Not sure if anyone had seen this yet, but I don't see any discussion yet... apologies if it is being discussed elsewhere.
NBA is obviously going to tribute the hell out of Kobe at the all-star game weekend, which, fine. Fourth quarter of the game will be commercial free, which I certainly won''t complain about.
But, they're making a pretty bonkers change to how the fourth quarter will be played:
I understand they're going to go over-the-top for Kobe... but I don't see what this has to do with anything aside from finding a way to shoehorn his jersey number into things.
NBA is obviously going to tribute the hell out of Kobe at the all-star game weekend, which, fine. Fourth quarter of the game will be commercial free, which I certainly won''t complain about.
But, they're making a pretty bonkers change to how the fourth quarter will be played:
I haven't paid as much attention to the NBA as I used to and didn't realize they no longer did East vs. West, so I"m no longer confused about Team Giannis and Team LeBron. But... why is each quarter starting at 0-0? Why not just keep the score until the fourth quarter and then do the dumb target score thing? An untimed fourth quarter seems pretty wacky to me. And with only 24 points to score for the leading team, it's going to be over pretty quickly based on past all-star game scores.On Sunday, Team Giannis and Team LeBron will compete to win each of the first three quarters, all of which will start with the 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 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 NBA All-Star Game.
I understand they're going to go over-the-top for Kobe... but I don't see what this has to do with anything aside from finding a way to shoehorn his jersey number into things.