2025/2026 Decathlon: Event Summary: Basketball
Status: Locked
NBA Season LPP updated thru 5/24 (317, Chun Li)Playoff LPP complete (81, StinkerTinker)
RULES: BASKETBALL
| Q1 2025/2026 Regular Season We've seeded all 30 NBA teams. Your job is to pick 8 teams (with no conference limitations) that total 52 or fewer seed points. Your 8 TOTAL teams will earn you points as follows: ....2pts for each regular season win over 20 ...10pts for a high playoff berth, seeds 1-6 ....5pts for a low playoff berth, seeds 7-10 (mini-tournament teams) ....8pts for each playoff round win* ...10pts for a conference title ...20pts for an NBA Championship * Points are for each playoff round that is won, not each playoff game. The NBA mini-tournament between seeds 7 thru 10 does not count as a round. Picks will lock before the first game - Tue Oct21 at 430p Pacific! Q2 2026 Playoffs A total of 16 teams make the playoffs - 8 in each conference. The 2026 teams are seeded as shown below: E-1 Detroit Pistons E-2 Boston Celtics E-3 NY Knicks E-4 Cleveland Cavaliers E-5 Toronto Raptors E-6 Atlanta Hawks E-7* Philadelphia 76ers E-8* Orl/Cha W-1 OKC Thunder W-2 San Antonio Spurs W-3 Denver Nuggets W-4 Los Angeles Lakers W-5 Houston Rockets W-6 Minnesota Timberwolves W-7* Portland TrailBlazers W-8* Phx/GSW * The 7 and 8 seeds in the playoffs will be determined by the NBA's play-in tournament; we are not picking those games and will not reward points for them. Pick 5 NBA playoff teams whose seeds add up to *at least* 17. For example, you could take the 1st seed from both conferences, the 4th seed from both conferences, and the 7th seed from the East, and your entry would be valid (1 + 1 + 4 + 4 + 7 = 17). Or, you could take the 2nd through 6th seed from one conference, and that would be valid (2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 = 20). Points: 5 pts for every playoff win -1 pts for every playoff loss 15 bonus pts for a Finals berth 15 bonus pts for winning the NBA Championship Picks are open before the play-in tournament begins and will lock at first actual playoff tip, Sat Apr18 10a Pacific |
POINT RECAP: BASKETBALL
| 25/26 NBA Season |
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| Last Place Picks (thru 5/12) | 2 | 258 | 20 | 15 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 317 | |
| Utah Jazz (1) | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Brooklyn Nets (1) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlotte Hornets (1) | 73 | 48 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | |
| Washington Wizards (1) | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bulls (2) | 85 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | |
| New Orleans Pelicans (2) | 59 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Phoenix Suns (2) | 37 | 50 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | |
| Portland Trailblazers (3) | 37 | 44 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | |
| Sacramento Kings (3) | 47 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Indiana Pacers (4) | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Miami Heat (4) | 60 | 46 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | |
| Toronto Raptors (4) | 30 | 52 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | |
| Memphis Grizzlies (5) | 32 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Milwaukee Bucks (5) | 103 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |
| Dallas Mavericks (6) | 59 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| San Antonio Spurs (6) | 67 | 84 | 10 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 128 | |
| Boston Celtics (6) | 47 | 72 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | |
| Philadelphia 76ers (6) | 21 | 50 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 63 | |
| Detroit Pistons (6) | 84 | 80 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 98 | |
| Golden State Warriors (7) | 76 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | |
| Los Angeles Clippers (7) | 50 | 44 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | |
| Atlanta Hawks (7) | 44 | 52 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | |
| Houston Rockets (8) | 79 | 64 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | |
| Los Angeles Lakers (8) | 22 | 66 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 84 | |
| Minnesota Timberwolves (8) | 57 | 58 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 76 | |
| New York Knicks (8) | 173 | 66 | 10 | 0 | 32 | 10 | 20 | 138 | |
| Orlando Magic (8) | 63 | 50 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | |
| Denver Nuggets (9) | 152 | 68 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | |
| Cleveland Cavaliers (9) | 149 | 64 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 90 | |
| OKC Thunder (11) | 206 | 88 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 114 | |
| NBA Playoffs |
Answer | #Sel |
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| Last Place Picks (complete) | 16 | 85 | -4 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | |
| Detroit Pistons (1) | 23 | 35 | -7 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | |
| Oklahoma City Thunder (1) | 222 | 55 | -3 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | |
| Boston Celtics (2) | 178 | 15 | -4 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
| San Antonio Spurs (2) | 130 | 60 | -6 | 5 | -4 | 15 | 0 | 70 | |
| Denver Nuggets (3) | 94 | 10 | -4 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| NY Knicks (3) | 66 | 60 | -2 | 20 | -1 | 15 | 15 | 107 | |
| Cleveland Cavaliers (4) | 128 | 40 | -10 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |
| Los Angeles Lakers (4) | 7 | 20 | -6 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Houston Rockets (5) | 75 | 10 | -4 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Toronto Raptors (5) | 7 | 15 | -4 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Atlanta Hawks (6) | 46 | 10 | -4 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Minnesota Timberwolves (6) | 45 | 30 | -6 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |
| Philadelphia 76ers (7) | 46 | 20 | -7 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Portland Trailblazers (7) | 15 | 5 | -4 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orlando Magic (8) | 95 | 15 | -4 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Phoenix Suns (8) | 8 | 0 | -4 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | -4 |
LEADERBOARD: BASKETBALL