What are the Rules for Sunday’s Game?

The biggest difference 토토사이트 from a “normal” NBA game is the introduction of a “target score” to determine the winner. Each All-Star team will compete to win each of the first three quarters, all of which will start with a score of 0-0 and will be 12 minutes long. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the game clock will be turned off and a final target score will be set.

The final target score will be determined by taking the leading team’s total cumulative score through three quarters and adding 24 points – the 24 representing Kobe Bryant’s jersey number for the final 10 seasons of his NBA career. The teams will then play an untimed fourth quarter, and the first team to reach the final target score will win the game.

For instance, if the cumulative score of the first three quarters is 100-95, the final target score would be set at 124 points. To win, the team with 100 points would need to score 24 points in the fourth quarter before the team with 95 points scores 29 points, and vice versa. With no minimum or maximum time on the clock in the fourth quarter. It will end with a made basket or a free throw.

That means the MVP will likely be the player who has been killing it through the first three quarters. Scoring 24 points in an All-Star game doesn’t take long, which means the fourth quarter could last only 10-12 minutes. The ballot tabulation process takes place inside the Vivent Arena in Salt Lake City, and the media members who are selected as voters will have NBA interns and media relations officials standing aside them awaiting their ballots.

Randle would need to be dominant in the second and third quarters in order to win, and protocol among coaches in these games is to try to spread the minutes around fairly evenly, but also to ride the hot hand. Knicks fans may want to hedge their Randle bets with wagers on the kid from Westchester County who was traded to Cleveland instead of the Knicks last summer.

Fan Duel lists James, Antetokounmpo, and Joel Embiid as the +650 co-favorites, and PointsBet has Antetokounmpo as the +600 favorite. That could change if he is ruled out of the game after injuring his wrist Thursday night against the Bulls. Barstool has LeBron at +450, and Borgata has him at +550.

As for Randle, look at it this way: odds of 100-1 are what they are. If you take a flyer on someone, you may as well go with the best Knick not named Jalen Brunson. Randle was a worthy Most Improved Player wager two years ago, and with the crazy altered format, you just never know. Good luck, and enjoy the game.