The NBA Cup: The $500,000 Ghost Game

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Opublikowano: 2026-10-31

Discover how the NBA borrowed from European soccer to fix its regular season, leading to 'ghost' stats and life-changing paychecks for bench players. ALEX: Imagine you’re Anthony Davis. You just played one of the greatest games in the history of basketball—41 points, 20 rebounds, and 4 blocks to win a championship. But here’s the kicker: if you look at the official NBA record books, that game literally never happened. JORDAN: Wait, what? Did he fail a drug test or something? How do you just delete a 40-20 game from history? ALEX: It’s not a sc...