As the NBA remains shut down, several league stars return to action in a televised basketball playground game. NBA
GOOD CAUSE. All-Star guards Trae Young and Chris Paul play for charity. Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images/AFP
The eight-player event based on a traditional basketball playground game starts Sunday with $200,000 being donated to charities focused on relief efforts for the coronavirus pandemic that forced thePlayers will compete in the single-elimination tournament from courts at their respective homes as they continue to isolate to slow the spread of the deadly virus outbreak.
Sunday's winners advance to next Thursday's semifinals with the championship matchup later that day in the event, which is backed by the players union and will be televised on ESPN. The other quarterfinals send Pierce against LaVine and Paul against Quigley for the other semifinal berths.
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