2026/2027 Decathlon: Event Summary: Basketball

Status: Locked

last updated: 11/1

RULES: BASKETBALL

Q1 2026/2027 Regular Season

We've seeded all 30 NBA teams. Your job is to pick 8 teams (with no conference limitations) that total 48 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 true playoff berth, seeds 1-6
....5pts for a play-in berth, seeds 7-10
....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 play-in games between seeds 7 thru 10 do not count as a round.

Picks will lock before the first game - Oct20 at 12n Pacific!

Q2 2027 Playoffs

 
POINT RECAP: BASKETBALL

26/27 NBA Season
Answer (Seed Pts) #Sel Cat1 Cat2 Cat3 Cat4 Cat5 Cat6 Total
Brooklyn Nets (1) 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Milwaukee Bucks (1) 45 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Sacramento Kings (1) 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chicago Bulls (2) 32 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Los Angeles Clippers (2) 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Memphis Grizzlies (2) 40 12 0 0 0 0 0 12
New Orleans Pelicans (2) 21 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
Dallas Mavericks (3) 58 8 0 0 0 0 0 8
Phoenix Suns (3) 77 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Utah Jazz (3) 72 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Charlotte Hornets (3) 87 6 0 0 0 0 0 6
Washington Wizards (3) 56 6 0 0 0 0 0 6
Golden State Warriors (4) 61 8 0 0 0 0 0 8
Portland Trailblazers (4) 68 8 0 0 0 0 0 8
Atlanta Hawks (5) 43 6 0 0 0 0 0 6
Orlando Magic (5) 64 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
Houston Rockets (6) 102 12 0 0 0 0 0 12
Los Angeles Lakers (6) 26 10 0 0 0 0 0 10
Indiana Pacers (6) 68 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
Miami Heat (6) 78 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
Denver Nuggets (7) 48 6 0 0 0 0 0 6
Minnesota Timberwolves (7) 61 8 0 0 0 0 0 8
Cleveland Cavaliers (7) 51 8 0 0 0 0 0 8
Toronto Raptors (7) 23 6 0 0 0 0 0 6
Detroit Pistons (7) 71 10 0 0 0 0 0 10
Boston Celtics (8) 69 10 0 0 0 0 0 10
New York Knicks (9) 95 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
Philadelphia 76ers (9) 63 12 0 0 0 0 0 12
OKC Thunder (10) 187 8 0 0 0 0 0 8
San Antonio Spurs (10) 177 8 0 0 0 0 0 8

Hover over Category Titles to view Description and Point Multipliers

 
LEADERBOARD: BASKETBALL

#   Team Points
1   Team whittler 74
2   Clark Lea's Nuts 72
3   Sportswonks 70
--   The Lazer Show 70
5   Jalen Brunson 68
--   Sacrifice Blunts 68
--   ZBlue 68
8   Carlsbatdrewton 66
--   Drool Monkeys 66
--   Eden 66
--   I Am Stoked, Steve! 66
--   Party Like It's 09 66
13   Do Wrong Right 64
--   Nacho-Taco, Chimichanga 64
--   Nonamebret 64
--   oak2oak 64
--   The Catch 64
--   The Hatchmen 64
19   Clever Pun Here 62
--   Dangerous Midge 62
--   Get Up Mitch 62
--   NaxSquared 62
--   Real life is for March 62
--   Stinker Tinker 62
--   The Quad 62
--   The Redskins 62
--   Thubs13 62
--   Walton’s World 62
--   We’re Back Department 62
30   Chudley Cannons 60
--   drinking is fun 60
--   Dynamax 60
--   Faceless Man 60
--   Go Birds 60
--   Justin Fields Truther 60
--   Pare La Musica 60
--   Rally Squirrel 60
--   Rusty's Raiders 60
--   Shootin Webb St 60
--   SoHoGoat 60
--   SubwayHero 60
--   That Ain't Mayo 60
--   The Flux Capacit-whores 60
--   Wade Boggs 60
--   XX-XY 60
46   Barberboy 58
--   Dad Boner 58
--   DOCK ELLIS 58
--   EtAl 58
--   First Light 58
--   Gyros & Souvlaki 58
--   HMD Industries 58
--   India4LaborDay 58
--   Johnny Backpacks 58
--   Justine's Version 58
--   Legally Fit 58
--   M&A 58
--   Mt. P 58
--   MyWifeHidMyBonerPillz 58
--   Never Tell Me The Odds 58
--   Otter Water 58
--   RunForrestRun 58
--   SHTigers 58
--   Special K's 58
--   The Performative Males 58
--   The Salty Dogs 58
--   Valimorons 58
68   Ashley Remembered 56
--   Brotherly Shovers 56
--   Buckle Up! 56
--   CLESportsFan 56
--   Famous Jewish Sports Legends 56
--   Fourth and Goal 56
--   Golden Earrings 56
--   Green Team 56
--   Hawks 56
--   In play out(s) 56
--   Jake Picks Winners 56
--   JoeRobbieStadium 56
--   JustFly 56
--   Kyler Murray is Tall 56
--   Let ‘er buck! 56
--   Project Badass 56
--   Prophet Pandas 56
--   Red Deaths 56
--   Shart Garfunkel 56
--   SportsFanatic 56
--   Sweatyball 56
--   Team Quack 56
--   TeamKahn 56
--   The Hameltoes 56
--   The OG Tips 56
--   The Other Guy 56
--   The Thrill of Victory 56
--   The Usual Suspects 56
--   Trumpster Fire 56
--   Westbrook Wild Willy’s 56
98   Ballzeyez 54
--   Bearvers 54
--   brooklynboyz 54
--   David Hasselhoff 54
--   DEATH ROW 54
--   Flying Cats 54
--   Fonzinoons 54
--   G.B.G. Campaign 54
--   Go Bulldogs!! 54
--   Goutfish 54
--   Greatpoint 54
--   How's everyone feeling today? 54
--   Johnny Ricketts 54
--   Kenny Pickett Truthers 54
--   Legal Degens 54
--   Ligma LLC 54
--   MCC Club Champs 54
--   Noticing & Pondering 54
--   Picks out for Harambe 54
--   Premature Elimination 54
--   Prestige Worldwide 54
--   Putt Stuff 54
--   Ramblers 54
--   ShipWrecked 54
--   Stanley 655 54
--   StephDaGoat 54
--   Tequila Howie 54
--   The Mustangs 54
--   Throwing Darts 54
--   Uff 54
128   AWJPACK4 52
--   Bpjr8 52
--   Deshaun's Massage Parlor 52
--   DricManna 52
--   Enrico Pallazzo 52
--   FastWilly 52
--   Favre's Dick Picks 52
--   Half Slob Half Snob 52
--   Handsy Docs 52
--   HotNurseDiscoNight 52
--   Jimmy John’s 52
--   KillerCa$h 52
--   Land Thieves 52
--   Magic Fountain 52
--   mccmatt55 52
--   Miami Vice 52
--   Oh Oh Oh Ohtani Auto Parts 52
--   Page 408 52
--   Postgame @ The Paragon 52
--   Shadynasty's 52
--   Sleehrats 52
--   Stankford 52
--   Syosset Shysters 52
--   The Caine-Hackman Theory 52
--   The Dancing Bears 52
--   The Fast Cheetas 52
--   Twice as Nice 52
--   Veruca's Golden Goose 52
--   What’s the number? 52
157   10-Tier Titans 50
--   Absolute Creamer Strikes Back 50
--   Bikini Car Wash 50
--   Dinkis<3sHobos 50
--   Favre's Prick Picks 50
--   Free Scottie 50
--   Hard Rock’s $$$ 50
--   Hondo 50
--   Hong Kong Glory Hole 50
--   Jesters Henchmen 50
--   Jimmy Dugan 50
--   Krudler 50
--   Off the Handle 50
--   Paco’s Tacos 50
--   ppschwa 50
--   Sexy Rexy Grossman 50
--   Smarties 50
--   Spotted Balls 50
--   StevieFranchise 50
--   Team Romance Explosion 50
--   The Dude Abides 50
--   Wild Stallions 50
179   #1 Seed Killers 48
--   1027 48
--   Bizuation 48
--   Bjing62 48
--   Casual Craigslist Connections 48
--   Chick Dig The Long Ball!! 48
--   chutson 48
--   Committee for ReElection of Infantino 48
--   Die for the badge 48
--   DumpsterFire26 48
--   fallfromgrace 48
--   Gronkey Kong 48
--   johnb470 48
--   MAK105 48
--   Mike and Sergei at The Village Rock 48
--   Moneyline Mafia 48
--   Nochanceinhell 48
--   Nova 2014 48
--   NY Jets are killing me 48
--   Orange Bowl Mafia 48
--   Patatas 48
--   Price of the bricks going up 48
--   Proponen 48
--   Quack Attack 48
--   Raccoon Balls 48
--   Sock Hand 48
--   The 209 48
--   The Steam Team 48
--   The Wild Bunch 48
--   TRYAN43 48
--   Viva Los Birdos 48
210   Boystown Rimrunners 46
--   Bye Shane 46
--   Dawg Daze 46
--   Fightin Amish 46
--   Leck23 46
--   PerrysPicks 46
--   Queso with Canadian Bacon 46
--   Scouse Poets 46
--   Shiva Bowl Champion 46
--   The Flopsters 46
--   Trojans 46
--   Tundra Prius 46
222   CORN DOG 44
--   Noelg27 44
--   Tasty Waves 44
--   The Acorn Army 44
226   Kick Names Take Ass 42
--   Pagman29 Dynasty 42
--   The Rodfather 42
--   the513 42
--   WarOtto 42
--   Yellow Sheet 4.0 42
232   Eddie and the Cruisers 40
--   EMTnester 40
--   JJBC All-Stars 40
--   RaymondBabbitt 40
--   Sweet Emulsions 40
237   Atlantic City Knights 38
--   HookEm_HokieBird 38
--   Pepe Silvia 38