NBA 2K Players Tournament: Who's left and how to watch

Since the coronavirus pandemic has ground the entire sports world to a halt, there have been diverse efforts to create some sports-like programming with the assistance of video games. For the NBA, that's taken the form of the NBA 2K Players Tournament, where xvi athletes compete in a single-elimination tournament broadcast alive on ESPN's networks and streamed on multiple platforms.

It'due south remarkably straightforward: Merely two ballers going head to head in a standard online game of NBA 2K20, with the added bonus that viewers can come across and hear them chat with each other from their respective homes. The players were allowed to submit a listing of eight NBA squads each for use in the tourney, with some strategy involved since they can only apply each squad one time. That led to a humorous moment in the opening circular as Devin Booker of the Phoenix Suns seemed to scoff at the idea of using his own real life team (the Suns, you come across, haven't been proficient for a while).

The rankings for the NBA 2K Players Tournament were determined by each player'southward in-game overall rating, so Kevin Durant was the No. 1 seed even though he clearly is not the all-time NBA 2K20 player in the league. Both he and Donovan Mitchell, arguably the 2 highest contour athletes involved, were sent packing in Round 1. In that location'south more than than bragging rights on the line, too, every bit the winner volition become to make a $100,000 donation in his name to a clemency involved in coronavirus relief.

With the quarterfinals set to accept place on Tuesday, Apr 7, here's who is playing who to accelerate to the semifinals:

Derrick Jones Jr. (16) vs. Montrezl Harrell (8)
Devin Booker (5) vs. Rui Hachimura (13)
Trae Immature (2) vs. Deandre Ayton (10)
Andre Drummond (6) vs. Patrick Beverley (xiv)

You lot tin lookout the quarterfinals by tuning in to ESPN ii from 7-11 p.m. ET on Tuesday nighttime. The semifinals and terminal — which will exist played in a best-of-three format — will air on Sat, Apr eleven on ESPN, though the times have yet to be revealed. NBA 2K Players Tournament games tin likewise be alive streamed or watched on-demand via the ESPN or NBA apps, NBA.com, and the NBA 2K20 Facebook, Twitch and YouTube pages.

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OK, then perchance y'all aren't going to be invited to the NBA 2K Players Tournament whatever time soon, only yous can do what the pros are doing past picking up NBA 2K20, which is loaded with content this season and marked down a lot from its original price.

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