2014 NBA Summer League

2014 NBA Summer League
League	National Basketball Association
Sport	Basketball
Duration	July 5–21, 2014
Number of games	92 total (between 4 and 8 for each team)
Number of teams	31
TV partner(s)	NBA TV
Orlando Pro Summer League
Season champions	Philadelphia 76ers
Runners-up	Memphis Grizzlies
Season MVP	Elfrid Payton
Top scorer	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
Las Vegas NBA Summer League
Season champions	Sacramento Kings
Runners-up	Houston Rockets
Top seed	Chicago Bulls
Season MVP	Glen Rice Jr. (league) Ray McCallum (championship game)
Top scorer	Glen Rice Jr.
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The 2014 NBA Summer League consists of two pro basketball leagues organized by the NBA and the Orlando Magic just after the 2014 NBA draft. Ten teams took part in the week-long summer league at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida, from July 5 to 11, 2014.^[1] The other summer league was the Las Vegas NBA Summer League, having taken place at the Thomas & Mack Center and Cox Pavilion in Paradise, Nevada (near Las Vegas) from July 11 to 21, 2014, with 23 NBA teams and the NBA D-League Select team participating.^[2] The Houston Rockets, Miami Heat and Philadelphia 76ers participated in both leagues.

The Philadelphia 76ers won the Orlando Pro Summer League Championship by defeating the Memphis Grizzlies in the title game, 91–75. Elfrid Payton was named the league's most valuable player.^[3]

The Sacramento Kings won the Las Vegas NBA Summer League Championship by defeating the Houston Rockets in the title game, 77–68. Glen Rice Jr. of the Washington Wizards was named the league's most valuable player.^[4] Ray McCallum of the Kings was named the most valuable player of the championship game.^[5]

Pursuant to a sponsorship agreement with Southwest Airlines Co., the official name of the league is the Southwest Orlando Pro Summer League in 2014. All games were played on the Orlando Magic's practice court in the Amway Center, not on the main basketball court at the venue. Tickets for the games were not sold to the general public.

• Orlando Magic (host)
• Boston Celtics
• Brooklyn Nets
• Detroit Pistons
• Houston Rockets
• Indiana Pacers
• Memphis Grizzlies
• Miami Heat
• Oklahoma City Thunder
• Philadelphia 76ers

All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

Each team played one game on the league's final day for either first, third, fifth, seventh or ninth place.

The seeding was determined by a team's total points after the first five days. Eight points were awarded in each game: four points for winning a game and one point for every quarter a team won. In the event of a tied quarter, each team is awarded half a point.^[6] This differed from the previous year, when only three points were awarded for winning the game, and there were a maximum of seven total points available in each game. If two or more teams had equal points, then the following tiebreakers applied:

1. Total point differential
2. Least total points allowed
3. Coin flip

Each odd-numbered seed was paired with the team seeded immediately below it. For example, the top two seeds played in the championship game, the third and fourth seeds played in the third-place game, etc.

#	Team	GP	W	L	PTS	Tiebreaker Notes
1	Memphis Grizzlies	4	3	1	23
2	Philadelphia 76ers	4	3	1	22
3	Indiana Pacers	4	3	1	21	Point Differential +32
4	Boston Celtics	4	3	1	21	Point Differential 0
5	Detroit Pistons	4	3	1	19
6	Orlando Magic	4	2	2	16
7	Miami Heat	4	1	3	13.5
8	Oklahoma City Thunder	4	1	3	12
9	Brooklyn Nets	4	1	3	8
10	Houston Rockets	4	0	4	4.5

All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

#	Team	GP	W	L	PCT
1	Philadelphia 76ers	5	4	1	.800
2	Memphis Grizzlies	5	3	2	.600
3	Indiana Pacers	5	4	1	.800
4	Boston Celtics	5	3	2	.600
5	Orlando Magic	5	3	2	.600
6	Detroit Pistons	5	3	2	.600
7	Oklahoma City Thunder	5	2	3	.400
8	Miami Heat	5	1	4	.200
9	Houston Rockets	5	1	4	.200
10	Brooklyn Nets	5	1	4	.200

Reference: ^[7]

Josh Cohen of the Orlando Magic's website ranked the top five most valuable players in the Orlando Pro Summer League:

1. Elfrid Payton,^[3] Orlando Magic
2. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope,^[8] Detroit Pistons
3. Nerlens Noel,^[9] Philadelphia 76ers
4. James Ennis,^[10] Miami Heat
5. Mason Plumlee,^[11] Brooklyn Nets

Pursuant to a sponsorship agreement with Samsung Group (Korean: 삼성그룹), the official name of the league is the Samsung NBA Summer League in 2014. Despite the fact that "Las Vegas" is not in the league's official name. and the games were actually played in Paradise, Nevada which is near but not in the City of Las Vegas, the league is nevertheless commonly referred to as the Las Vegas NBA Summer League or the Las Vegas Summer League. This is the case with links and references on the NBA's website.

• Atlanta Hawks
• Charlotte Hornets
• Chicago Bulls
• Cleveland Cavaliers
• Dallas Mavericks
• Denver Nuggets
• Golden State Warriors
• Houston Rockets
• Los Angeles Clippers
• Los Angeles Lakers
• Miami Heat
• Milwaukee Bucks
• Minnesota Timberwolves
• NBA D-League Select
• New Orleans Pelicans
• New York Knicks^{[Note 1]}
• Philadelphia 76ers
• Phoenix Suns
• Portland Trail Blazers
• Sacramento Kings
• San Antonio Spurs
• Toronto Raptors
• Utah Jazz
• Washington Wizards

All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

The championship was determined by a single-elimination tournament; the top 8 teams received a first-round bye.

Teams were seeded first by overall record, then by a tiebreaker system.^[12]

1. Head-to-head result (applicable only to ties between two teams, not to multiple-team ties)
2. Quarter point system (1 point for win, .5 for tie, 0 for loss, 0 for overtime periods)
3. Point differential
4. Coin flip

The head-to-head result was extremely unlikely to apply in determining seeding, since the teams played only three games before being seeded. It is impossible for two teams to both be 3-0 or 0-3 and have played one another. It is also very unlikely that exactly two teams and no others finish either 2-1 or 1-2 and for those two teams to have played one another. Even in the situation where there is a multiple-team tie and some but not all the teams have superior or inferior quarter points, the remaining teams look first to the point differential even if only two teams remain. Unlike tiebreak criteria often found in sports leagues, multiple-team ties that are reduced to two teams by progression through the tiebreaker steps are not returned to the first step of the two-team tiebreaker.

First-round losers played consolation games to determine 17th through 24th places. These teams either keep their own seeding or inherited that of their first-round opponent, if lower. For example, if the #9 seed lost in the first round to the #24 seed, it became the new #24 seed. Based on this, each odd-numbered reseeded team was matched against the next lower reseeded opponent with #17 playing #18, #19 playing #20, #21 playing #22 and #23 playing #24.

Second-round losers played consolation games to determine ninth through 16th places. These teams took the lower seed number of the two teams involved in their second-round games with the built-in assumption that lower-seeded teams that won their first-round games inherited the higher seed from the opponent they defeated. For example, if the #23 seed won its first-round game against the #10 seed, it was treated as the #10 seed in the second round. If the original #23 seed/inherited #10 seed then defeated the #7 seed in the second round, the #7 seed was treated as the #10 seed in the consolation round. Based on this, each odd-numbered reseeded team was matched against the next lower reseeded opponent with #9 playing #10, #11 playing #12, #13 playing #14, and #15 playing #16.

#	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	QP	Tiebreaker Notes
1	Chicago Bulls	3	3	0	1.000	12
2	New York Knicks	3	3	0	1.000	9
3	Cleveland Cavaliers	3	3	0	1.000	7.5
4	Washington Wizards	3	3	0	1.000	6
5	Utah Jazz	3	2	1	.667	8	Point differential +30
6	Portland Trail Blazers	3	2	1	.667	8	Point differential +21
7	New Orleans Pelicans	3	2	1	.667	8	Point differential +17
8	Sacramento Kings	3	2	1	.667	8	Point differential +5
9	Phoenix Suns	3	2	1	.667	7.5
10	Dallas Mavericks	3	2	1	.667	6	Point differential +27
11	Golden State Warriors	3	2	1	.667	6	Point differential +13
12	San Antonio Spurs	3	2	1	.667	3
13	Miami Heat	3	1	2	.333	8
14	Houston Rockets	3	1	2	.333	5	Point differential +4
15	NBA D-League Select	3	1	2	.333	5	Point differential -14; Won coin flip
16	Philadelphia 76ers	3	1	2	.333	5	Point differential -14; Lost coin flip
17	Los Angeles Lakers	3	1	2	.333	4.5
18	Denver Nuggets	3	1	2	.333	4	Point differential -24
19	Toronto Raptors	3	1	2	.333	4	Point differential -41
20	Los Angeles Clippers	3	1	2	.333	3
21	Milwaukee Bucks	3	0	3	.000	4.5
22	Atlanta Hawks	3	0	3	.000	4	Point differential -33
23	Charlotte Hornets	3	0	3	.000	4	Point differential -42
24	Minnesota Timberwolves	3	0	3	.000	4	Point differential -50

	First Round (July 16)					Second Round (July 17)					Quarterfinals (July 19)					Semifinals (July 20)					Final (July 21)
						1	Chicago Bulls	79
						16	Philadelphia 76ers	68
	16	Philadelphia 76ers	85
	17	Los Angeles Lakers	63
											1	Chicago Bulls	61
											8	Sacramento Kings	80
	9	Phoenix Suns	77
	24	Minnesota Timberwolves	86
						24	Minnesota Timberwolves	86
						8	Sacramento Kings	100
																8	Sacramento Kings	74
																4	Washington Wizards	62
						5	Utah Jazz	77
						12	San Antonio Spurs	86
	12	San Antonio Spurs	100
	21	Milwaukee Bucks	71
											12	San Antonio Spurs	94
											4	Washington Wizards	95***
	13	Miami Heat	96
	20	Los Angeles Clippers	87
						13	Miami Heat	67
						4	Washington Wizards	78
																					8	Sacramento Kings	77
																					14	Houston Rockets	68
						3	Cleveland Cavaliers	90
						14	Houston Rockets	96
	14	Houston Rockets	93
	19	Toronto Raptors	77
											14	Houston Rockets	78
											22	Atlanta Hawks	71
	11	Golden State Warriors	65
	22	Atlanta Hawks	68
						22	Atlanta Hawks	88
						6	Portland Trail Blazers	65
																14	Houston Rockets	83
																23	Charlotte Hornets	79
						7	New Orleans Pelicans	75
						23	Charlotte Hornets	104
	10	Dallas Mavericks	81
	23	Charlotte Hornets	82
											23	Charlotte Hornets	82
											2	New York Knicks	79
	15	NBA D-League Select	87
	18	Denver Nuggets	75
						15	NBA D-League Select	73
						2	New York Knicks	80

• * indicates number of overtime periods.

All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

#	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	QP	Explanation
1	Sacramento Kings	7	6	1	.857	19	Won Championship Game
2	Houston Rockets	8	5	3	.625	16	Lost Championship Game
3	Washington Wizards	6	5	1	.833	10	Lost in Semifinals
4	Charlotte Hornets	7	3	4	.429	13.5	Lost in Semifinals
5	Chicago Bulls	5	4	1	.800	16	Lost in Quarterfinals
6	New York Knicks	5	4	1	.800	12	Lost in Quarterfinals
7	San Antonio Spurs	6	4	2	.667	12	Lost in Quarterfinals
8	Atlanta Hawks	6	2	4	.333	12	Lost in Quarterfinals
9	Cleveland Cavaliers	5	4	1	.800	11	Lost in Second Round
10	Utah Jazz	5	3	2	.600	12	Lost in Second Round
11	NBA D-League Select	6	3	3	.500	12	Lost in Second Round
12	Portland Trail Blazers	5	2	3	.400	11	Lost in Second Round
13	New Orleans Pelicans	5	2	3	.400	10	Lost in Second Round
14	Miami Heat	6	2	4	.333	15	Lost in Second Round
15	Philadelphia 76ers	6	2	4	.333	10.5	Lost in Second Round
16	Minnesota Timberwolves	6	2	4	.333	10.5	Lost in Second Round
17	Dallas Mavericks	5	3	2	.600	11	Lost in First Round
18	Phoenix Suns	5	2	3	.400	10	Lost in First Round
19	Golden State Warriors	5	2	3	.400	9	Lost in First Round
20	Los Angeles Lakers	5	2	3	.400	9	Lost in First Round
21	Toronto Raptors	5	2	3	.400	7	Lost in First Round
22	Los Angeles Clippers	5	1	4	.200	7	Lost in First Round
23	Milwaukee Bucks	5	1	4	.200	6.5	Lost in First Round
24	Denver Nuggets	5	1	4	.200	6	Lost in First Round

Reference: ^[13]

The All-Summer League First and Second Teams were selected by a panel of media members in attendance at the Las Vegas NBA Summer League.^[4]

All-NBA Summer League First Team:

• Doug McDermott, Chicago Bulls
• Donatas Motiejūnas, Houston Rockets
• Otto Porter, Washington Wizards
• Glen Rice Jr., Washington Wizards (MVP)
• Tony Snell, Chicago Bulls

All-NBA Summer League Second Team:

• Rudy Gobert, Utah Jazz
• Tim Hardaway Jr., New York Knicks
• Jordan McRae, Philadelphia 76ers
• Russ Smith, New Orleans Pelicans
• T. J. Warren, Phoenix Suns

Championship Game MVP: Ray McCallum, Sacramento Kings^[5]

• Official site
• Las Vegas Tournament Bracket