The quarterfinals of the midseason are out: the Fires are missing the Lakers vs Suns and the Bucks vs the Knicks
On November 29, Beijing time, the NBA midseason quarterfinals were all released, East: Pacers, Bucks, Celtics, Knicks (wild card), West: Lakers, Pelicans, Kings, Suns (wild card).
The Bucks are first in the East with 4 consecutive wins + 46 in Group B, so their opponent is the Eastern Wild Card Knicks, and the Pacers are second in the East with 4 consecutive wins + 39, and their opponent is the third in the East.
The Eastern Conference matchups are: Bucks vs. Knicks, Pacers vs. Celtics.
In this way, the matchup of the quarterfinals is released
The Pelicans advanced to the playoffs with the help of the Mavericks, Doncic had 41 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists, and Irving had 27 points and 5 assists to deny the Rockets to reverse the reversal, and finally the Pelicans won the Western Conference Group B with 3 wins and 1 loss.
The Suns are second in Group A in the West, and their 3-1 +34 is the most in the West, so the Suns won the wild card and advanced to the playoffs.
The situation in Group C of the West is very chaotic, the Kings only need to beat the Warriors to win 4 consecutive wins to advance, but the Warriors only need to beat the Kings by 13 points (the Timberwolves have beaten the Thunder is also 3-1), and in the end the Warriors failed to win the Kings by 12 points (the Kings reversed the Warriors by 24 points to beat the Warriors 124-123), and the Kings advanced to the quarterfinals. (Rockets, Warriors, Clippers, Nuggets were all eliminated)
Final Western Conference matchups: Lakers vs. Suns, Pelicans vs. Kings;
The eight teams will determine the winners and runners-up of the mid-season tournaments, with each player from the mid-season tournament winner receiving $500,000. The runner-up will receive $200,000 per player, 100,000 for the 3rd-4th place, and 50,000 yuan for the 5th-8th place. In other words, the teams that advance to the quarterfinals are already guaranteed a minimum of $50,000 in prize money, which is a huge benefit for players with rookie contracts, base salaries, and two-way contracts.
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream