NEW YORK (AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers’ defence of the NBA Cup title will start on Nov. 15 in San Antonio in opposition to Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs, and Klay Thompson shall be again at Golden State — as a customer with Dallas — on Nov. 12.
The NBA launched the schedule of the group play video games on Tuesday, with these contests getting performed on a collection of Tuesdays and Fridays beginning Nov. 12 and ending Dec. 3. Every crew was assigned to a five-team group and performs the opposite 4 golf equipment in that group as soon as.
LeBron James, Anthony Davis and the Lakers went 7-0 within the match final season — when it was merely known as the In-Season Match — and beat the Indiana Pacers within the closing in Las Vegas. The semifinals and finals return to Las Vegas this yr, with the semis on Dec. 14 and the title recreation on Dec. 17.
The NBA Cup will present some apparent storylines. Amongst them: Thompson going again to Golden State, the place he helped the Warriors win 4 titles, after becoming a member of the Mavericks this summer time. After which the Lakers open protection of the Cup title, it’ll be a recreation the place James and Davis face Wembanyama once more after serving to the U.S. beat France within the gold-medal recreation on the Paris Olympics.
Nearly the entire video games for the 2024-25 NBA season shall be launched Thursday. All video games within the NBA Cup will rely within the regular-season standings aside from the title recreation in Las Vegas; that will be an 83rd recreation for each of these groups, which doesn’t match into an 82-game season.
Groups will get schedules Thursday with 80 video games on them. Each crew will play two extra, both within the playoffs of the NBA Cup or in video games scheduled between groups that didn’t make the match quarterfinals. And people groups that lose within the quarterfinals will meet for what basically turns into the 82nd recreation on their schedule for the approaching season.
NBA Cup format
There shall be 60 group-stage video games in all — eight video games on Nov. 12, then 12 on Nov. 15, six on Nov. 19, eight on Nov. 22, 5 on Nov. 26, 10 on Nov. 29 and the ultimate 11 on Dec. 3.
Every NBA crew will play 4 designated group play video games — one recreation in opposition to every opponent in its group, with two video games at house and two video games on the street. The 4 group winners will make the quarterfinals, together with one wild-card crew from every convention. That wild-card membership would be the finest second-place crew from every convention.
East Group A
Nov. 12: New York at Philadelphia; Charlotte at Orlando.
Nov. 15: Brooklyn at New York; Philadelphia at Orlando.
Nov. 19: Charlotte at Brooklyn.
Nov. 22: Brooklyn at Philadelphia.
Nov. 29: New York at Charlotte; Orlando at Brooklyn.
Dec. 3: Philadelphia at Charlotte; Orlando at New York.
East Group B
Nov. 12: Miami at Detroit; Toronto at Milwaukee.
Nov. 15: Miami at Indiana; Detroit at Toronto.
Nov. 22: Indiana at Milwaukee.
Nov. 26: Milwaukee at Miami.
Nov. 29: Toronto at Miami; Detroit at Indiana.
Dec. 3: Milwaukee at Detroit; Indiana at Toronto.
East Group C
Nov. 12: Atlanta at Boston.
Nov. 15: Chicago at Cleveland; Washington at Atlanta.
Nov. 19: Cleveland at Boston.
Nov. 22: Atlanta at Chicago; Boston at Washington.
Nov. 26: Chicago at Washington.
Nov. 29: Boston at Chicago; Cleveland at Atlanta.
Dec. 3: Washington at Cleveland.
West Group A
Nov. 12: Minnesota at Portland.
Nov. 15: Minnesota at Sacramento; L.A. Clippers at Houston.
Nov. 22: Sacramento at L.A. Clippers; Portland at Houston.
Nov. 26: Houston at Minnesota.
Nov. 29: L.A. Clippers at Minnesota; Sacramento at Portland.
Dec. 3: Houston at Sacramento; Portland at L.A. Clippers.
West Group B
Nov. 12: Phoenix at Utah.
Nov. 15: L.A. Lakers at San Antonio; Phoenix at Oklahoma Metropolis.
Nov. 19: Oklahoma Metropolis at San Antonio; Utah at L.A. Lakers.
Nov. 26: L.A. Lakers at Phoenix; San Antonio at Utah.
Nov. 29: Oklahoma Metropolis at L.A. Lakers.
Dec. 3: Utah at Oklahoma Metropolis; San Antonio at Phoenix.
West Group C
Nov. 12: Dallas at Golden State.
Nov. 15: Denver at New Orleans; Memphis at Golden State.
Nov. 19: Denver at Memphis; New Orleans at Dallas.
Nov. 22: Dallas at Denver; Golden State at New Orleans.
Nov. 29: New Orleans at Memphis.
Dec. 3: Memphis at Dallas; Golden State at Denver.
