and Friday in November . All games, minus the finals, will count for regular-season standings and statistical leaders.
The East pools are: Group A — Atlanta, Cleveland, Detroit, Indiana and Philadelphia; Group B — Charlotte, Miami, Milwaukee, New York and Washington; Group C — Boston, Brooklyn, Chicago, Orlando and Toronto. All of it is meant to create stakes early in the NBA season when the games feel like they matter the least.Expect the change to be met with skepticism and, in some cases, mockery. It’ll be imperative that whoever wins the NBA Cup treats this like it’s important — it’s a must in making this work.
Other innovations, such as tying home-field advantage in the World Series to the All-Star Game have flopped. The NBA has consistently tinkered with its All-Star weekend, a player-led draft and target scoring the latest tweaks.
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