Orlando to host Southwest Airlines Orlando Pro Summer League
By Zach Oliver
The first chance to see many of the NBA’s top draft prospects in action will come in Orlando on July 5th-11th, when the Orlando Magic host the Southwest Airlines Orlando Pro Summer League. The seven-day, 25-game event will be played on the team’s practice facility in the Amway Center and will not be open to the general public. However, NBA TV will broadcast all the games live.
Joining the host Magic will be the Boston Celtics, Brooklyn Nets, Detroit Pistons, Memphis Grizzlies, Oklahoma City Thunder, Miami Heat, Philadelphia 76ers, Indiana Pacers and Houston Rockets.
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.
Southwest Airlines Orlando Pro Summer League Schedule
Saturday, July 5, 2014 Visitor Home
1st game 9:00 a.m. Brooklyn @ Indiana
2nd game 11:00 a.m. OKC @ Boston
3rd game 1:00 p.m. Orlando @ Philadelphia
4th game 3:00 p.m. Detroit @ Houston
5th game 5:00 p.m. Memphis @ Miami
Sunday, July 6, 20134
1st game 3:00 p.m. Memphis @ Detroit
2nd game 5:00 p.m. Philadelphia @ OKC
3rd game 7:00 p.m. Miami @ Brooklyn
Monday, July 7, 2014
1st game 3:00 p.m. Indiana @ Boston
2nd game 5:00 p.m. Houston @ Orlando
3rd game 7:00 p.m. OKC @ Brooklyn
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
1st game 3:00 p.m. Orlando @ Memphis
2nd game 5:00 p.m. Miami @ Detroit
3rd game 7:00 p.m. Houston @ Philadelphia
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
1st game 3:00 p.m. Indiana @ OKC
2nd game 5:00 p.m. Philadelphia @ Brooklyn
3rd game 7:00 p.m. Boston @ Detroit
Thursday, July 10, 2014
1st game 3:00 p.m. Indiana @ Miami
2nd game 5:00 p.m. Boston @ Orlando
3rd game 7:00 p.m. Memphis @ Houston
Friday, July 11, 2014 *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
· Four 10-minute quarters
· 10-minute halftime
· Five full timeouts per team per game
· Two one-minute mandatory TV timeouts per quarter on dead ball at 5:59 and again at 2:59
· Maximum of three full timeouts to be used in 4th quarter per team
· One :20 second timeout per team per half
· Three-minute overtime period if necessary
· One full timeout and one :20 second per overtime period per team
· Teams will be in the penalty on the 5th team foul of each quarter
· Teams will be in the penalty in overtime on the 3rd team foul
· No foul-out rule – for each personal foul in excess of six, the opposing team receives two free throws. For each personal foul in excess of 10, the opposing team receives two free throws and the ball.
· 10-minute warm-up/intermission between games
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
Information used in this post comes via the Orlando Magic press release