# NBA Survivor Pool — Rules, Scoring & Hosting > How NBA Survivor works: pick one team from the games the commissioner chose each regular-season week, with optional strikes and team reuse. Source: https://piksheet.com/pools/nba_survivor?via=md Last updated: 2026-11-10 **NBA Survivor:** One team a week. Lose and you're out. Pick one NBA team to win a game from the commissioner's weekly slate. A wrong pick or a missed pick adds a strike. Sport: [NBA](https://piksheet.com/nba?via=md) ## How it works 1. Each Monday-to-Sunday week, pick one NBA team from the games the commissioner chose for that week's slate. The commissioner also chooses the pool's first and last week. 2. A wrong pick or a missed pick adds a strike. One strike is the default; the commissioner can set one to five and can have members pick winners or losers. 3. Teams cannot be reused by default. The commissioner can allow any team to be picked again in another week. NBA Survivor is straight up only; it does not use a spread. 4. Each pick locks when its game starts, and other members cannot see it before then. Members can join until the first week ends. A missed pick in any week, including the first, adds a strike; late joiners can choose any unstarted game in the first week's slate. 5. The pool runs through the end of the NBA regular season. There is no tiebreaker: survivors at the end share the win, and entries eliminated together in one week share it too. The pool ends early when at most one entry remains after a completed week; the commissioner can revive everyone eliminated in the latest week before the season is complete. ## Two weeks, one strike 1. Pick one NBA team to win in each Monday-to-Sunday week, from that week's commissioner-chosen games. 2. A win keeps the entry alive; a loss or a missed pick adds a strike. 3. With the default one-strike limit, one strike eliminates the entry. ## How to win - Compare the games in the commissioner's weekly slate before using a team. Reuse is off by default, so every team you pick is unavailable for later weeks. - A pick locks at that game's start, not at the end of the week. Choose a game you can follow and submit before tip-off. - The commissioner can start the pool in a later regular-season week. ## What the commissioner controls The commissioner chooses the game slate and week range when creating the pool. Pool name, fee and member caps stay editable until the first game starts; Survivor rules can change until then, and team reuse locks once anyone saves a pick. - Pick winners (default) or losers - Strikes to eliminate: 1–5 (default 1) - No team reuse (default) or allow reuse - Commissioner-chosen regular-season game slate - One pick per Monday-to-Sunday week - Straight up only; regular season only; individual game locks ## Frequently asked questions ### How many strikes can an NBA Survivor pool allow? One strike is the default. The commissioner can set one to five. A wrong pick or a missed pick adds a strike. ### Can I reuse an NBA team? No, not by default. The commissioner can allow reuse in another week. ### Which NBA games can I pick from? The commissioner chooses the games in each week's slate when creating the pool. Members pick one team from those games. ### Does NBA Survivor use the spread or playoffs? No. NBA Survivor is straight up and covers regular-season games only. The NBA regular season ends April 11, 2027. ### When can members join? The commissioner chooses the first week when creating the pool. Members can join until it ends; late joiners can choose any unstarted game in that week's slate. ### How does an NBA Survivor pool end? There are no tiebreakers: entries still alive at the end share the win, and entries eliminated in the same week share it too. The pool ends early if one or zero entries remain after a completed week. ## Start a pool on PikSheet PikSheet runs pools for every major sport — football (NFL and college), basketball (NBA), baseball (MLB), hockey (NHL) and golf (PGA TOUR and the majors) — with auto-scoring on the web, iOS and Android. 1. Go to [piksheet.com/create](https://piksheet.com/create?via=md) and sign in or create an account. 2. Pick a sport and a pool format, then set your rules. 3. Share your pool's invite link. Members join on the web or in the iOS and Android apps. Pricing: a competitive pool costs $1.00 per billable entry (a pick sheet that reaches its first locked week) for its first 25 entries each season. Full pricing: [piksheet.com/pricing](https://piksheet.com/pricing?via=md). ## Related - [NBA Survivor walkthrough](https://piksheet.com/help/pool-types/nba_survivor?via=md) - [Compare every pool format](https://piksheet.com/pools/compare?via=md) - [Pricing](https://piksheet.com/pricing?via=md) --- Most pages on https://piksheet.com have a markdown version: add .md to the URL (the home page is https://piksheet.com/index.md) or request the page with `Accept: text/markdown`. https://piksheet.com/llms.txt lists every page and links each markdown version.