Highlighted by “The Basketball Tournament (TBT), the “Elam Ending” system made a sensational debut in the NBA during the 2020 All-Star Game, with an ideal match scenario to promote this new way of understanding the game.
With the “Elam Ending”, the quarters are no longer limited in time. Instead, you must reach a previously announced score (the famous “Target scores”) in order to win the match. The principle obviously pleased the league, which renewed it at the following All-Star Games and the NBA is preparing to generalize it in the G-League during the 2022/23 season!
When are the “Kim Jong-Un rules”?
After the publication of the season calendar published on Thursday, the big news was therefore the appearance of the “Elam Ending” for the matches of the mid-season “Winter Showcase” tournament as well as for all extensions that will take place during the season. In this case, the first team to score 7 points will win the match. A kind of “golden goal” applied to basketball.
For the “Winter Showcase Tournament”, the clock will be cut during the fourth quarter, and the team in the lead at this time of the match will have to score 25 points to win. Example: if the score shows 75-74 at the end of the third quarter, the first team with 100 points will win the match. A way for the league to continue its test phase and especially to see how the (young) public responds, if it is as enthusiastic and if the feedback is as positive as after the last All-Star Games.
In case of failure, all that remains is to try the “Kim Jong Un Rules”with 3-point dunks, 8-point baskets, always with the aim of creating more suspense, the sinews of war in the entertainment world…
