PickMaster Euroleague Players edition is a prediction game for the Euroleague. Each player/participant has to predict between two specific opposing players of each Euroleague game, the player who will score the highest ranking, along with the difference from the ranking of the other player. Their score depends on how close to the real result their prediction will be. Each player will have the opportunity to predict all the games that will take place this season in Euroleague, ie for the 34 Regular Season rounds, the Playins-Playoffs rounds and the Final Four. At the same time, each player has to make predictions for the final team standings of the competition, at the beginning of the year. The player who will collect the highest score at the end of the season will be the PickMaster Euroleague Players edition winner.

To play in the PickMaster Euroleague Players edition you have to join BasketStories as a member, making a typical registration on the website that will help the game keep your game scores. Once your registration is complete, you can enter the game website and play in the PickMaster Euroleague Players edition.

All you have to do is enter the game website and start making your predictions. No additional information is required to participate in the PickMaster Euroleague Players edition.

You can join the PickMaster Euroleague Players edition and make your predictions for the upcoming games at any time of the season.

The game consists of three phases (or stages), namely Regular Season, Playins-Playoffs, Final Four and is divided into rounds, according to the schedule of the Euroleague. For each game, a pair of opposing players is given, for which you will have to predict the winner, ie the player who will score the highest ranking between the two. Thus, all you have to do is to:

- select the winner (the player with the highest ranking) of each game
- predict the ranking difference by which you think the winner will win
- select one or more of the games of the round that will multiply their score (see extra scores below)

Your score depends on how close to the real result your prediction will be (you get more points if your prediction is close to the real ranking difference of the two players). You can find more about the game scores in the next questions, as well as in the game instructions page.

Players pairs are not fixed, but different players can be selected for each team, depending on their recent performance (see below).

PickMaster Euroleague Players edition includes all the games of the Euroleague, so you should make your predictions for the games of each round until the round start time. Moreover, the game offers you the possibility to make your predictions for the games of the next round at any time (until that round starts as well).

You can make your predictions until the start of the round, ie until the start time of the first game of this round. Since then you will not be able to submit predictions for any of the games of the respective round.
Season predictions must be made before the start of the season.

You can change all your predictions for all the games of the round, through the Make Predictions page, by clicking the "Change" button below the table of your predictions. You can change all the specific data of your predictions, ie the player who will score the highest ranking (winner of the game), the final difference in the ranking, but also your distribution of the extra scores in the games of the round, as many times as you wish. Changes are possible until the start of the round.
Season predictions cannot be changed after submission.

You can make your predictions not only for the games of the current round that is coming next in the schedule, but also for the next round. Of course, you can change your predictions for the games of the next round at any time, until the round starts.

Each game that is postponed is in the page of postponed games. There you can change your predictions separately for each postponed game. You can change your prediction for each postponed game until its start time.

From each team, the player who has the highest ranking average in the last five games, before the previous round, is selected. For example, in the 8th round, for each team the player who had the highest ranking average in rounds 2 to 6 will be selected. This average will be referred to in the game as the Recent Average. If two players have the same recent average, then the one with the highest season average is selected, otherwise the selection is random. Exceptions are rounds 3 to 6, where the recent average is calculated from fewer games (for the 3rd round the scores of the 1st round are calculated, for the 4th the average comes out of the rankings 1st-2nd, for the 6th round from the scores 1st-4th), while for the first two rounds of the season, the selection of players is generally based on last season average in the Euroleague: for each team, the player with the highest average ranking is selected, from all its players who played in the Euroleague.

Thus, players are not fixed, but they may differ for each round.

A prerequisite for a player to be included in the round schedule is that he must have played in more than half of the games in the rounds that are considered for the recent average (for example, in an interval of 5 rounds, he must have played in 3 games, in an interval of 4 rounds, also in 3 games etc.).

In the event that the player of the team with the highest recent average has a given absence (DNP) when defining the pairs of the game, then the player with the second highest recent average of the team takes his place etc. If respectively the participation of the first player is considered doubtful, it is up to the game to set the first or second best player of the team in the pair of the respective game.

Basic scoring of a game:

- For each correct prediction of a winner you earn 5 points.

- For each predicted points difference that is less than 11 points away from the real points difference of the game you earn 11-X points, where X is the divergence of the prediction from the real difference.
The divergence points have effect regardless of the game result (you can earh points even if you did not find the winner, if your game points divergence is less than 11 points). Also, there are no negative scores.

- If you predict correct the winner and the exact difference of the game you earn a bonus of 4 points.
Thus, the maximum score from a game through basic scoring (without other bonuses) is 20 points.


In the playoffs and the Final Four phases these scores are automatically multiplied by 2 and by 3 respectively.


Special Cases:

- in case the two opposing players score the same ranking, then the player from the winning team gains 1 extra ranking point and becomes the winner.

- If one of the two players does not play, then the score he gives in the game is his recent Average multiplied by 0.75, rounded to the nearest integer.

- If no player from the game pair plays, then the game score for all contestants is 0, in all scores and standings.

More and detailed examples of the game scores can be found in the games instructions

Extra scoring (analyzed below):

- the extra scores multiply the scores of the games they have been assigned to by the respective multiplying factor (valid only for the Regular Season).

- outsider bonuses automatically double the score from the respective games

- Round bonuses give extra points depending on the number of correct result predictions (valid only for the Regular Season).

Each game in the PickMaster Euroleague Players edition has a multiplier factor the unit (1) by default. During the Regular Season, you can use a total of 2 extra scores units in the games of each round, in any way you want, thus multiplying the score you will win from the respective games. It is up to you to use the whole stock of 2 extra units in a single game (which you obviously think you have made a good prediction), in order to triple your score in this game (1 unit by default + 2 extra units = multiplier factor 3), or if you will divide it up to four games, which will have a multiplier factor of 1.5 each in the score they will give to you. In any case, the extra points that will be added in total to the games of the round can not exceed 2, while the smallest extra score unit that can be added to a game is half a unit (multiplier factor 1.5).

You can find more information and examples about in the game instructions page.

If you predict correctly the winner in a game in which the winning team has accumulated a percentage less than or equal to 15% in the total predictions of the players, then you win the outsider bonus. The outsider bonus applies to all phases/stages of the game and automatically doubles the score you earn from a game.

PickMaster Euroleague Players edition round bonuses reward players who have correctly predicted most of the games of the round. Specifically:

- if you make 9/9 correct predictions, you earn 30 extra points
- if you make 8/9 correct predictions, you earn 15 extra points
- if you make 7/9 correct predictions, you earn 5 extra points

The round bonuses are valid only for the rounds of the regular season.

The PickMaster Euroleague Players edition schedule can be hectic and demanding and sometimes you may not be able to make your predictions. In this case you get one of the three available Passes that the game provides you with, in order to not keep back in the standings. Depending on which Pass you use, you get the corresponding points:

- 1st Pass: 75% of the value of the median of the round standings

- 2nd Pass: 2/3 of the value of the median of the round standings

- 3rd Pass: 50% of the value of the median of the round standings

If you do not make predictions for a fourth round, then you will not be able to get extra score from the Pass feature. Passes are valid only from the 2nd Regular Season round to the second last Regular Season round and their scores are counted only for the overall standings of the game. In the other rounds you can not get any extra score. You can find detailed examples in the game instructions page.

You can see the other players' predictions if you click on their username as it appears on the several standings pages of the game.

You can see all the predictions you have made for all the rounds of the game, along with their scores and the bonuses you have earned, through the My Predictions page, by selecting the round you want in the menu on the right.

PickMaster Euroleague Players edition offers a lot of insightful statistics that can help you while making your predictions. Specifically, through the pages of the game you can take a look and consult:

- your performance for every Euroleague player in the game
- the performance and predictions/results statistics of every player in the game for all players
- the actual statistics and averages of the players in the Euroleague
- the overall detailed game statistics

In the playoffs (quarterfinals), as well in the Play-In Tournament, all scores are automatically multiplied by 2 (correct result prediction, points difference, exact difference bonus). At this stage extra scores and round bonuses have no effect (while they have in Regular Season). Respectively, in the Final Four all the scores are multiplied by 3. The outsider bonuses apply to all phases of the game.

The winner of the game will be the player who has collected the highest total score from the games predictions. You can see more at the game instructions page.

In addition to the overall game standings, in the PickMaster Euroleague Players edition there are also special team standings (Olympiacos, Panathinaikos), where scores are calculated only from the respective games of each team, that is only the games where their players participate. Only the basic scores of the predictions (correct result, points difference, exact difference bonus) are counted for these standings, while points resulting from extra scores and outsider bonuses are excluded.

PickMaster Euroleague Players edition ends together with the end of the Euroleague. The final standings refer to the end of the game. In case the competitiion is not completed, the terms, as stated on the respective page of the game, apply.

Big prizes await the players with the highest scores at the end of the game. Specifically, the first in the overall standings will win a Nintendo Switch Lite video console. The second in the overall standings will win the official jersey of his favorite Euroleague team. The third place winner will win a Spalding TF-150 basketball, while players finishing fourth and fifth in the overall standings will win a basketball book. In addition, the first in the Olympiacos standings will win an Olympiacos Spalding Basketball, while the first in the Panathinaikos standings will win a Panathinaikos Spalding Basketball. You can see more info on the prizes page.

You can create your own Private League and invite your friends to play directly against them in the PickMaster Euroleague Players edition. Your Private League can be either public, for other people to enter, or private, so each new player will need to enter the password of the league. The score of each Private League counts as in the regular PickMaster game and starts from the round that follows in the schedule after the league creation. Each Private League has its own round and season scores, while its creator can set a prize for its winner, to grow the interest.

Besides the PickMaster Euroleague Players edition, through BasketStories you can play in the PickMaster Euroleague, the prediction game for the Euroleague results, another exciting game with many big prizes.