NBA G League to make the most of Elam Ending format for time beyond regulation video games throughout 2022-23 season

The NBA G League unveiled its 2022-23 schedule on Thursday, and together with it an fascinating wrinkle for the upcoming season: each G League sport that goes to time beyond regulation will finish not with a timed interval, however as a substitute with an Elam Ending.

Beneath the Elam Ending format, the sport clock can be shut off through the time beyond regulation interval and groups should hit a “Last Goal Rating” to be able to win. The goal rating can be set by including seven factors to the sport rating on the finish of regulation. For instance, if the sport is tied at 100 after 4 quarters, the “Last Goal Rating” in time beyond regulation could be 107 factors. The primary group to attain seven factors in time beyond regulation wins.

The G League may even make use of the Elam Ending format throughout its annual Las Vegas showcase in December, which all 30 groups take part in. The fourth quarter of every sport can be performed to a “Last Goal Rating” of 25 factors added to the main group’s rating after three quarters. For instance, if the rating of the sport after three quarters is 90-85, the “Last Goal Rating” could be 115 factors — the primary group to succeed in 115 factors wins the sport.

The NBA adopted the Elam Ending format for its All-Star Sport starting in 2020 in Chicago, after it turned fashionable from its use in The Basketball Event over the previous a number of years.

Whereas it being utilized within the G League is way from a assure it’s going to ever be utilized in NBA regular-season or playoff video games in any trend, the G League has been used as a proving floor for potential modifications the NBA has experimented with over the previous a number of seasons.

In the meantime, this season may even be the primary time the G League Ignite, a group that features a number of 2023 NBA draft prospects, and the Mexico Metropolis Capitanes will play a full 50-game schedule — 24 dwelling video games, 24 street video games and two on the annual showcase in Las Vegas.

The Ignite will play their dwelling video games in Las Vegas this season after relocating from California. The Capitanes will play their full schedule in Mexico Metropolis, with the primary G League sport ever performed in Mexico Metropolis happening on Nov. 6, when Mexico Metropolis hosts the Rio Grande Valley Vipers.