The NBA Cup is back for Year 2. And even skeptics of the NBA's inaugural event (dubbed the NBA In-Season Tournament in 2023) had to be impressed by the quality of product the players and teams gave us last year. Everyone seemed really committed and gave their best to win the title and the $500,000 prize per player. The Lakers claimed the crown. Tyrese Haliburton broke out as a superstar for the Pacers.
The 2024 version of the event, now known as the Emirates NBA Cup, will take place on Tuesday evening. The NBA Cup format All 30 teams will participate and will be divided into six groups of five teams for round-robin group play. These games take place on Tuesdays and Fridays between November 12th and December 3rd and are unique NBA Cup seats. There are three groups of Eastern Conference teams and three groups of Western Conference teams.
The winners of each group (based on round-robin record and points difference if a tiebreaker is required) plus a wildcard from each conference (best record of the non-group winner) advance to the knockout phase, where the Tournament takes place single elimination through semi-finals and finals in Las Vegas.
Below is the schedule for the entire 2024 NBA Cup. Group play runs through December 3rd. The knockout round begins on December 10th and ends with the title game on December 17th in Las Vegas. The first day of action on Tuesday offers a lot of intrigue: Joel Embiid is expected to make his season debut when the 76ers host the Knicks, and Klay Thompson will return to Golden State for the first time as a guest player when the Warriors welcome the Mavericks.
Schedule for the 2024 NBA Cup
Game plan for the group
Tuesday, November 12th
Friday, November 15th
- Pacemaker vs. Heat, 7 p.m. ET
- Magic vs. 76ers, 7 p.m. ET
- Raptors vs. Pistons, 7:00 p.m. ET
- Hawks vs. wizard7:30 p.m. ET
- Cavaliers vs. Bulls7:30 p.m. ET
- Knicks vs. networks7:30 p.m. ET
- Spurs vs. Lakers, 7:30 p.m. ET
- Rockets vs. Hair clippers8pm ET
- Pelicans vs. Nuggets8pm ET
- thunder vs. Suns, 8 p.m. ET
- Warrior vs. Grizzlies10 p.m. ET
- Kings vs. Timberwolves, 10 p.m. ET
Tuesday, November 19th
- Celtics vs. Cavaliers, 7 p.m. ET
- Nets vs. Hornets, 7:30 p.m. ET
- Grizzlies vs. Nuggets, 8 p.m. ET
- Mavericks vs. Pelicans, 8:30 p.m. ET
- Spurs vs. Thunder, 9:30 p.m. ET
- Lakers vs. Jazz, 10:30 p.m. ET
Friday, November 22nd
- 76ers vs. Nets, 7 p.m. ET
- Wizards vs. Celtics, 7:00 p.m. ET
- Bucks vs. Pacers, 7:30 p.m. ET
- Bulls vs. Hawks, 8 p.m. ET
- Rockets vs. Trail Blazers, 8 p.m. ET
- Pelicans vs. Warriors, 8 p.m. ET
- Nuggets vs. Mavericks, 10 p.m. ET
- Clippers vs. Kings, 10:30 p.m. ET
Tuesday, November 26th
- Wizards vs. Bulls, 7 p.m. ET
- Heat vs. Bucks, 7:30 p.m. ET
- Timberwolves vs. Rockets, 8 p.m. ET
- Jazz vs. Spurs, 9 p.m. ET
- Suns vs. Lakers, 10 p.m. ET
Friday, November 29th
- Hornets vs. Knicks, 12 p.m. ET
- Hawks vs. Cavaliers, 2:30 p.m. ET
- Grizzlies vs. Pelicans, 5 p.m. ET
- Nets vs. Magic, 7:30 p.m. ET
- Timberwolves vs. Clippers, 7:30 p.m. ET
- Pacers vs. Pistons, 8 p.m. ET
- Heat vs. Raptors, 8 p.m. ET
- Bulls vs. Celtics, 8 p.m. ET
- Lakers vs. Thunder, 10 p.m. ET
- Trail Blazers vs. Kings, 10 p.m. ET
Tuesday, December 3rd
- Hornets vs. 76ers, 7 p.m. ET
- Cavaliers vs. Wizards, 7 p.m. ET
- Pistons vs. Bucks, 7 p.m. ET
- Knicks vs. Magic, 7:30 p.m. ET
- Raptors vs. Pacers, 7:30 p.m. ET
- Thunder vs. Jazz, 8 p.m. ET
- Mavericks vs. Grizzlies, 8:30 p.m. ET
- Suns vs. Spurs, 9 p.m. ET
- Nuggets vs. Warriors, 10 p.m. ET
- Kings vs. Rockets, 10 p.m. ET
- Clippers vs. Trail Blazers, 10:30 p.m. ET
2024 NBA Cup knockout round schedule, table
The lineup will be determined after the games on December 3rd. Eight teams reach the knockout rounds: four East and four West teams. They will play the quarterfinals on December 10th and 11th at the home courts of the higher seeded teams. The semifinals (December 14) and final (December 17) will take place in Las Vegas.
Quarterfinals
Tuesday, December 10th
Wednesday December 11th
Semifinals
Saturday December 14th
final
Tuesday, December 17th
NBA Cup Groups 2024
Odds for the NBA Cup 2024
Odds over FanDuel Sports Betting As of November 12th. Fans can get active in the NBA Cup with the latest version FanDuel promo code.
- Celtics: +400
- Knicks: +950
- Timberwolves: +1000
- Cavaliers: +1000
- Thunder: +1200
- Lakers: +1600
- Underdog: +1600
- Warrior: +1600
- Dollars: +1900
- 76er: +1900
