We’re lower than 10 video games into the NBA season, and but the second annual event of the season is already nearly upon us. Beginning Tuesday, November 12, the 2024 event, renamed the Emirates Cup this season, will happen over the subsequent month and culminate with the championship on December 17 on the T-Cellular Enviornment in Las Vegas.
In 2023, the Los Angeles Lakers gained the inaugural event, securing victory with a 123-109 victory over the Indiana Pacers. Each groups would go on to succeed in the NBA playoffs, and though the Lakers had been eradicated within the first spherical by the Denver Nuggets, the Pacers would go all the best way to the Jap Convention Finals earlier than falling to the eventual champion Boston Celtics.
Primarily, this event might be a superb indicator of which groups might shock folks on the finish of the season. In fact, with accidents already plaguing the league, a number of NBA championship contenders might not have the ability to compete for the NBA Cup proper now.
This is the whole lot you have to know in regards to the second event of the NBA season:
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How does the Emirates NBA Cup 2024 work?
In July, the NBA’s 30 groups had been divided into six teams of 5 groups, with the Jap and Western conferences nonetheless separated. The teams had been decided primarily based on the year-end rankings from the earlier season.
Each Tuesday – from November 12 to December 3 – and Friday, November 15, 22 and 29, the league will play group stage matches, figuring out the standings for the spherical of 16, which begins on December 10. Data from the group stage and spherical of 16 will rely towards every crew’s common season document. The one match within the Emirates Cup event that won’t rely in the direction of the common season is the championship.
Every crew will play all the opposite groups of their group to find out whether or not or not they qualify for the spherical of 16. If two or extra groups are tied after the group stage, the tiebreakers are as follows:
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Head-to-head document in group play
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Level distinction in group play
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Complete factors scored in group play
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2023-24 NBA common season document
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Random draw
The winners of every group plus one wild card crew from every convention will advance to the single-elimination playoff phases.
Emirates NBA Cup teams for 2024
Western Convention
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Group A: Minnesota Timberwolves, Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Clippers, Portland Path Blazers, Sacramento Kings
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Group B: Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder, Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Lakers, Utah Jazz, San Antonio Spurs
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Group C: Golden State Warriors, Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets, New Orleans Pelicans, Memphis Grizzlies
Jap Convention
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Group A: New York Knicks, Orlando Magic, Philadelphia 76ers, Brooklyn Nets, Charlotte Hornets
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Group B: Milwaukee Bucks, Miami Warmth, Indiana Pacers, Toronto Raptors, Detroit Pistons
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Group C: Boston Celtics, Cleveland Cavaliers, Chicago Bulls, Atlanta Hawks, Washington Wizards
Emirates NBA Cup 2024 Schedule
Group sport
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Tuesday November 12
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Friday November 15
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Tuesday November 19
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Friday November 22
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Tuesday November 26
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Friday November 29
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Tuesday December 3
Knockout phases
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Quarter-finals — Tuesday December 10 and Wednesday December 11
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Semi-finals — Saturday December 14
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Finals — Tuesday, December 17 at T-Cellular Enviornment in Las Vegas, NV
What prize do Emirates NBA Cup winners obtain?
Members of the successful event crew will obtain extra monetary compensation. In 2023, $500,000 was awarded to every participant on the champion crew; $200,000 was awarded to every finalist participant; $100,000 was awarded to every participant on the third and fourth-placed groups; and $50,000 was awarded to every shedding crew within the quarterfinals.
This text was initially revealed on USA TODAY: Emirates NBA Cup: Teams, schedule, format, for the 2024 NBA event
