The NBA released its complete game schedule and national television schedule for group play of the Emirates NBA Cup 2024. The complete game schedule and national broadcast schedule for the 2024-25 regular season will be unveiled on Thursday, Aug. 15.
Group play games will take place on Tuesdays and Fridays from Nov. 12 through Dec. 3. During these “Cup Nights,” the only NBA games scheduled will be group play games.
TNT and ESPN will combine to air 14 games and NBA TV will televise three games in this first stage of the Emirates NBA Cup, previously named the NBA In-Season Tournament.
Each NBA team will play four designated group play games – one game against each opponent in its group, with two games at home and two games on the road.
All 30 teams were randomly drawn into groups of five within their conference based on win-loss records from the 2023-24 regular season.
Emirates NBA Cup 2024 Groups
The first Cup Night (Tuesday, Nov. 12) will feature a doubleheader on TNT, beginning with the Philadelphia 76ers hosting the New York Knicks in a rematch of a first-round playoff series from last season.
In last season’s playoff matchup, the Knicks outscored the Sixers by one point over six games. The East Group A rivalry game will air live at 7:30 p.m. ET.
For the second game, the defending Western Conference champion Dallas Mavericks will visit the Golden State Warriors as four-time NBA champ Klay Thompson returns to Chase Center to face his former team (West Group C; 10 p.m. ET).
ESPN will tip off its group play coverage with a doubleheader on Friday, Nov. 15. The defending Emirates NBA Cup champion Los Angeles Lakers – who went 7-0 and defeated the Indiana Pacers in the championship in last season’s tournament – visit the San Antonio Spurs (West Group B; 7:30 p.m. ET).
Indiana Pacers will face the Milwaukee Bucks in Group Play in the first game of ESPN’s doubleheader on Friday, Nov. 22
The Warriors then host the Memphis Grizzlies (West Group C; 10 p.m. ET). On Tuesday, Nov. 19, TNT’s doubleheader will open with the Cleveland Cavaliers visiting the defending NBA champion Boston Celtics in a rematch of last season’s Eastern Conference semifinals series (East Group C; 7 p.m. ET).
Additionally, the Spurs led by 2023-24 Kia NBA Rookie of the Year Victor Wembanyama are hosting the Oklahoma City Thunder, last season’s No. 1 seed in the Western Conference (West Group B; 9:30 p.m. ET).
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