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2023 NBA In-Season Tournament

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The 2023 NBA In-Season Tournament was a multi-stage basketball tournament that played during the 2023–24 NBA season. It was the first edition of the NBA Cup, then under the working name NBA In-Season Tournament. All 30 teams participated, each playing four regular season games that count towards the tournament's group stage standings. All games in the knockout round, except for the championship game, also counted towards the regular season standings. The tournament's semifinals and championship game were played at T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip.

2023 NBA In-Season Tournament
Official promotional poster for the championship game
Tournament information
Location
  • Local NBA cities (group stage and quarterfinals)
  • Las Vegas Strip (semifinals and championship game)
DateNovember 3 – December 9, 2023
Venues
  • Local NBA arenas (group stage and quarterfinals)
  • T-Mobile Arena (semifinals and championship game)
Teams30
PurseSee prize money
Final positions
ChampionsLos Angeles Lakers (1st title)
Runner-upIndiana Pacers
MVPLeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers)
2024 (NBA Cup) →

The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Indiana Pacers in the championship game, and Los Angeles' LeBron James was named the Most Valuable Player for the tournament.

Format

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The tournament's format was similar to in-season, multi-stage tournaments in European soccer.[1]

In the group stage, each conference was divided into three groups with five teams each, for a total of six groups. Regular season games played on Tuesdays and Fridays between November 3 and November 28 counted in the regular season standings and the In-Season Tournament standings. Each team played one game against each of the other teams in its group, for a total of four games (two at home and two on the road).[1]

If two or more teams in a group had equal records upon completion of group play, the following tiebreakers were applied in this order:[1]

  1. Head-to-head record in the group stage
  2. Point differential in the group stage
  3. Total points scored in the group stage
  4. Regular season record from the 2022–23 regular season
  5. Random drawing
A photo of the arena at day
T-Mobile Arena in 2020

Each group's winner then advanced to the knockout stage, as did one wild card from each conference—the group runner-up with the best group stage record. The knockout stage was a single-elimination tournament. Quarterfinal games were played in local NBA markets on December 4 and 5, with the teams with the top two group stage records in each conference hosting, and the best team in group-play games would host the wild-card team. The semifinals were played on December 7, and the championship was on December 9. The final two rounds were played at T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip.[1]

A colorful basketball court with a large-screen television display hanging above it
In-Season Tournament court of the Los Angeles Lakers

Quarterfinal and semifinal games counted as regular season games, affecting teams' positions in league standings, but the championship game did not. Statistics from the championship game are also not counted in regular season totals.[1]

To balance the regular season, the four teams that lost in the quarterfinals played one additional game on December 8, against each other in the same conference.[1]

While the knockout stage was played, the 22 teams that did not qualify for the knockout stage each played two additional regular season games, one home and one away, to complete each team's 82 game regular season schedule. Among these 22 total matchups, 20 were intra-conference games, with an attempt by the league to schedule as many pairs of teams which were originally scheduled to only play each other three times during the regular season. The other two matchups were interconference games, as there was an odd number of teams in each conference (11). These two interconference matchups featured four of the six teams that finished last in their respective group.[1]

Prize money

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Players on teams advancing to the knockout stage will receive prize money as follows:[2]

  • Players on teams that lose in the quarterfinals: $50,000 each
  • Players on teams that lose in the semifinals: $100,000 each
  • Players on the tournament runner-up team: $200,000 each
  • Players on the tournament championship team: $500,000 each

Draw

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Pots

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Teams were allocated into five pots per conference based on the 2022–23 regular season standings. Pot 1 contained the teams with the top three regular season records in each conference, while Pot 2 contained the teams with the fourth- to sixth-best records and so forth, concluding with Pot 5, which contained the teams with the bottom three (thirteenth through fifteenth) records.[1][3]

Draw results

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The initial groups were revealed during the tournament announcement on July 8, 2023.[4] The five teams in each group were selected by a draw of one team from each of the five pots for the conference in question.

Eastern Conference
                 Group A                                   Group B                                   Group C                 
Philadelphia 76ers (3)
Cleveland Cavaliers (4)
Atlanta Hawks (8)
Indiana Pacers (11)
Detroit Pistons (15)		 Milwaukee Bucks (1)
New York Knicks (5)
Miami Heat (7)
Washington Wizards (12)
Charlotte Hornets (14)		 Boston Celtics (2)
Brooklyn Nets (6)
Toronto Raptors (9)
Chicago Bulls (10)
Orlando Magic (13)
Western Conference
                 Group A                                   Group B                                   Group C                 
Memphis Grizzlies (2)
Phoenix Suns (4)
Los Angeles Lakers (7)
Utah Jazz (12)
Portland Trail Blazers (13)		 Denver Nuggets (1)
Los Angeles Clippers (5)
New Orleans Pelicans (9)
Dallas Mavericks (11)
Houston Rockets (14)		 Sacramento Kings (3)
Golden State Warriors (6)
Minnesota Timberwolves (8)
Oklahoma City Thunder (10)
San Antonio Spurs (15)

Group stage

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East group A

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification IND CLE PHI ATL DET
1 Indiana Pacers 4 4 0 546 507 +39 Advance to knockout stage — 121–116 132–126 157–152 136–113
2 Cleveland Cavaliers 4 3 1 474 445 +29 116–121 — 122–119 (OT) 128–105 108–100
3 Philadelphia 76ers 4 2 2 485 476 +9 126–132 119–122 (OT) — 126–116 114–106
4 Atlanta Hawks 4 1 3 499 531 −32 152–157 105–128 116–126 — 126–120
5 Detroit Pistons 4 0 4 439 484 −45 113–136 100–108 106–114 120–126 —
Source: NBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

East group B

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification MIL NYK MIA CHA WAS
1 Milwaukee Bucks 4 4 0 502 456 +46 Advance to knockout stage — 110–105 131–124 130–99 131–128
2 New York Knicks 4 3 1 440 398 +42 105–110 — 100–98 115–91 120–99
3 Miami Heat 4 2 2 454 450 +4 124–131 98–100 — 111–105 121–114
4 Charlotte Hornets 4 1 3 419 473 −54 99–130 91–115 105–111 — 124–117
5 Washington Wizards 4 0 4 458 496 −38 128–131 99–120 114–121 117–124 —
Source: NBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

East group C

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification BOS ORL BKN TOR CHI
1 Boston Celtics 4 3[a] 1 449 422 +27 Advance to knockout stage — 96–113 121–107 108–105 124–97
2 Orlando Magic 4 3[a] 1 446 424 +22 113–96 — 104–124 126–107 103–97
3 Brooklyn Nets 4 3[a] 1 455 435 +20 107–121 124–104 — 115–103 109–107
4 Toronto Raptors 4 1 3 436 457 −21 105–108 107–126 103–115 — 121–108
5 Chicago Bulls 4 0 4 409 457 −48 97–124 97–103 107–109 108–121 —
Source: NBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Tied on head-to-head results. Overall point difference is used as the tiebreaker.

West group A

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification LAL PHX UTA POR MEM
1 Los Angeles Lakers 4 4 0 494 420 +74 Advance to knockout stage — 122–119 131–99 107–95 134–107
2 Phoenix Suns 4 3 1 480 446 +34 119–122 — 131–128 120–107 110–89
3 Utah Jazz 4 2 2 469 482 −13 99–131 128–131 — 115–99 127–121
4 Portland Trail Blazers 4 1 3 416 455 −39 95–107 107–120 99–115 — 115–113 (OT)
5 Memphis Grizzlies 4 0 4 430 486 −56 107–134 89–110 121–127 113–115 (OT) —
Source: NBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

West group B

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification NOP HOU DAL DEN LAC
1 New Orleans Pelicans 4 3 1 463 430 +33 Advance to knockout stage — 101–104 131–110 115–110 116–106
2 Houston Rockets 4 2[a] 2 424 414 +10 104–101 — 115–121 105–86 100–106
3 Dallas Mavericks 4 2[a] 2 489 497 −8 110–131 121–115 — 114–125 144–126
4 Denver Nuggets 4 2[a] 2 432 442 −10 110–115 86–105 125–114 — 111–108
5 Los Angeles Clippers 4 1 3 446 471 −25 106–116 106–100 126–144 108–111 —
Source: NBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Tied on head-to-head results. Overall point difference is used as the tiebreaker.

West group C

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification SAC MIN GSW OKC SAS
1 Sacramento Kings 4 4 0 482 452 +30 Advance to knockout stage — 124–111 124–123 105–98 129–120
2 Minnesota Timberwolves 4 3 1 438 438 0 111–124 — 104–101 106–103 117–110
3 Golden State Warriors 4 2 2 483 479 +4 123–124 101–104 — 141–139 118–112
4 Oklahoma City Thunder 4 1 3 463 439 +24 98–105 103–106 139–141 — 123–87
5 San Antonio Spurs 4 0 4 429 487 −58 120–129 110–117 112–118 87–123 —
Source: NBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Ranking of second-placed teams

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Eastern Conference

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Pos Grp Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 B New York Knicks 4 3 1 440 398 +42 Advance to knockout stage
2 A Cleveland Cavaliers 4 3 1 474 445 +29
3 C Orlando Magic 4 3 1 446 424 +22
Source: NBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Western Conference

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Pos Grp Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 A Phoenix Suns 4 3 1 480 446 +34 Advance to knockout stage
2 C Minnesota Timberwolves 4 3 1 438 438 0
3 B Houston Rockets 4 2 2 424 414 +10
Source: NBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Knockout stage

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Qualified teams

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Bracket

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Home team listed first (quarterfinals only).

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsChampionship game
 
          
 
December 5 – Milwaukee, WI
 
 
1
Milwaukee		146
 
December 7 – Las Vegas, NV
 
4
New York		122
 
1
Milwaukee		119
 
December 4 – Indianapolis, IN
 
2
Indiana		128
 
2
Indiana		122
 
December 9 – Las Vegas, NV
 
3
Boston		112
 
E2
Indiana		109
 
December 5 – Los Angeles, CA
 
W1
LA Lakers		123
 
1
LA Lakers		106
 
December 7 – Las Vegas, NV
 
4
Phoenix		103
 
1
LA Lakers		133
 
December 4 – Sacramento, CA
 
3
New Orleans		89
 
2
Sacramento		117
 
 
3
New Orleans		127
 

Source:[5]

Quarterfinals

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Note: Times are Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5) as listed by the NBA. If the venue is located in a different time zone, the local time is also given.
December 4
7:30 p.m.
Boston Celtics 112, Indiana Pacers 122
Scoring by quarter: 24–22, 31–26, 23–37, 34–37
Pts: Jayson Tatum 32
Rebs: Jayson Tatum 12
Asts: Derrick White 8		 Pts: Tyrese Haliburton 26
Rebs: Haliburton, Turner 10 each
Asts: Tyrese Haliburton 13
Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN
Attendance: 16,693
Referees:
  • No. 8 Marc Davis
  • No. 26 Pat Fraher
  • No. 64 Justin Van Duyne
December 4
10:00 p.m. (7:00 p.m. Pacific)
New Orleans Pelicans 127, Sacramento Kings 117
Scoring by quarter: 35–36, 34–25, 31–30, 27–26
Pts: Brandon Ingram 30
Rebs: Jonas Valančiūnas 11
Asts: CJ McCollum 7		 Pts: De'Aaron Fox 30
Rebs: Domantas Sabonis 13
Asts: Domantas Sabonis 10
Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, CA
Attendance: 18,048
Referees:
December 5
7:30 p.m. (6:30 p.m. Central)
New York Knicks 122, Milwaukee Bucks 146
Scoring by quarter: 35–37, 37–38, 24–37, 26–34
Pts: Julius Randle 41
Rebs: RJ Barrett 8
Asts: Jalen Brunson 6		 Pts: Giannis Antetokounmpo 35
Rebs: G. Antetokounmpo, B. Lopez 8 each
Asts: Giannis Antetokounmpo 10
Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee, WI
Attendance: 17,448
Referees:
December 5
10:00 p.m. (7:00 p.m. Pacific)
Phoenix Suns 103, Los Angeles Lakers 106
Scoring by quarter: 23–33, 24–26, 35–24, 21–23
Pts: Kevin Durant 31
Rebs: Devin Booker 11
Asts: Devin Booker 6		 Pts: LeBron James 31
Rebs: Anthony Davis 15
Asts: LeBron James 11
Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA
Attendance: 18,664
Referees:
  • No. 58 Josh Tiven
  • No. 37 Eric Dalen
  • No. 49 Tom Washington

During the Kings-Pelicans game on December 4, a 34-year-old Kings fan named Gregorio "Greg" Florez Breedlove had a medical emergency during the first quarter of that game and died 20 minutes after emergency medical services arrived to try and help him out.[6][7] A day later, during the Suns-Lakers game on December 5, the game's conclusion was met with serious controversy due to a controversial timeout that was given to the Lakers by the referees near the end of the game despite the Lakers not holding possession of the ball at the time the timeout was called.[8][9][10] However, according to commissioner Adam Silver, it was considered the right call by the notion that Austin Reaves had his left hand on the ball while pinned under his left leg before it got loosened up again.[11]

Semifinals

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December 7
5:00 p.m. (2:00 p.m. Pacific)
Indiana Pacers 128, Milwaukee Bucks 119
Scoring by quarter: 27–29, 36–22, 28–43, 37–25
Pts: Tyrese Haliburton 27
Rebs: Buddy Hield 11
Asts: Tyrese Haliburton 15		 Pts: Giannis Antetokounmpo 37
Rebs: Giannis Antetokounmpo 10
Asts: Damian Lillard 7
T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV
Attendance: 16,837
Referees:
  • No. 60 James Williams
  • No. 50 Gediminas Petraitis
  • No. 22 JB DeRosa
December 7
9:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. Pacific)
New Orleans Pelicans 89, Los Angeles Lakers 133
Scoring by quarter: 30–29, 24–38, 17–43, 18–23
Pts: Trey Murphy III 14
Rebs: Dyson Daniels 8
Asts: Brandon Ingram 7		 Pts: LeBron James 30
Rebs: Anthony Davis 15
Asts: LeBron James 8
T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV
Attendance: 18,017
Referees:

Championship game

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December 9
8:30 p.m. (5:30 p.m. Pacific)
Indiana Pacers 109, Los Angeles Lakers 123
Scoring by quarter: 29–34, 31–31, 22–25, 27–33
Pts: Haliburton, Mathurin 20 each
Rebs: Myles Turner 7
Asts: Tyrese Haliburton 11		 Pts: Anthony Davis 41
Rebs: Anthony Davis 20
Asts: D'Angelo Russell 7
T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV
Attendance: 19,021
Referees:
  • No. 16 David Guthrie
  • No. 39 Tyler Ford
  • No. 27 Mitchell Ervin
Anthony Davis recorded 41 points, 20 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 blocks in the championship game

Buddy Hield of Indiana scored the game's first basket when he hit a three-pointer. However, the Lakers quickly took control of the first quarter and led 20–15 after six minutes. After one frame, the Lakers led 34–29 with 26 points coming inside the paint.[12] The teams went into half-time with a 65–60 advantage for Los Angeles.

The second half opened up with a LeBron James and-one play, and the Lakers quickly captured a 10-point lead. Despite cutting the lead to a five-point lead at one point, the Pacers went into the fourth quarter trailing 90–82.[12]

The final quarter saw the Pacers crawl back into the game, cutting the lead down to two with 10:30 to go. However, Indiana was unable to keep up with the Lakers offense and were trailing by ten points with four and a half minutes left. Indiana center Myles Turner fouled out after fouling Anthony Davis and picking up his sixth foul, with 4:09 to go in the game. Davis scored 10 straight points as part of the 13–0 run that gave the Lakers a 16-point lead with 3:11 remaining in the game.[13] By then, the Lakers comfortably played the game out. The Lakers dominated the Pacers inside, edging them with an 86–44 edge in points in the paint.[13]

The Lakers became the first team to win the NBA Cup. Anthony Davis finished with 41 points on 16-for-24 shooting, 20 rebounds and 4 blocks;[13] his performance was widely praised as a "masterpiece",[14] with James describing it as a "Shaq-like performance".[15] Davis became the first player in 36 years to record 40+ points, 20+ rebounds, 5+ assists and 4+ blocks,[15] and was the third Laker to achieve this feat following Elgin Baylor and Wilt Chamberlain.[16] Tyrese Haliburton finished with 20 points and 11 assists, while Bennedict Mathurin scored 20 as well.[12]

Starters:PtsRebAst
G 0 Tyrese Haliburton 20 1 11
G 11 Bruce Brown Jr. 4 2 1
F 7 Buddy Hield 8 5 4
F 1 Obi Toppin 13 2 0
C 33 Myles Turner 10 7 1
Reserves:
G/F 00 Bennedict Mathurin 20 2 0
F 22 Isaiah Jackson 10 5 0
G/F 23 Aaron Nesmith 15 3 1
G 9 T. J. McConnell 8 4 9
F 5 Jarace Walker 0 0 0
G 21 Isaiah Wong 0 0 0
G/F 10 Kendall Brown 0 0 0
G 26 Ben Sheppard 0 0 0
C 44 Oscar Tshiebwe 0 1 0
F 13 Jordan Nwora DNP
Head coach:
Rick Carlisle
Indiana jersey
Team colours
Indiana
Los Angeles jersey
Team colours
Los Angeles

Indiana Statistics[17] Los Angeles
35/96 (36.8%) Field goals 47/88 (53.4%)
10/41 (24.4%) 3-point field goals 2/13 (15.4%)
29/33 (87.9%) Free throws 27/35 (77.1%)
9 Offensive rebounds 12
23 Defensive rebounds 43
32 Total rebounds 55
27 Assists 25
7 Turnovers 18
10 Steals 5
7 Blocks 10
33 Fouls 25
44 Points in the paint 86
18 Fast break points 21
3 Biggest lead 16
54 Bench points 30
8 Points off turnovers 21
Starters:PtsRebAst
G 1 D'Angelo Russell 13 4 7
G 12 Taurean Prince 6 3 2
F 5 Cam Reddish 9 3 1
F 23 LeBron James 24 11 4
C 3 Anthony Davis 41 20 5
Reserves:
F 28 Rui Hachimura 0 2 0
F 2 Jarred Vanderbilt 0 4 1
G 15 Austin Reaves 28 2 3
G 10 Max Christie 2 2 1
F/C 11 Jaxson Hayes 0 4 1
G 0 Jalen Hood-Schifino 0 0 0
F 21 Maxwell Lewis 0 0 0
F/C 35 Christian Wood DNP
Head coach:
Darvin Ham

Awards

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The Los Angeles Lakers won the NBA Cup. LeBron James won the inaugural Most Valuable Player award, following his averages of 26.4 points, 8.0 rebounds, 7.0 assists, while shooting 56.8% from the field and 60.6% on threes.[18] On December 11, the NBA announced the All-Tournament Team.[13]

All-NBA In-Season Tournament Team[13]
Pos. Player Team
G Tyrese Haliburton Indiana Pacers
F Giannis Antetokounmpo Milwaukee Bucks
F Kevin Durant Phoenix Suns
F LeBron James (MVP) Los Angeles Lakers
C Anthony Davis Los Angeles Lakers

Marketing

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The Heist

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On October 25, one week before the start of group play the NBA debuted "The Heist," a series of short films used to promote the tournament.[19] "The Heist" features seven NBA all-stars: Anthony Davis, Demar Derozan, Darius Garland, Draymond Green, Kawhi Leonard, Julius Randle, Trae Young and Emmy winning actor Michael Imperioli attempting to take the NBA Cup trophy from a Las Vegas casino.

Anthem

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The official anthem for the tournament was a re-recorded version of "Mama Said Knock You Out" by LL Cool J combined with The Roots "Here I Come."[20][21] The song was prominently featured in promotional videos for the tournament. The Anthem was played before the start of each game throughout the group stage and knockout rounds.

Media coverage

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The group stage of the tournament was covered by the NBA's existing broadcasters.

In national linear television broadcasts in the United States, TNT had selected Tuesday games, ESPN aired selected Friday games, and NBA TV had two on Friday, November 24.[22] Most group stage games were instead only televised locally by the teams' regional broadcasters.[23][24][25] During the knockout stage, TNT aired all four quarterfinals in prime time[26] on December 4 and 5. For the semifinals on December 7, ESPN televised the early game and TNT had the late game. The championship game aired on ABC in prime time on December 9.[27][28]

TruTV also aired three alternative telecasts of quarterfinal and semifinal games that air on TNT during the knockout round.

The championship game was the first year of a two year deal that saw the game broadcast on ABC (including local stations KABC-TV in Los Angeles and WRTV in Indianapolis). The game was the most-viewed game of the season with 4.58 million viewers. It was also the most-watched non-Christmas regular season game since 2018.[29] ESPN2 also aired an alternate telecast for the championship game on December 9.[30]

All TNT's games were streamed on Max including two exclusive alternate telecast of quarterfinal games on December 5.[24] NBA League Pass offered out-of-market group stage games, as well as live access to NBA TV's games.[25]

In Canada, national coverage of all Toronto Raptors games and other selected games were split between TSN, Sportsnet, and NBA TV Canada.[31][32]

Semifinal ESPN/TNT broadcast collaboration

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Ahead of the semifinals, ESPN and TNT announced that their broadcast teams would collaborate on each other's coverage. For ESPN, TNT's Reggie Miller joined Mike Breen, Doris Burke and Lisa Salters, while on TNT, ESPN's Doc Rivers joined Kevin Harlan, Candace Parker and Allie LaForce. TNT's Inside the NBA (including NBA Tip-off) studio team of Ernie Johnson Jr., Kenny Smith, Charles Barkley and Shaquille O'Neal also collaborated with their ESPN counterparts, the NBA Countdown studio team of Malika Andrews, Stephen A. Smith, Michael Wilbon, Bob Myers and Adrian Wojnarowski, during the other network's coverage. Specifically, it was announced that the Inside the NBA team would appear on NBA Countdown while Smith and Wilbon would appear on Inside the NBA.[33][34]

Aftermath

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Commissioner Adam Silver told in a press conference after the championship game that he was satisfied with the inaugural In-Season Tournament and is open to changes to the format, including the tie-breakers in the group play and the alternate colored courts that were used during the tournament.[35]

On December 19, the Lakers celebrated their win by hanging a championship banner in the Crypto.com Arena to honour their In-Season Tournament victory, ahead of their regular season game against the New York Knicks.[36][37]

References

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