The World Series of Basketball: Day 5

After capturing the 2013 World Series of Basketball title, can Jrue Holiday and the Californians win twice the gold with a victory in the NBA 2k13 simulation?  Zimbio/PHOTOCREDITS

     With the 2013 World Series of Basketball championship awarded to Team California, the NBA 2k13 simulation started to generate considerable buzz around the internet. Could any team defeat a starting five loaded with future NBA superstars? How would Illinois, New York, and Texas bounce back after a bitter defeat in the Final Four? Would Spain be able to steal a victory and bring the championship across international waters? Well, put away the questions because I have the answers.

     First off, lets go over the details of how this simulation was created. Each team was created via the create a team option on NBA 2k13. The five starters were added to each roster and then filled in with seven Fab Melos so the team would have a complete roster of 12 players. I chose Fab Melo because I wanted someone that would be absolutely worthless during the simulation. So with their five players and seven Melos, each team was created. However, the game only allows for ten teams to be created at once. This created a dilemma because my intent was to create 16 teams and have them face off against each other in the playoff mode. Instead, I could only create eight teams at a time and run their simulation through one side of the bracket, basically simulating the left side of the bracket before a game was played on the right side. Each series was a four game series. All fatigue and injuries were turned off and the five starters played the whole game to ensure that the games would mostly be between the five starters from each area (and not Fab Melo(s)). After a team had defeated all the other created teams, they were crowned the winner of that side of the bracket. I then repeated the process over again for the right side of the bracket. Then, to create the final series, the two champions were put into a first round matchup in playoff mode and played against each other. I would add pictures of the simulation but they turned out too blurry.

Simulation #1
     South Carolina def. Maryland, 4-2
     Illinois def. Spain, 4-1
     France def. Washington, 4-0
     Texas def. Indiana, 4-3

     Illinois def. South Carolina, 4-1
     Texas def. France, 4-2  

     Texas def. Illinois, 4-2

Simulation #2
     New York def. Pennsylvania, 4-3
     Georgia def. Kentucky, 4-1
     Louisiana def. Ohio, 4-3
     California def. New Jersey, 4-1

     Georgia def. New York, 4-0
     California def. Louisiana, 4-3

     California def. Georgia, 4-2

Championship
     California def. Texas, 4-1

Tournament MVP: Brook Lopez - 25.0 PPG, 13.4 RPG

Notable Stat Lines
     Kobe Bryant - 62 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists
     Josh Smith - 25.3 pts, 12.8 rebs, 10.3 asts (averages)
     Brook Lopez - 33 points, 21 rebounds
     Dwayne Wade - 53 points, 7 rebounds, 12 assists
     James Harden - 41 points, 9 rebounds, 22 assists