Tournament portion of Vegas Summer League underway

LAS VEGAS, NV - JULY 12: De'Aaron Fox
LAS VEGAS, NV - JULY 12: De'Aaron Fox

Day 6 of the Vegas Summer League featured the start of the playoff round or tournament portion of the event.

With the first round complete at Vegas Summer League, 16 teams played Round 1 of the Elimination phase on Day 6. Losing teams will still play another game on Friday, July 14 to determine final seeding.

Victorious teams from day 6 move on to  Round 2 to face one of the top eight tournament teams.  Those eight games all take  place today (Day 7) with losers meeting up with the Day 6’s losing squads. Winners move on to the Quarter Final phase on Saturday July 14.

Results from Day 6:

Of note, half the lower seeded teams bested their higher ranked counterparts and will move on to play Thursday. Again, the losing squads will play Friday against the teams who lose in today’s matches. The results of the Friday games will determine final seeding.

Seed 24  New Orleans Pelicans  105 versus Seed 9 Atlanta Hawks 95

Seed 23  Denver Nuggets 87 versus Seed 10 Houston Rockets 81

Seed 22  Golden State Warriors 77 versus Seed 11 Minnesota Timberwolves 69

Seed 21 Washington Wizards 88 versus Seed 12 Miami Heat 89

Seed 20 Utah Jazz 81 versus Seed 13 Phoenix Suns 97

Seed 19 Sacramento Kings 69 versus Seed 14 Milwaukee Bucks 65

Seed 17 Chicago Bulls 77 Seed  versus Seed 16  Portland Trail Blazers 88

Seed 18 Philadelphia 76ers 102 versus Seed 15 Los Angeles Lakers 103

Day 7 Round 2 of Tournament Elimination:

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All eight Round 2 elimination games will be played Thursday.  Loser move on to final seeding games on Friday while winners play Saturday in the Quarter Finals.

Seed 1 Toronto Raptors versus Seed 16  Portland Trail Blazers

Seed 2 Cleveland Cavaliers versus Seed 15 Los Angeles Lakers

Seed 3 Dallas Mavericks versus Seed 19 Sacramento Kings

Seed 4 Memphis Grizzlies versus Seed 13 Phoenix Suns

Seed 5 Los Angeles Clippers versus Seed 12 Miami Heat

Seed 6 Boston Celtics versus Seed  22  Golden State Warriors

Seed 7 Brooklyn Nets versus Seed 23  Denver Nuggets

Seed 8 San Antonio Spurs versus Seed 24  New Orleans Pelicans  105

Quarters, Semis and Finals :

Winners from Thursday July 13 will move on to the Quarter Finals on Saturday July 15. Semi Finals occur Sunday July 16 and the two undefeated squads will face off Monday July 16.