https://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/...releases-tourney-schedule.html?outputType=amp By Aaron Fentress | The Oregonian/OregonLive TRAIL BLAZERS SCHEDULE Friday, Nov. 3: Memphis at Portland Tuesday, Nov. 14: Portland at Utah Friday, Nov. 17: Los Angeles Lakers at Portland Tuesday, Nov. 21: Portland at Phoenix TEAM GROUPS West Group A: Portland, Memphis, Phoenix, Utah and Los Angeles Lakers West Group B: Denver, New Orleans, Dallas, Houston and LA Clippers West Group C: Sacramento, Oklahoma City, Golden State, Minnesota and San Antonio East Group A: Cleveland, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Detroit and Indiana East Group B: Milwaukee, Miami, Washington, New York and Charlotte East Group C: Brooklyn, Boston, Orlando, Toronto and Chicago MORE DETAILS • The top eight teams will qualify for the quarterfinals, which will be played at team sites Dec. 4-5. The Portland Trail Blazers landed in a group with the Memphis Grizzlies, Phoenix Suns, Utah Jazz and Los Angeles Lakers for the NBA’s first in-season tournament. The NBA on Tuesday announced the schedule for the tournament, set to begin Nov. 3 and wrapping up with the championship game on Dec. 9. The league will be divided into six groups of five teams. Each team will face the other teams within its group once, with the top eight teams then qualifying for the knockout rounds. The tournament includes $18 million in prize money. Players on the championship team will receive $500,000 each. Players on the second-place team will receive $200,000 apiece. Players on the two teams that lose in the semifinals will receive $100,000 apiece and the players on the teams that lose in the quarterfinals will receive $50,000.
This in season tournament is a stupid idea. I doubt it will bring any extra attention to these games. Same fans who watch the normal regular season games will watch these games.
Disagree, if the Blazers win the in-season tournament, it will be almost as big a deal as when we won that one championship in Summer League. I'm ready for the championship parade already! barfo
Go Blazers is to most of us what Go Lakers is to you. It is an expression of team support, no matter how far-fetched it may seem at times.
At the end of the day what does it matter? The games were going to be played anyways. All they’re doing is adding a fancy name to some of the games.
Super excited for these games. We know the Blazers have a near zero chance of making the playin or playoffs. But they do have a chance of winning 4 games. This will go down history as the only first year of the NBA in season tourney ever. It would be great experience for Scoot and Sharpe to get the closest experience to playoff atmosphere possible until hopefully in a few years we can begin to make the real thing.
