All Star Game 2020 Format
- Thread starter B.A.R.
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Yup. It makes for a defensive 4th quarter.
Each quarter is for a charity it looks like. Not everyone is math wizards like us
jedi ninja
Larry the liberal
Will there even be a total offered? Will be interesting to see if there is, and where it is set based on history. It’s still going to be a normal AS game scoring wise you’d have to think for the first 3 quarters, but there will be a limited number of points that can be scored in the 4th. And that limited number is likely to be less than 60...even if one team is down 10 after 3, 58-60 would be the max (depending on hitting a 3 to get over the required score).
jedi ninja
Larry the liberal
It's not really that crazy. The Basketball Tournament (the one for 2 million I think it is) already uses this format, it's called the Elam Ending...they just put a twist on it using 24 as the number for the 4th quarter, as opposed to 7 points in the last 4 minutes. Outside of that, they're simply paying a charity for each quarter based on who won the quarter. So while there are a lot of words on that summary, it's not really much to break down.
Inspekdah
My man, Michael Jordan!
The all-star game has been one of the easiest (not sure that's necessarily a good thing) watches in all of sports. Now some will have to think. The announcers will have their hands full explaining what is going on for the casual fan who just wants to see Lebron throwing down alleys.
jedi ninja
Larry the liberal
Until the 4th quarter nothing is different though really is it? And in the 4th quarter they will have a graphic with the target score to win the game so anyone should easily understand. It wasn’t tough to follow along at all during TBT.
jedi ninja
Larry the liberal
I would guess because then you’re making a 3 pointer with double what a 2 pointer is. And the target score thing isn’t bad at all. It’s kinda cool even, because it simply becomes a race to a score so strategy changes a bit with fouling, etc.
skanless13
Fly, Eagles, Fly!
I think they should pick one rep from each team to play a game of Poison in the 4th.
jedi ninja
Larry the liberal
I think they should have chosen 81 as the target score in honor of his 81 point game and made them mf’ers run up and down the court for hours.
Inspekdah
My man, Michael Jordan!
I think the idea of 3 separate quarters for 3 separate “wins” and then going back and adding the cumulative values of those quarters which were reset to 0 could be a little confusing. I think everyone here understands it. And I think everyone who sees it play out, like TBT, would understand moving forward.
Frank Costanza
Co-Inventor of the Man's Bra
Doesn't matter what they do, Bryant tribute or otherwise, this will always be an unwatchable game.
It died in the middle of the 2000's.... '83-'93 was the amazing times for NBA all star.
Frank Costanza
Co-Inventor of the Man's Bra
True dat. Some great games in that timeframe.
guaranteeed
Pretty much a regular
Ever since we lost the pass first point guards who could 'run' the game
Need a nash and kidd type on each team
