Kings Guard Gaming Announces Schedule for Upcoming 2020 NBA 2K League Regular Season

Today, Kings Guard Gaming announced their upcoming regular-season schedule. For the 2020 NBA 2K League Season, games will be hosted at the League’s new 13,600 square-foot space studio located at 508 West 37th Street in Manhattan, New York. Every game will be broadcast live on Twitch.com/NBA2KLeague and YouTube.com/NBA2KLeague.

During the season, the 16 regular-season matchups, which will occur each week on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, will determine future playoff seeding. Select NBA 2K League teams will host rivalry matches and round-robin events in their local markets. These games will count towards a team’s regular-season record, with the exception of the round-robin championship games, which will have a total prize pool of $20,000 – the winning team of the championship game will receive $15,000.

The 2020 season will once again feature three in-season (THE TIPOFF, THE TURN and THE TICKET), which will all see teams compete for banners that link together to form THE BANNER CHAIN powered by AT&T. The first two tournaments – THE TIPOFF and THE TURN – will see all 23 teams compete. The top nine playoff seeds will be determined by regular-season record, with the remaining 14 teams competing in THE TICKET to decide the 10th and final spot in the 2020 NBA 2K League Playoffs. The playoffs will tip-off on Wednesday, July 29, and take place over four days of gameplay.

Each team will have five bye weeks during the season, including a league-wide bye week July 1 through July 4.

During the 2020 season, the NBA 2K League will award $1.4 million in prize money across THE TIPOFF and THE TURN, the six round-robin local events and the NBA 2K League Playoffs.

Kings Guard Gaming 2020 Regular Season Schedule

	Date	Games	Tip-off Time (PST)	Location
Week 1	March 24-28: THE TIPOFF – In-Season Tournament
Week 2	April 3	Kings Guard Gaming @ Gen.G Tigers	5 p.m.	NYC
Week 3	April 8	Kings Guard Gaming @ Cavs Legion GC Kings Guard Gaming @ Magic Gaming	5 p.m. 7 p.m.	NYC
Week 4	April 14-17: BYE WEEK
Week 5	April 22 April 23	Kings Guard Gaming vs. Pistons GT Kings Guard Gaming vs. Jazz Gaming	4 p.m. 5 p.m.	NYC
Week 6	April 29	Kings Guard vs. Knicks Gaming	4 p.m.	NYC
Week 7	May 6-8: BYE WEEK
Week 8	May 14 – 16: THE TURN – In-Season Tournament
Week 9	May 22	Kings Guard Gaming vs. Raptors GC	4 p.m.	NYC
Week 10	May 28	Kings Guard Gaming @ Bucks Gaming	5 p.m.	NYC
Week 11	June 3	Kings Guard Gaming @ Mavs Gaming	7 p.m.	NYC
Week 12	June 10-12: BYE WEEK
Week 13	June 17 June 18	Kings Guard Gaming vs. NetsGC Kings Guard Gaming vs. Grizz Gaming	5 p.m. 6 p.m.	NYC
Week 14	June 25 June 26	Kings Guard Gaming vs. T-Wolves Gaming Kings Guard Gaming @ Hawks Talon GC	5 p.m. 6 p.m.	NYC
Week 15	July 1-4: BYE WEEK
Week 16	July 11	Kings Guard vs. Blazer5 Gaming Kings Guard Gaming @ Warriors Gaming Squad Kings Guard Gaming @ Lakers Gaming	1 p.m. 3 p.m. 4 p.m.	SF
Week 17	July 15-17: BYE WEEK
July 23-25: THE TICKET – In-Season Tournament
July 29 – August 1: 2020 NBA 2K League Playoffs
August 8: 2020 NBA 2K League Finals

Details for each of the in-season tournaments will be announced later.

Kings Guard Gaming will participate in its third season in the NBA 2K League as one of 23 total franchises who will compete in the upcoming 2020 season. Kings Guard enters the new season coming off its first postseason appearance in 2019 under the leadership of Head Coach DJ “TTPLOADING” Layton, who will return to lead the team this season.

On February 22, Kings Guard selected forward Rafel “Crush” Davis, guard Matthew “Bash” Robles and guard Hayden “Nasthetic” Caudle amongst 229 eligible picks in the 2020 NBA 2K League Draft. These rookies will join veteran players Waseem “BallLikeSeem” Talbert, Connor “DatBoyShotz” and Yusuf “Yusuf_Scarbz” Abdulla, who was named to the 2019 Intel Performance SZN 2 All-Defensive Team.

The team will live in Sacramento and practice at the world’s first dedicated esports training facility and content studio inside a professional sporting venue Golden 1 Center, which features a broadcast center, gamer lounge and full-service music recording studio.

For more information about Kings Guard, visit KingsGuard.gg and follow the team’s social channels on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

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ABOUT THE NBA 2K LEAGUE: The NBA 2K League, a professional esports league co-founded by the NBA and Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTWO), launched in 2018 and features the best NBA 2K players in the world.  Each of the league’s 23 teams features six players who compete as unique characters in 5-on-5 play against the other teams in a mix of regular-season games, tournaments and playoffs.  During the 2019 season, NBA 2K League partners included Anheuser-Busch, AT&T, Champion Athleticwear, Facebook, HyperX, New Era, Raynor Gaming, SCUF Gaming, Snickers, Stance, Tencent, Twitch and YouTube.  For more information about the NBA 2K League, visit NBA2KLeague.com.