The NBA Cup returns for the second year. And even skeptics of the NBA’s inaugural event (called the 2023 NBA Season Tournament) had to be impressed with the level of product the players and teams gave us last year. Everyone seemed really interested and gave their best to win the title and the prize of $500,000 per player. The Lakers claimed the crown. Tyrese Haliburton became a Pacers superstar.
The 2024 version of the event, now known as the Emirates NBA Cup, begins Tuesday night. He NBA Cup format sees all 30 teams participate, and they are divided into six groups of five teams for round-robin group play. Those games will take place on Tuesdays and Fridays between November 12 and December 3 and will feature unique features. NBA Cup Courts. There is three groups of teams from the Eastern Conference and three groups of teams from the Western Conference.
The winners of each group (based on round-robin record and point difference if a tiebreaker is needed), plus one wild card from each conference (best winner’s record outside the group), will advance to the knockout stage, where the tournament becomes single elimination until the semifinals and final in Las Vegas.
Below is the schedule for the entire 2024 NBA Cup. Group play will run until December 3. The knockout round begins on December 10 and culminates with the title game on December 17 in Las Vegas. Tuesday’s first day of action is full of intrigue: Joel Embiid is ready to make his season debut while the 76ers host the Knicks, and Klay Thompson will return to Golden State for the first time as a visiting player when the Warriors host the Mavericks.
NBA Cup 2024 schedule
Group play schedule
All Eastern Time
Tuesday, November 12
Friday, November 15
- Pacers vs. Heat, 7 p.m.
- Magic vs. 76ers, 7 p.m.
- Raptors vs. Pistons, 7 p.m.
- Hawks vs. Wizards, 7:30 p.m.
- Cavaliers vs. Bulls, 7:30 p.m.
- Knicks vs. Nets, 7:30 p.m.
- Spurs vs. Lakers, 7:30 p.m.
- Rockets vs. Clippers, 8 p.m.
- Pelicans vs. Nuggets, 8 p.m.
- Thunder vs. Suns, 8 p.m.
- Warriors vs. Grizzlies, 10 p.m.
- Kings against Timberwolves, 10:00 p.m.
Tuesday, November 19
- Celtics vs. Cavaliers, 7 p.m.
- Nets vs. Hornets, 7:30 p.m.
- Grizzlies vs. Nuggets, 8 p.m.
- Mavericks vs. Pelicans, 8:30 p.m.
- Spurs vs. Thunder, 9:30 p.m.
- Lakers vs Jazz, 10:30 p.m.
Friday, November 22
- 76ers vs. Nets, 7 p.m.
- Wizards vs. Celtics, 7 p.m.
- Bucks vs. Pacers, 7:30 p.m.
- Bulls vs. Hawks, 8 p.m.
- Rockets vs. Trail Blazers, 8 p.m.
- Pelicans vs. Warriors, 8 p.m.
- Nuggets vs. Mavericks, 10:00 p.m.
- Clippers vs. Kings, 10:30 p.m.
Tuesday, November 26
- Wizards vs. Bulls, 7 p.m.
- Heat vs. Bucks, 7:30 p.m.
- Timberwolves vs. Rockets, 8 p.m.
- Jazz vs. Spurs, 9 p.m.
- Suns vs. Lakers, 10 p.m.
Friday, November 29
- Hornets vs. Knicks, 12 p.m.
- Falcons vs. Cavaliers, 2:30 p.m.
- Grizzlies vs. Pelicans, 5 p.m.
- Nets vs. Magic, 7:30 p.m.
- Timberwolves vs. Clippers, 7:30 p.m.
- Pacers vs. Pistons, 8 p.m.
- Heat vs. Raptors, 8 p.m.
- Bulls vs. Celtics, 8 p.m.
- Lakers vs. Thunder, 10 p.m.
- Trail Blazers vs. Kings, 10 p.m.
Tuesday December 3
- Hornets vs. 76ers, 7 p.m.
- Cavaliers vs. Wizards, 7 p.m.
- Pistons vs. Bucks, 7 p.m.
- Knicks vs. Magic, 7:30 p.m.
- Raptors vs. Pacers, 7:30 p.m.
- Thunder vs. Jazz, 8 p.m.
- Mavericks vs. Grizzlies, 8:30 p.m.
- Suns vs. Spurs, 9 p.m.
- Nuggets vs. Warriors, 10:00 p.m.
- Kings against Rockets, 10:00 p.m.
- Clippers vs. Trail Blazers, 10:30 p.m.
NBA Cup 2024 playoff schedule, table
The group will be determined after the games on December 3. Eight teams will advance to the knockout rounds: four teams from the East and four teams from the West. They will play the quarterfinals on December 10 and 11 on the home courts of the higher seeds. The semi-finals (December 14) and final (December 17) will take place in Las Vegas.
Quarter finals
Tuesday December 10
Wednesday December 11
Semifinals
Saturday December 14
finals
Tuesday December 17
NBA Cup 2024 groups
NBA Cup 2024 odds
Odds through FanDuel Sportsbook starting November 12. Fans can get into the NBA Cup with the latest FanDuel promo code.
- Celts: +400
- Knicks: +950
- Timber Wolves: +1000
- Knights: +1000
- Thunder: +1200
- Lakers: +1600
- Mavericks: +1600
- Warriors: +1600
- Dollars: +1900
- 76ers: +1900
