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NBA reveals long-awaited format, groups for new in-season tournament

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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Coming soon: the NBA Cup.The NBA unveiled the details Saturday of its inaugural in-season tournament, which will have a prize pool of about $18 million and will be capped by a championship game — which won’t count in the standings — in Las Vegas on Dec. 9. It’s an event that NBA Com...

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NBA reveals long-awaited format, groups for new in-season tournament

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I don't have much to say about the tournament, mostly because I friggin love basketball and I'm just as excited about it in December as I am in April!
But did anyone else find it weird that in there s article, in the list of groups all teams were referred to ONLY by their city, except for LA? They got some LA fans at the AP?
West Group A — Memphis, Phoenix, the Los Angeles Lakers, Utah and Portland.
West Group B — Denver, the Los Angeles Clippers, New Orleans, Dallas and Houston.
West Group C — Sacramento, Golden State, Minnesota, Oklahoma City and San Antonio.
East Group A — Philadelphia, Cleveland, Atlanta, Indiana and Detroit.
East Group B — Milwaukee, New York, Miami, Washington and Charlotte.
East Group C — Boston, Brooklyn, Toronto, Chicago and Orlando.
EDIT: Duh, I totally ignored the Clippers, which is extra special because they're literally in the next group down 🤦‍♂️
- That’s because there are two teams in LA, the Lakers and the Clippers. Technically NY has two teams but the nets go by their borough Brooklyn.
  
  You're absolutely right, I totally missed that!
- They have to distinguish between the Clippers and Lakers somehow.
  
  You're totally right. Like everyone else, I was ignoring the Clippers!
- No worries. I bet most LA basketball fans forget the Clippers exist too

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