2008 NBA Playoffs Pick'em - How to Score

1. Each of the rounds in the NBA Playoffs is assigned a Round Factor:
   • First Round — 20
   • Conference Semifinals — 30
   • Conference Finals — 50
   • Finals — 80
2. Just before tip-off for the first playoffs game, we'll freeze the available points for each pick based on the picks made. This equates to the number of users participating in the contest times the round factor, divided by the number of users that made the same pick.

   Example: 100 people enter the NBA Playoffs Pick'em Contest.

   The first column in the table below shows one possible combination of how people might call a First Round series between Team A and Team B. The second column shows how many points each player would be awarded if their team won the series.

   	Total Picks	Available Points	Points per Person
   Team A	10	1,000	100.0
   Team B	90	1,000	11.1

   Because it's a First Round series, the winning side will share a total of 10 x 100 = 1000 points. The losers get zero.

   Let's say Team A wins. Because only 10 people picked Team A, they would each get 1000/10 = 100 points.

   If Team B wins with 90 people making that pick, the winners would only get 1000/90 = 11.1 points each.

3. In the event of a tie, the user with the highest Game Picks score from all NBA Playoffs Games wins.