The NBA on Saturday unveiled the format, teams and dates of its inaugural NBA Cup — the in-season event that makes its debut within the 2023-24 season.
All 30 groups compete in six teams however solely eight advance to the knockout rounds that can culminate with a winner being topped on Dec. 9 in Las Vegas.
Let the video games start on Nov. 3.
“We are excited to introduce the NBA In-Season Tournament as an opportunity to further enhance and innovate around our season structure,” NBA government vp Joe Dumars stated in a launch. “With the addition of this new marquee event on the NBA calendar, we are focused on providing players and teams with another competition to win, engaging fans in a different way and driving further interest in the early portion of the regular-season schedule.”
To set up which groups ended up wherein group, the NBA positioned groups in 5 totally different pots primarily based on the place they completed within the 2022-23 standings.
From there, one crew from every pot was randomly chosen into every of the three teams in that convention:
Pot 1: The groups with the three finest prior-season information in a convention.
Pot 2: The groups with the fourth- by means of sixth-best prior-season information.
Pot 3: The groups with the seventh- by means of ninth-best prior-season information.
Pot 4: The groups with the Tenth- by means of Twelfth-best prior-season information.
Pot 5: The groups with the Thirteenth- by means of Fifteenth-best prior-season information.
The teams got here out as follows:
Group 1: Philadelphia 76ers, Cleveland Cavaliers, Atlanta Hawks, Indiana Pacers, Detroit Pistons
Group 2: Milwaukee Bucks, New York Knicks, Miami Heat, Washington Wizards, Charlotte Hornets
Group 3: Boston Celtics, Brooklyn Nets, Toronto Raptors, Chicago Bulls, Orlando Magic
Group 4: Memphis Grizzlies, Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Lakers, Utah Jazz, Portland Trail Blazers
Group 5: Denver Nuggets, Los Angeles Clippers, New Orleans Pelicans, Dallas Mavericks, Houston Rockets
Group 6: Sacramento Kings, Golden State Warriors, Minnesota Timberwolves, Oklahoma City Thunder, San Antonio Spurs
The six groups that win their group plus two wild playing cards advance to the knockout rounds, which can be single elimination. Every crew performs 4 video games in group play — each different crew in its group as soon as.
The semifinals can be performed Dec. 7 and the NBA Cup championship on Dec. 9.
The 67 video games throughout each levels of event will depend towards the regular-season standings besides the championship. Each crew will proceed to play 82 regular-season video games within the 2023-24 season.
Players on the profitable crew earn $500,000 every whereas the semis pay $200,000.
—Field Level Media/Reuters
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