{"id":7015,"date":"2026-09-15T14:44:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T18:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grinders.live\/basketball\/?page_id=7015"},"modified":"2026-09-16T17:58:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T21:58:40","slug":"league-rules","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/grinders.live\/basketball\/league-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"League Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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These are the league rules\u2026 subject to change of course.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Team Rules<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subs<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Captains will agree on subs in the Captain\u2019s Chat before each game, unless there are extenuating circumstances<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Subs should be on \u201cpar\u201d with the player(s) being subbed for<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Generally speaking, if 2 or more subs are needed – the team needing the subs will forfeit by a set score (58-47).\n
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    • Exception: If both players being subbed for are injured, that is acceptable. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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      Drafts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • Generally speaking, each captain gets $50 to auction\/bid players<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • 5-6 players on each team\n
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        • Captains must stay until end of the draft when there is a possibility 1 or more teams will have a 6th player\n
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          • Leaving a draft early may result in being \u201cassigned\u201d a 6th player by the league<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • If you pick a guy who will miss a lot of games and it\u2019s known ahead of time – do the right thing and draft a 6th guy (includes Captain as a guy).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Each of your first 4 picks must be between $1 – $47, and total no more than $50.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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            Champions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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            • The Captain of the reigning league champion has the option to keep his team in tact for the following session.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • No team can stay together more than 3 consecutive sessions without being drafted<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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              Game Rules<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

              Regulation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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              • Over\/Back: will be called through the entire game, including overtime<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Possession Arrow: determines which team starts 2nd half with the ball<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Intentional Hard Foul: Bucket and ball for team that was fouled\n
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                • Be gentlemen – these should be obvious calls<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • Scorekeepers and Scoreboard guys will adjudicate any disagreements\n
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                  • Scoreboard guy breaks any split decision amongst the three<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • Scoreboard guy calls out the decision<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • Respect the decision – we are all doing our best<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • Last 2 Minutes of 2nd Half: clock stops<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • Last 1 Minute of 2nd Half: intentional fouls = free throws\n
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                    • FTs are 1 and 1<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    • Guy who is fouled takes the shot(s)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                      \n\n\n\n

                      Overtime<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                      • Duration:\n
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                        • 1st OT: 5 minutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        • 2nd OT: 3 minutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        • Playoff OTs: 5 minutes each<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        • Last 1 Minute of each:\n
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                          • Clock Stops<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                          • Intentional Fouls: Guy fouled shoots 1 and 1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                            Timeouts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                            • 1 per team<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                              \n\n\n\n

                              Playoffs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                              Tournament<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                              • Top 5 teams make playoffs\n
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                                • 5th and 4th seed play-in game\n
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                                  • 1v4\/5<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                  • 2v3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                  • 1st seed picks time of their game<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                                    \n\n\n\n

                                    Tie-Breakers\/Standings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                    Two-way tie<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                    1. Head to Head Record<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                    2. Overall Point Differential<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                    3. Head to Head Point Differential<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                    4. GAPE Chicken Decides<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                      Three-way tie (or more – FIBA rules)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                      1. Head to Head Record<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                      2. Overall Point Differential<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                      3. Total Points scored in all games<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                      4. Death Match (or draw lots)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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                                        These are the league rules\u2026 subject to change of course. Team Rules Subs: Drafts Champions Game Rules Regulation Overtime Timeouts Playoffs Tournament Tie-Breakers\/Standings Two-way tie Three-way tie (or more – FIBA rules)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7015","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grinders.live\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grinders.live\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grinders.live\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grinders.live\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grinders.live\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7015"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/grinders.live\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7107,"href":"https:\/\/grinders.live\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7015\/revisions\/7107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grinders.live\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}