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Washington Wizards forward Rui Hachimura and Denver Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr. are set to play in the NBA 2K Players Only Tournament on Sunday night.
The competition launched on Friday night as No. 16 seed Derrick Jones Jr. upset the top-seeded Kevin Durant. Jones played with the Milwaukee Bucks while Durant used the Los Angeles Clippers. Deandre Ayton, Trae Young and Patrick Beverley were the other players to emerge victoriously.
The rest of the first-round, single-elimination games will begin Sunday at 6 p.m. ET with No. 9 Domantas Sabonis playing No. 8 Montrezl Harrell. Hachimura will play fourth seed Donovan Mitchell while Porter is scheduled to face No. 5 seed, Devin Booker.
Round 1 continues tonight at 6pm ET on ESPN2. Reply with who you got 👇 #NBA2KTourney pic.twitter.com/nNjmPOrbp6
— NBA 2K20 (@NBA2K) April 5, 2020
The winner will be crowned the ultimate NBA 2K20 champion and select a charity beneficiary to receive a $100,000 donation from 2K, the NBA and the NBPA in support of ongoing coronavirus relief efforts.
The quarterfinals are scheduled to run Tuesday from 7-11 p.m. ET.
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