Playoffs and Tournaments

This scenario covers the G League's two championship structures: the April playoffs, addressed as linked series, and the Showcase Cup, the season-opening tournament that resolves in its own championship game.

This scenario is commonly used to:

Render a playoff bracket that wires itself round to round
Track a series with aggregate team and player statistics
Cover the Showcase Cup as its own competition with its own champion

Relevant Feeds

Feed	Purpose
Series Schedule	Every playoff series: round, participants, seeds, records, and bracket wiring
Series Statistics	One team's aggregate statistics across a series
Schedule	The games of the `PST` and `SCC` season types
Game Summary	Full detail for any playoff game (see Live Game Updates)

High-Level Workflow

Series Schedule for the bracket → game feeds per game → Series Statistics per side

Two Championships a SeasonThe April playoff bracket and the December Showcase Cup

Playoffs season type PST

Series Schedule→rounds 1 to 3: single game→Finals: best of three

Wire the bracket from each series' parent_id and its participants' source links.

Showcase Cup season types SC + SCC

Standings 2025/SC→Schedule 2025/SCC→Showcase Cup - Final

The championship is its own one-game season type; game feeds apply as usual.

Series Statistics aggregates one team's line across a series; call it per participant.

In the 2025-26 postseason, the first three rounds (first round, conference semifinals, conference finals) were single elimination: one game decides the series. The Finals are best of three. The playoff schedule titles games accordingly: every single-elimination game is Game 1, and the Finals carry Game 2 and Game 3 (if necessary) entries. Postseason and tournament formats can change from season to season, so read each season's structure from Series Schedule rather than assuming it.

Integration Steps

1. Pull the series structure

Series Schedule takes the {season_year}/{season_type} pair and returns every series: 15 for 2025-26, from the conference first rounds (round: 1) to the Finals (round: 4). A first-round series and the Finals:

GET https://api.sportradar.com/nbdl/trial/v8/en/series/2025/PST/schedule.json
x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY

{
  "league": {
    "id": "ac79301f-9b1a-4e72-a4cb-230d4418ae08",
    "name": "NBA G League",
    "alias": "NBDL"
  },
  "season": {
    "id": "d32bbe62-5116-42c5-a96c-95ff0c87de03",
    "year": 2025,
    "type": "PST"
  },
  "series": [
    {
      "id": "02a06763-19a0-4ef0-a52a-2eeb9dc8f908",
      "title": "Western Conference - First Round - SDC vs SBL",
      "round": 1,
      "start_date": "2026-04-01",
      "status": "closed",
      "participants": [
        {
          "name": "Clippers",
          "seed": 8,
          "record": 0,
          "team": {
            "id": "80411a5b-5ac0-4297-a19d-2dff8e0b611b",
            "name": "Clippers",
            "alias": "SDC",
            "market": "San Diego",
            "reference": "1612709924"
          }
        },
        {
          "name": "Lakers",
          "seed": 1,
          "record": 1,
          "team": {
            "id": "0a3d428b-572a-4a94-b716-8c1297c53d8e",
            "name": "Lakers",
            "alias": "SBL",
            "market": "South Bay",
            "reference": "1612709905"
          }
        }
      ],
      "games": [
        {
          "id": "2539ac16-bcae-4f55-a208-1cfc936b530b",
          "status": "closed",
          "title": "Game 1",
          "coverage": "full",
          "scheduled": "2026-04-02T02:00:00+00:00",
          "home_points": 122,
          "away_points": 119,
          "neutral_site": false,
          "track_on_court": true,
          "reference": "2042500105",
          "time_zones": {
            "venue": "US/Pacific",
            "home": "US/Pacific",
            "away": "US/Pacific"
          },
          "venue": {
            "id": "8ae128c4-e3c5-478a-bbe0-8fab0344e147",
            "name": "UCLA Health Training Center",
            "capacity": 750,
            "address": "2275 E. Mariposa Avenue",
            "city": "El Segundo",
            "state": "CA",
            "zip": "90245",
            "country": "USA",
            "location": {
              "lat": "33.92471844301611",
              "lng": "-118.38396291639627"
            }
          },
          "broadcasts": [
            {
              "network": "ESPNU",
              "type": "TV",
              "locale": "National",
              "channel": "208"
            }
          ],
          "home": {
            "name": "South Bay Lakers",
            "alias": "SBL",
            "id": "0a3d428b-572a-4a94-b716-8c1297c53d8e",
            "seed": 1,
            "reference": "1612709905"
          },
          "away": {
            "name": "San Diego Clippers",
            "alias": "SDC",
            "id": "80411a5b-5ac0-4297-a19d-2dff8e0b611b",
            "seed": 8,
            "reference": "1612709924"
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "4fc6edd5-8dea-489b-9f5a-29a5fa4a5474",
      "parent_id": "521d971a-76ea-424d-b49f-3ab49a8bcb97",
      "title": "NBA G League Finals - STO vs GBO",
      "round": 4,
      "start_date": "2026-04-08",
      "status": "closed",
      "participants": [
        {
          "name": "Swarm",
          "seed": 2,
          "record": 2,
          "team": {
            "id": "e74de5ce-3e98-4414-afe5-b56a90e527a2",
            "name": "Swarm",
            "alias": "GBO",
            "market": "Greensboro",
            "reference": "1612709922"
          },
          "source": {
            "id": "ccff30c3-e7c0-4172-8926-402ec33bf1d9",
            "title": "Eastern Conference - Finals - GBO vs OSC",
            "round": 3,
            "outcome": "win"
          }
        },
        {
          "name": "Kings",
          "seed": 3,
          "record": 0,
          "team": {
            "id": "b971b187-c542-4b76-9548-114acc564e05",
            "name": "Kings",
            "alias": "STO",
            "market": "Stockton",
            "reference": "1612709914"
          },
          "source": {
            "id": "0ae0e58a-b8da-4f72-b132-62a96815d1c3",
            "title": "Western Conference - Finals - STO vs SBL",
            "round": 3,
            "outcome": "win"
          }
        }
      ],
      "games": [
        {
          "id": "3857b116-dca5-4b2c-9017-ac86d00892f9",
          "status": "closed",
          "title": "Game 1",
          "coverage": "full",
          "scheduled": "2026-04-08T23:30:00+00:00",
          "home_points": 111,
          "away_points": 107,
          "neutral_site": false,
          "track_on_court": true,
          "reference": "2042500401",
          "time_zones": {
            "venue": "US/Eastern",
            "home": "US/Eastern",
            "away": "US/Pacific"
          },
          "venue": {
            "id": "c780720a-64bf-4a47-983e-518eb7e710c7",
            "name": "Novant Health Fieldhouse",
            "capacity": 2500,
            "address": "1921 W. Gate City Boulevard",
            "city": "Greensboro",
            "state": "NC",
            "zip": "27403",
            "country": "USA",
            "location": {
              "lat": "36.059478",
              "lng": "-79.825533"
            }
          },
          "broadcasts": [
            {
              "network": "ESPNews",
              "type": "TV",
              "locale": "National",
              "channel": "207"
            }
          ],
          "home": {
            "name": "Greensboro Swarm",
            "alias": "GBO",
            "id": "e74de5ce-3e98-4414-afe5-b56a90e527a2",
            "seed": 2,
            "reference": "1612709922"
          },
          "away": {
            "name": "Stockton Kings",
            "alias": "STO",
            "id": "b971b187-c542-4b76-9548-114acc564e05",
            "seed": 3,
            "reference": "1612709914"
          }
        },
        {
          "id": "5b13f219-10bf-4ff7-b91d-721a9f53600d",
          "status": "closed",
          "title": "Game 2",
          "coverage": "full",
          "scheduled": "2026-04-11T02:00:00+00:00",
          "home_points": 104,
          "away_points": 119,
          "neutral_site": false,
          "track_on_court": true,
          "reference": "2042500402",
          "time_zones": {
            "venue": "US/Pacific",
            "home": "US/Pacific",
            "away": "US/Eastern"
          },
          "venue": {
            "id": "2292d4a1-3e13-4d5b-80cb-25dc15e4c65c",
            "name": "Adventist Health Arena",
            "capacity": 11193,
            "address": "248 West Fremont Street",
            "city": "Stockton",
            "state": "CA",
            "zip": "95203",
            "country": "USA",
            "location": {
              "lat": "37.956217",
              "lng": "-121.296071"
            }
          },
          "broadcasts": [
            {
              "network": "ESPNU",
              "type": "TV",
              "locale": "National",
              "channel": "208"
            }
          ],
          "home": {
            "name": "Stockton Kings",
            "alias": "STO",
            "id": "b971b187-c542-4b76-9548-114acc564e05",
            "seed": 3,
            "reference": "1612709914"
          },
          "away": {
            "name": "Greensboro Swarm",
            "alias": "GBO",
            "id": "e74de5ce-3e98-4414-afe5-b56a90e527a2",
            "seed": 2,
            "reference": "1612709922"
          }
        },
        {
          "id": "072d9d92-2081-4a4e-be36-7dca20c1d3e1",
          "status": "unnecessary",
          "title": "Game 3 (if necessary)",
          "coverage": "full",
          "scheduled": "2026-04-14T00:00:00+00:00",
          "neutral_site": false,
          "track_on_court": true,
          "reference": "2042500403",
          "time_zones": {
            "venue": "US/Eastern",
            "home": "US/Eastern",
            "away": "US/Pacific"
          },
          "venue": {
            "id": "c780720a-64bf-4a47-983e-518eb7e710c7",
            "name": "Novant Health Fieldhouse",
            "capacity": 2500,
            "address": "1921 W. Gate City Boulevard",
            "city": "Greensboro",
            "state": "NC",
            "zip": "27403",
            "country": "USA",
            "location": {
              "lat": "36.059478",
              "lng": "-79.825533"
            }
          },
          "broadcasts": [
            {
              "network": "ESPN2",
              "type": "TV",
              "locale": "National",
              "channel": "209"
            }
          ],
          "home": {
            "name": "Greensboro Swarm",
            "alias": "GBO",
            "id": "e74de5ce-3e98-4414-afe5-b56a90e527a2",
            "seed": 2,
            "reference": "1612709922"
          },
          "away": {
            "name": "Stockton Kings",
            "alias": "STO",
            "id": "b971b187-c542-4b76-9548-114acc564e05",
            "seed": 3,
            "reference": "1612709914"
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Reading a series:

round places the series in the bracket, and title names it
Each participant carries its seed, its record (games won in this series), and the team object
A participant's source names the series it arrived from, with the outcome that sent it here: follow source.id (and the series' own parent_id) to wire the bracket round to round
status reads closed once the series is decided

The full 15-series response renders as a bracket, with the columns ordered by that wiring and every seed and record taken from the series entries:

2025-26 Playoff BracketChampion: Greensboro Swarm

FIRST ROUND

8LINLong Island Nets01OSCOsceola Magic1

5MCCMotor City Cruise14RAPRaptors 9050

2GBOGreensboro Swarm17MNEMaine Celtics0

3CLCCleveland Charge06CCGCapital City Go-Go1

8SDCSan Diego Clippers01SBLSouth Bay Lakers1

4RGVRio Grande Valley Vipers15AUSAustin Spurs0

2MXCMexico City Capitanes07RCRRip City Remix1

6IWAIowa Wolves03STOStockton Kings1

CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS

1OSCOsceola Magic15MCCMotor City Cruise0

2GBOGreensboro Swarm16CCGCapital City Go-Go0

1SBLSouth Bay Lakers14RGVRio Grande Valley Vipers0

7RCRRip City Remix03STOStockton Kings1

CONFERENCE FINALS

1OSCOsceola Magic02GBOGreensboro Swarm1

1SBLSouth Bay Lakers03STOStockton Kings1

FINALS

2GBOGreensboro Swarm23STOStockton Kings0Game 1: 111 to 107Game 2: 119 to 104Game 3 (if necessary)unnecessary

The logo slots are generic placeholders; fill them from Sportradar's image products or your own assets.

2. List the playoff games

The PST Schedule returns the playoff games with series-aware titles. The deciding Finals game, and the Game 3 that was never needed:

GET https://api.sportradar.com/nbdl/trial/v8/en/games/2025/PST/schedule.json
x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY

{
  "league": {
    "id": "ac79301f-9b1a-4e72-a4cb-230d4418ae08",
    "name": "NBA G League",
    "alias": "NBDL"
  },
  "season": {
    "id": "d32bbe62-5116-42c5-a96c-95ff0c87de03",
    "year": 2025,
    "type": "PST"
  },
  "games": [
    {
      "id": "5b13f219-10bf-4ff7-b91d-721a9f53600d",
      "title": "Game 2",
      "status": "closed",
      "scheduled": "2026-04-11T02:00:00+00:00",
      "home_points": 104,
      "away_points": 119,
      "home": {
        "id": "b971b187-c542-4b76-9548-114acc564e05",
        "name": "Stockton Kings",
        "alias": "STO"
      },
      "away": {
        "id": "e74de5ce-3e98-4414-afe5-b56a90e527a2",
        "name": "Greensboro Swarm",
        "alias": "GBO"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "072d9d92-2081-4a4e-be36-7dca20c1d3e1",
      "title": "Game 3 (if necessary)",
      "status": "unnecessary",
      "scheduled": "2026-04-14T00:00:00+00:00",
      "home": {
        "id": "e74de5ce-3e98-4414-afe5-b56a90e527a2",
        "name": "Greensboro Swarm",
        "alias": "GBO"
      },
      "away": {
        "id": "b971b187-c542-4b76-9548-114acc564e05",
        "name": "Stockton Kings",
        "alias": "STO"
      }
    }
  ]
}

The game entries are reduced to their core fields here. Note the second entry's status: a series game that is not required finalizes as unnecessary, with no score. Handle it as a first-class status: render it as "if necessary" while the series is live, then drop or gray it once it resolves.

3. Pull series-level statistics

Series Statistics takes a series ID and a team ID and returns that team's aggregate record across the series: own_record (with total and average blocks), opponents, and per-player aggregates. The champion's Finals line, reduced to a selection of fields and the leading scorer:

GET https://api.sportradar.com/nbdl/trial/v8/en/series/4fc6edd5-8dea-489b-9f5a-29a5fa4a5474/teams/e74de5ce-3e98-4414-afe5-b56a90e527a2/statistics.json
x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY

{
  "id": "4fc6edd5-8dea-489b-9f5a-29a5fa4a5474",
  "parent_id": "521d971a-76ea-424d-b49f-3ab49a8bcb97",
  "title": "NBA G League Finals - STO vs GBO",
  "status": "closed",
  "season": {
    "id": "d32bbe62-5116-42c5-a96c-95ff0c87de03",
    "year": 2025,
    "type": "PST"
  },
  "team": {
    "id": "e74de5ce-3e98-4414-afe5-b56a90e527a2",
    "name": "Swarm",
    "market": "Greensboro"
  },
  "own_record": {
    "total": {
      "points": 230,
      "field_goals_made": 79,
      "field_goals_att": 188,
      "field_goals_pct": 0.42,
      "three_points_made": 24,
      "three_points_att": 74,
      "three_points_pct": 0.324,
      "free_throws_made": 27,
      "free_throws_att": 37,
      "free_throws_pct": 0.73,
      "rebounds": 117,
      "assists": 28,
      "steals": 17,
      "blocks": 7,
      "turnovers": 29,
      "fast_break_pts": 38
    },
    "average": {
      "minutes": 240.0,
      "points": 115.0,
      "rebounds": 58.5,
      "assists": 14.0,
      "steals": 8.5,
      "blocks": 3.5
    }
  },
  "players": [
    {
      "id": "a13cb61f-223c-4b04-b1eb-1abe652d945c",
      "full_name": "Tosan Evbuomwan",
      "jersey_number": "8",
      "position": "F",
      "total": {
        "minutes": 67.0,
        "points": 37,
        "rebounds": 9,
        "assists": 4,
        "steals": 3,
        "blocks": 1,
        "turnovers": 4,
        "field_goals_made": 12,
        "field_goals_att": 24,
        "field_goals_pct": 0.5,
        "three_points_made": 2,
        "three_points_att": 8,
        "free_throws_made": 6,
        "free_throws_att": 9,
        "efficiency": 35
      }
    }
  ]
}

4. Cover the Showcase Cup

The Showcase Cup opens the season as its own season type (SC), with its own standings table, and resolves in the Showcase Cup Championship, a separate one-game season type (SCC). The complete 2025 SCC schedule is a single game:

GET https://api.sportradar.com/nbdl/trial/v8/en/games/2025/SCC/schedule.json
x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY

{
  "league": {
    "id": "ac79301f-9b1a-4e72-a4cb-230d4418ae08",
    "name": "NBA G League",
    "alias": "NBDL"
  },
  "season": {
    "id": "885e15b0-b071-49de-8d70-4b8f45a6b331",
    "year": 2025,
    "type": "SCC"
  },
  "games": [
    {
      "id": "c1bbe8d3-ac5c-4505-a12f-da2460cbdb4a",
      "status": "closed",
      "title": "Showcase Cup - Final",
      "coverage": "full",
      "scheduled": "2025-12-22T23:30:00+00:00",
      "home_points": 112,
      "away_points": 137,
      "neutral_site": true,
      "parent_id": "165954df-9aed-49ec-b397-5d56365cf486",
      "track_on_court": true,
      "reference": "2062500001",
      "time_zones": {
        "venue": "US/Eastern",
        "home": "US/Eastern",
        "away": "US/Mountain"
      },
      "venue": {
        "id": "db7644f4-45dc-4ee1-a2ab-f4467ffc03c6",
        "name": "Orange County Convention Center",
        "address": "9800 International Drive",
        "city": "Orlando",
        "state": "FL",
        "zip": "32819",
        "country": "USA"
      },
      "broadcasts": [
        {
          "network": "ESPNU",
          "type": "TV",
          "locale": "National",
          "channel": "208"
        }
      ],
      "home": {
        "name": "Raptors 905",
        "alias": "RAP",
        "id": "2d0a4879-33d3-4af9-a12f-8081362ff548",
        "seed": 1,
        "reference": "1612709920"
      },
      "away": {
        "name": "Salt Lake City Stars",
        "alias": "SLC",
        "id": "f12b109d-a4fa-42f4-83fd-34a82cf65239",
        "seed": 2,
        "reference": "1612709903"
      }
    }
  ]
}

The game carries the title Showcase Cup - Final. Cover it like any other game: the Game Summary, Boxscore, and Play-by-Play feeds all apply.

The Cup's knockout rounds are addressed as series too: Series Schedule with SC returns the bracket rounds (semifinals and consolation series), and SCC returns the final as its own series, with seeds and records wired like the playoff bracket. One SC semifinal, and the SCC final:

GET https://api.sportradar.com/nbdl/trial/v8/en/series/2025/SC/schedule.json
x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY

{
  "league": {
    "id": "ac79301f-9b1a-4e72-a4cb-230d4418ae08",
    "name": "NBA G League",
    "alias": "NBDL"
  },
  "season": {
    "id": "ebf401bb-9bc2-4d18-832c-cd1d32f6dcdd",
    "year": 2025,
    "type": "SC"
  },
  "series": [
    {
      "id": "1dd60a27-4684-43b1-a464-aa2e1587a957",
      "title": "Showcase Cup - Semifinal - GRG vs RAP",
      "round": 2,
      "start_date": "2025-12-21",
      "status": "closed",
      "participants": [
        {
          "name": "Gold",
          "seed": 5,
          "record": 0,
          "team": {
            "id": "bbeebcb5-0d9b-4992-bcba-cbde3ec60628",
            "name": "Gold",
            "alias": "GRG",
            "market": "Grand Rapids",
            "reference": "1612709917"
          },
          "source": {
            "id": "7fef21ad-1f45-439a-a9e5-8df9e20dfd89",
            "title": "Showcase Cup - Quarterfinal - GRG vs GBO",
            "round": 1,
            "outcome": "win"
          }
        },
        {
          "name": "905",
          "seed": 1,
          "record": 1,
          "team": {
            "id": "2d0a4879-33d3-4af9-a12f-8081362ff548",
            "name": "905",
            "alias": "RAP",
            "market": "Raptors",
            "reference": "1612709920"
          },
          "source": {
            "id": "b35d2ab5-b30b-48d5-b20b-b47c76820002",
            "title": "Showcase Cup - Quarterfinal - SDC vs RAP",
            "round": 1,
            "outcome": "win"
          }
        }
      ],
      "games": [
        {
          "id": "fd168f05-5868-4e28-b993-462dfe20bcce",
          "status": "closed",
          "title": "Showcase Cup - Semifinal",
          "coverage": "full",
          "scheduled": "2025-12-21T18:00:00+00:00",
          "home_points": 103,
          "away_points": 101,
          "neutral_site": false,
          "track_on_court": true,
          "reference": "2022500018",
          "time_zones": {
            "venue": "US/Eastern",
            "home": "US/Eastern",
            "away": "US/Eastern"
          },
          "venue": {
            "id": "db7644f4-45dc-4ee1-a2ab-f4467ffc03c6",
            "name": "Orange County Convention Center",
            "address": "9800 International Drive",
            "city": "Orlando",
            "state": "FL",
            "zip": "32819",
            "country": "USA"
          },
          "broadcasts": [
            {
              "network": "ESPNU",
              "type": "TV",
              "locale": "National",
              "channel": "208"
            }
          ],
          "home": {
            "name": "Raptors 905",
            "alias": "RAP",
            "id": "2d0a4879-33d3-4af9-a12f-8081362ff548",
            "seed": 1,
            "reference": "1612709920"
          },
          "away": {
            "name": "Grand Rapids Gold",
            "alias": "GRG",
            "id": "bbeebcb5-0d9b-4992-bcba-cbde3ec60628",
            "seed": 5,
            "reference": "1612709917"
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

GET https://api.sportradar.com/nbdl/trial/v8/en/series/2025/SCC/schedule.json
x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY

{
  "league": {
    "id": "ac79301f-9b1a-4e72-a4cb-230d4418ae08",
    "name": "NBA G League",
    "alias": "NBDL"
  },
  "season": {
    "id": "885e15b0-b071-49de-8d70-4b8f45a6b331",
    "year": 2025,
    "type": "SCC"
  },
  "series": [
    {
      "id": "70f17d66-6c27-4047-b588-0faafcb263ae",
      "title": "Showcase Cup - Final - SLC vs RAP",
      "round": 3,
      "start_date": "2025-12-22",
      "status": "closed",
      "participants": [
        {
          "name": "905",
          "seed": 1,
          "record": 0,
          "team": {
            "id": "2d0a4879-33d3-4af9-a12f-8081362ff548",
            "name": "905",
            "alias": "RAP",
            "market": "Raptors",
            "reference": "1612709920"
          },
          "source": {
            "id": "1dd60a27-4684-43b1-a464-aa2e1587a957",
            "title": "Showcase Cup - Semifinal - GRG vs RAP",
            "round": 2,
            "outcome": "win"
          }
        },
        {
          "name": "Stars",
          "seed": 2,
          "record": 1,
          "team": {
            "id": "f12b109d-a4fa-42f4-83fd-34a82cf65239",
            "name": "Stars",
            "alias": "SLC",
            "market": "Salt Lake City",
            "reference": "1612709903"
          },
          "source": {
            "id": "da51ad0c-9413-4eb6-abd9-88202676db92",
            "title": "Showcase Cup - Semifinal - STO vs SLC",
            "round": 2,
            "outcome": "win"
          }
        }
      ],
      "games": [
        {
          "id": "c1bbe8d3-ac5c-4505-a12f-da2460cbdb4a",
          "status": "closed",
          "title": "Showcase Cup - Final",
          "coverage": "full",
          "scheduled": "2025-12-22T23:30:00+00:00",
          "home_points": 112,
          "away_points": 137,
          "neutral_site": true,
          "parent_id": "165954df-9aed-49ec-b397-5d56365cf486",
          "track_on_court": true,
          "reference": "2062500001",
          "time_zones": {
            "venue": "US/Eastern",
            "home": "US/Eastern",
            "away": "US/Mountain"
          },
          "venue": {
            "id": "db7644f4-45dc-4ee1-a2ab-f4467ffc03c6",
            "name": "Orange County Convention Center",
            "address": "9800 International Drive",
            "city": "Orlando",
            "state": "FL",
            "zip": "32819",
            "country": "USA"
          },
          "broadcasts": [
            {
              "network": "ESPNU",
              "type": "TV",
              "locale": "National",
              "channel": "208"
            }
          ],
          "home": {
            "name": "Raptors 905",
            "alias": "RAP",
            "id": "2d0a4879-33d3-4af9-a12f-8081362ff548",
            "seed": 1,
            "reference": "1612709920"
          },
          "away": {
            "name": "Salt Lake City Stars",
            "alias": "SLC",
            "id": "f12b109d-a4fa-42f4-83fd-34a82cf65239",
            "seed": 2,
            "reference": "1612709903"
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Common Use Cases

Typical builds on this workflow include:

A bracket view wired from round, source, and parent_id, with seeds and records on each cell
Series hub pages combining Series Statistics for both teams with the series' games
A Showcase Cup mini-site: the SC table through December, then the SCC final

Best Practices

Rebuild the bracket from Series Schedule after each playoff game; participant record values and status move as games close
Query Series Statistics per participant (one call per team) when rendering a series hub
Treat unnecessary as a normal end state for potential series games, not an error
During live playoff games, use the game-scoped feeds exactly as in Live Game Updates