Wednesday, July 9, 2025

2025 NBA/ABA Tournament of Champions: Group Play Round 3

With the holiday behind us, we move on to our third round of games in this Tournament of Champions.

We're still very early in this, so for the 33 teams that remain unbeaten to this point, they should not start planning the parade yet, while the 31 without a win to this point should not yet be entering panic mode. After all, 64 of the 88 teams will advance to the next stage and there is plenty of time for everyone to make their case.

This last round of games also saw the tournament's first buzzer beater as well as our first 30-30 game. I'm waiting for the first quadruple-double to drop, as given we've already seen a quintuple-nickel in this tournament nothing else would really surprise me at this point.

As we move into our next round of games, standings, schedules, and scores for the tournament can be found here. All simulations are provided by WhatIfSports.com. Let's get to it!

Group A

Bill Walton ('77 POR): 16 pts, 16 reb, 6 ast

Hakeem Olajuwon: 27 pts, 8 reb

Jayson Tatum ('24 BOS): 13 pts, 10 reb, 11 ast

'63 BOS 131, @ '65 BOS 125
Bill Russell ('63 BOS): 30 pts, 29 reb, 7 blk

Julius Erving ('74 NYN): 28 pts, 9 reb, 4 ast

Group B
Steph Curry ('15 GS): 27 pts, 5 reb, 10 ast, 5 stl

Karl Malone ('97 UTA): 34 pts, 15 reb, 5 ast

Nikola Jokic ('23 DEN): 22 pts, 14 reb, 7 ast

Kobe Bryant ('00 LAL): 27 pts, 9 reb, 8 ast

Ben Wallace ('04 DET): 10 pts, 20 reb, 7 blk

Group C

Shaquille O'Neal ('01 LAL): 36 pts, 19 reb, 5 blk
Magic Johnson ('85 LAL): 26 pts, 4 reb, 10 ast, 3 stl

Isiah Thomas ('89 DET): 16 pts, 4 reb, 11 ast

Kevin Durant ('17 GS): 23 pts, 10 reb, 3 blk

Rick Barry ('75 GS): 35 pts, 6 reb, 7 ast, 3 stl

Mel Daniels ('73 IND): 28 pts, 24 reb, 6 blk

Group D

Michael Jordan ('97 CHI): 33 pts, 5 reb, 4 stl

Jason Kidd ('03 NJ): 19 pts, 6 reb, 16 ast

Kawhi Leonard ('19 TOR): 25 pts, 6 reb

Wilt Chamberlain ('67 PHI): 32 pts, 28 reb, 9 ast, 8 blk

Zelmo Beaty ('71 UTA): 25 pts, 16 reb

Group E

Tim Duncan ('14 SA): 28 pts, 18 reb
LeBron James missed a game-tying three at the buzzer

Anthony Davis ('20 LAL): 15 pts, 5 reb, 4 ast, 8 blk

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander ('25 OKC): 32 pts, 4 reb, 5 ast, 3 stl

Jack Sikma ('79 SEA): 12 pts, 19 reb, 3 blk

Dennis Rodman ('90 DET): 17 pts, 18 reb

Group F

'09 LAL 111, @ '05 SA 89
Kobe Bryant ('09 LAL): 34 pts, 9 reb

Pascal Siakam ('25 IND): 20 pts, 10 reb, 6 ast

Steph Curry ('22 GS): 26 pts, 6 ast

Bill Russell ('64 BOS): 15 pts, 23 reb, 5 ast, 4 stl, 3 blk

Bob Netolicky ('72 IND): 13 pts, 11 reb, 3 blk

Group G

Michael Jordan ('91 CHI): 30 pts, 4 reb, 5 ast

Willis Reed ('70 NYK): 16 pts, 18 reb, 3 blk

Steph Curry ('18 GS): 29 pts, 4 reb, 4 ast

Tim Duncan ('07 SA): 24 pts, 18 reb, 6 ast, 7 blk

Gray Bradds ('69 OAK): 31 pts, 7 reb

Group H

Scottie Pippen ('96 CHI): 33 pts, 10 reb, 8 ast, 3 stl

Julius Erving ('76 NYN): 26 pts, 12 reb, 7 ast, 3 blk

Khris Middleton ('21 MIL): 22 pts, 13 reb, 7 ast, 3 stl

Dave Cowens ('74 BOS): 23 pts, 23 reb, 5 ast, 3 blk

Hakeem Olajuwon ('95 HOU): 33 pts, 9 reb, 5 ast, 5 blk

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