NBA 2K Players Tournament Bracket Update: Quarterfinals Matchups Set For Second Round Games

This past Friday and 2K21 MT Sunday, 16 NBA players had been involved in a fierce competition on video game consoles remotely as they battled it out in an NBA 2K championship game. The"Players-Only" event was televised on ESPN and ESPN2 and featured celebrities such as Kevin Durant, Donovan Mitchell, and DeMarcus Cousins. Following the first round, those three players are one and done. We have a look at the NBA 2K Players Tournament bracket matchups as we move towards the next round.

After Friday night's first-round tournament results, merely one of those quarterfinals matchups was set. The Phoenix Suns celebrity already performed No. 7 Zach LaVine in the opener, but now he'll take on a guy who set up over 100 in his initial 2K20 game of the tourney. With Sunday's 2K outcomes, we know who'll play at another 3 matchups. The Clippers' Montrezl Harrell is the No. 8 seed and he will take on the lowest seed of the championship, No. 16 Derrick Jones Jr. of the Heat. Jones eliminated Kevin Durant in a huge upset in the first matchup of this tourney.

The Phoenix Suns' Devin Booker may be one to beat in this tournament. As the No. 5 seed, he also looked solid in the opener against Michael Porter Jr.. He'll battle No. 13 seed Rui Hachimura who held off No. 4 Donovan Mitchell in the closest game of the NBA 2K Players Tournament bracket up to now.

The final matchup of the quarterfinals will feature two guys capable of talking some trash, but also who demonstrated they have serious skills on 2K. Patrick Beverly destroyed and demoralized his first-round opponent Hassan Whiteside. Andre Drummond took down DeMarcus Cousins in the last match of Buy MT 2K21 the first round, and did so by 52 points!