The NBA has released its complete game schedule and national television schedule for the Emirates NBA Cup 2024. The complete game schedule and national broadcast schedule for the 2024-25 regular season will be revealed on Thursday, Aug. 15.
Group play games will be held on Tuesdays and Fridays from Nov. 12 to Dec. 3. During these “Cup Nights,” the only scheduled NBA games will be team playoffs.
TNT and ESPN will combine to produce 14 games and NBA TV will broadcast three televised games in the first phase of the Emirates NBA Cup, formerly known as the NBA In-Season Tournament.
Each NBA team will play four team playoff games – one game against each player on their team, with two games at home and two games on the road.
All 30 teams were randomly drawn from five teams within their conference based on losing records from the 2023-24 regular season.
Emirates NBA Cup 2024 Teams
The first Cup night (Tuesday, Nov. 12) will feature a doubleheader on TNT, starting with the Philadelphia 76ers hosting the New York Knicks in their first playoff series since last season.
In the playoffs last season, the Knicks eliminated the Sixers by one point in six games. The East Group A championship game will air live at 7:30 pm ET.
In the second game, the defending Western Conference champion Dallas Mavericks will visit the Golden State Warriors as four-time NBA champion Klay Thompson returns to the Chase Center to face his former team (West Group C; 10pm ET).
ESPN will televise its team's doubleheader game on Friday, Nov. 15. Emirates NBA Cup defending champion Los Angeles Lakers – who went 7-0 and beat the Indiana Pacers in last season's championship – visit San Antonio. Spurs (West Group B; 7:30 p.m. ET).
The 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; 10pm ET). 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 semifinal series (East Group C; 7pm ET).
Additionally, the Spurs led by 2023-24 Kia NBA Rookie of the Year Victor Wembanyama host the Oklahoma City Thunder, last season's No. 1 seed in the Western Conference (West Group B; 9:30 pm ET).
After meeting in the semifinals of the NBA In-Season Tournament and the first round of the NBA playoffs last season, the Pacers and Milwaukee Bucks will meet in the first game of ESPN's doubleheader on Friday, Nov. 22 at Fiserv Forum (East Group B; 7:30 pm ET).
The 2022-23 NBA champion Denver Nuggets then host the Mavericks (West Group C; 10pm ET). Two repeats of the team's performances from last season will highlight TNT's doubleheader on Tuesday, Nov. 26. Milwaukee visits the Miami Heat (East Group B; 7:30 pm ET), and the Phoenix Suns host the Lakers (West Group B; 10). pm ET).
The Suns also faced the Lakers in the NBA In-Season Tournament Quarterfinals last season. The team's schedule will consist of five nationally televised games on Friday, Nov. 29, beginning with a tripleheader on NBA TV: New York at Charlotte Hornets (East Group A; noon ET), Cleveland at Atlanta Hawks (East Group C; 2:30 p.m. ET), and New Orleans Pelicans at Memphis (West Group C; 5pm ET).
NBA Cup Schedule Highlights
| Matching | The day |
| Knicks at 76ers | Nov. 12 |
| Mavericks at Warriors | Nov. 12 |
| Lakers at Spurs | Nov. 15 |
| Grizzlies at Warriors | Nov. 15 |
| Cavaliers at Celtics | Nov. 19 |
| Spurs are popular | Nov. 19 |
| Pacers at Bucks | Nov. 22 |
| Mavericks at Nuggets | Nov. 22 |
| Bucks at Heat | Nov. 26 |
| Lakers at Suns | Nov. 26 |
| Clippers at Timberwolves | Nov. 29 |
| Thunder in the Lakers | Nov. 29 |
| Knicks at Hornets | Nov. 29 |
| Cavaliers at Hawks | Nov. 29 |
| Pelicans at Grizzlies | Nov. 29 |
| Magic at Knicks | December 3 |
| Warriors at Nuggets | December 3 |
| Quarterfinals (top seed) | December 10-11 |
| Semi-Finals (Las Vegas) | December 14 |
| Championship (Las Vegas) | December 17 |
In addition, ESPN will wrap up coverage of the team's games with a doubleheader as the Los Angeles Clippers visit the Minnesota Timberwolves (West Group A; 7:30 pm ET), and the Lakers host the Thunder (West Group B; 10 pm ET).
On the team's final day of play (Tuesday, December 3), TNT will present a doubleheader with the Knicks taking on the Orlando Magic in New York (East Group A; 7:30 pm ET), followed by the Warriors. Denver Nuggets for the NBA championship starting in the 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons, respectively (West Group C; 10 pm ET).
The Knockout rounds will consist of single-elimination matches in the quarterfinals of the Emirates NBA Cup
Eight teams (four from each conference) will advance to the second and final stage of the Emirates NBA Cup 2024. The final stage is actually the knockout rounds: the winners of the six teams and the two “wild cards”.
In fact, the wild cards will be the team from each conference with the best playoff record of the team that finished second in its division.
In addition, the knockout rounds will include single-elimination games in the Emirates NBA Cup quarterfinals (Tuesday, December 10 and Wednesday, December 11), semifinals (Saturday, December 14) and the championship (Tuesday, December 17). The national broadcast schedule for the knockout rounds will be announced at a later date.
The top teams will host the quarterfinals. Of course, the semifinals and championship will take place at the T-Mobile Arena, a neutral venue in Las Vegas.
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