This past Friday and Sunday, 16 NBA players were engaged in NBA 2K21 MT a fierce competition on video game consoles as they fought it out in an NBA 2K championship game. The”Players-Only” event was televised on ESPN and ESPN2 and featured celebrities like Kevin Durant, Donovan Mitchell, and DeMarcus Cousins. After the first round, these 3 players are one and done.
Following Friday night's first-round tournament results, merely one of those quarterfinals matchups was put. That one will include the No. 2 seed, Trae Young combating upset-minded No. 10 seed DeAndre Ayton. The Phoenix Suns star already took out No. 7 Zach LaVine from the opener, but now he'll take on a guy who put up over 100 in his first 2K20 game of the tourney. With Sunday's 2K outcomes, we now know who will play in the other three matchups. The Clippers' Montrezl Harrell is the No. 8 seed and he will take on the smallest seed of the tournament, No. 16 Derrick Jones Jr. of the Heat. Jones removed Kevin Durant at a massive upset in the first matchup of this tourney.
The Phoenix Suns' Devin Booker may be one to beat in this championship. As the No. 5 seed, he looked solid from the opener against Michael Porter Jr.. He'll battle No. 13 seed Rui Hachimura who held off No. 4 Donovan Mitchell in the closest match of the NBA 2K Players Tournament bracket so far.
The final matchup of the quarterfinals will comprise two guys capable of talking some garbage, but who proved they have serious skills on 2K. Patrick Beverly ruined and demoralized his first-round opponent Hassan Whiteside. Andre Drummond took down DeMarcus Cousins at the last game of their first round, and did so by 52 points!
Matchups included Devin Booker vs. Michael Porter Jr., Rui Hachimura vs. Donovan Mitchell, and Andre Drummond vs. DeMarcus Cousins. While most games kept up the theme of one player dominating and lots of trash talk, audiences eventually got to see a game go to the last buzzer. Following is a look at which players moved on into the quarterfinals.
That made things fun to watch as they made comments about their teammates throughout the match. “This game is rigged,” Sabonis stated when Myles Turner was too slow to chase down a player on a fast break. By the fourth quarter, Harrell had extended to MT for sale 2K21 a 60-37 guide as Sabonis was unable to discover any success with his shots. Harrell kept up the lead as Sabonis eventually dropped, 73-51.
