The Orlando Magic will host the Southwest Airlines Orlando Pro Summer League at the team’s practice court at the Amway Center from July 4-10, 2015. The 25-game, seven-day event will feature two teams from the Orlando Magic, along with the Brooklyn Nets, Charlotte Hornets, Detroit Pistons, Indiana Pacers, Los Angeles Clippers, Memphis Grizzlies, Miami Heat and Oklahoma City Thunder.
Each team will play five games over the seven-day event, with a championship day being played on the final day of the league. A point system will establish the standings leading up to the final day, with eight points awarded each game based on: four points for winning the game and one point for winning a quarter (in the event of a tied quarter, each team will receive 0.5 points). In the event of ties in seeding heading into championship day, three tiebreakers will be in place: 1) total point differential; 2) total points allowed; 3) coin flip.
Due to space limitations, the event is not open to the public and will be open only to the media and professional team/league personnel. Fans can access box scores, game recaps and cumulative statistics by visiting www.orlandomagic.com.
NBA TV will televise the Southwest Airlines Orlando Pro Summer League games, with a complete schedule of games and broadcast information to be released at a later date. Additionally, fans will once again be able to watch every game live on NBA.com and on the NBA Game Time app.
A complete game schedule for the Southwest Airlines Orlando Pro Summer League is listed below. The Magic’s rosters will be released at a later date.
Southwest Airlines Orlando Pro Summer League Schedule
Saturday, July 4
1st game 9:00 a.m. Miami @ Indiana
2nd game 11:00 a.m. Detroit @ Orlando White
3rd game 1:00 p.m. Orlando Blue @ LA Clippers
4th game 3:00 p.m. Charlotte @ OKC
5th game 5:00 p.m. Memphis @ Brooklyn
Sunday, July 5
1st game 1:00 p.m. LA Clippers @ Detroit
2nd game 3:00 p.m. Memphis @ Charlotte
3rd game 5:00 p.m. Brooklyn @ Miami
Monday, July 6
1st game 1:00 p.m. Indiana @ Orlando White
2nd game 3:00 p.m. Orlando Blue @ OKC
3rd game 5:00 p.m. Detroit @ Miami
Tuesday, July 7
1st game 1:00 p.m. Orlando Blue @ Memphis
2nd game 3:00 p.m. Brooklyn @ Charlotte
3rd game 5:00 p.m. OKC @ LA Clippers
Wednesday, July 8
1st game 1:00 p.m. Orlando White @ Charlotte
2nd game 3:00 p.m. Indiana @ Detroit
3rd game 5:00 p.m. LA Clippers @ Miami
Thursday, July 9
1st game 1:00 p.m. Indiana @ Orlando Blue
2nd game 3:00 p.m. Brooklyn @ Orlando White
3rd game 5:00 p.m. OKC @ Memphis
Friday, July 10 *Championship Day*
1st game 8:00 a.m. 6th place @ 5th place
2nd game 10:00 a.m. 4th place @ 3rd place
3rd game 12:00 p.m. 2nd place @ 1st place
4th game 2:00 p.m. 8th place @ 7th place
5th game 4:00 p.m. 10th place @ 9th place
ALL GAMES WILL BE PLAYED AT THE AMWAY CENTER ON THE MAGIC PRACTICE COURT.
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES ORLANDO PRO SUMMER LEAGUE RULES
GAME RULES
• Four 10-minute quarters
• Eight-minute halftime
• Two full timeouts; one 20-second timeout per half
• Two one-minute mandatory TV timeouts per quarter on dead ball at 5:59 and again at 2:59
• Two-minute overtime period if necessary
• One full timeout and one 20-second timeout per overtime period
• Teams will be in the penalty on the 7th team foul of each quarter
• Teams will be in the penalty in overtime on the 2nd team foul
• Players foul out on 10th personal foul
• Ten-minute warm-up/Intermission between games
• “Advance” Rule in place for last two minutes of game and overtime
COMPETITION FORMAT
• Each team will play five games over the seven-day event
• Standings will be kept over the first six days of the league according to a point system (described below)
• Every team will play their fifth and final game against the opponent seeded most closely to them in the standings
-For example, the two teams with the highest point totals will play in the Championship game; the teams with the third and fourth-highest point totals play in a third place game, etc.
POINT SYSTEM
• Standings over the first six days of the league will be kept using an EIGHT-POINT SYSTEM. In this system, eight points are awarded each game and distributed as follows:
-Four points for winning the game
-One point for every quarter a team wins (in the event of a tied quarter, both teams will receive 0.5 points)
• As a result, the winning team in each game can collect between five to eight points, while the losing team can collect from zero to three points.
CHAMPIONSHIP SEEDING CRITERIA
• Day seven Championship seeding will be determined by a team’s total points in the league standings
• In the event of a tie, the following tie-breaker steps will be in place:
Tiebreaker 1: Total point differential
Tiebreaker 2: Total points allowed
Tiebreaker 3: Coin flip
• NOTE – Overall or head-to-head win/loss record will NOT impact championship day seeding. Seeding will be determined solely by the criteria above.
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