How do you make the meaningless meaningful? Every sporting league has grappled with that question and the NBA might have found the answer. The basketball league has taken elements of soccer/football 'Cup' formats and injected them into regular season fixtures to bring tension and stakes where they didn't previously exist. Today, Phil Murphy speaks to Patrick Stack about how it works and what others may (or may not) learn. Featured: Phil Murphy, broadcaster, ESPN. 

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