NBA Cup 2024: Full schedule, results, format and latest standings with new champions guaranteed as Lakers crash out
New champions will be crowned in Las Vegas as the NBA Cup nears its conclusion.
The Lakers were the winners last year afterLeBron James and company won the inaugural in-season event, defeating Indiana 123-109.
The defending champions, however, will not be keeping the trophy this year because they can’t place higher than third in West Group B after two victories and two losses.
With the 2024 NBA Cup poised to award new winners in December, SunSport has all the information you need.
How does the NBA Cup work?
30 teams are randomly assigned to groups of five within their conference based on their won-loss records from the 2023–24 regular season, and the NBACup starts with the ‘Group Play’ round.
Each squad will play two home games and two away games against each of the four teams in their group.
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The six teams with the highest standing from their Group Play games and two extra wild cards—the club from each conference with the best record in Group Play games but placed second in its group—will advance to the Knockout Rounds once all 30 teams have finished their group matches.
The quarterfinals, semifinals, and championship match are the first three stages of the single-elimination knockout rounds, which are contested by eight teams.
With the exception of the championship game, all 67 games played in the NBA Cup’s two stages will be included in the regular-season rankings.
NBA Cup 2024 schedule and results
Playing Together
November 12Boston Celtics 116, Atlanta Hawks 117Miami Heat 121 (OT), Detroit Pistons 123, Orlando Magic 114, and Charlotte Hornets 89Knicks 111, 76ers 99, New YorkLos Angeles Raptors 85, Milwaukee Bucks 99120 Phoenix Suns, 112 Utah JazzDallas Mavericks 117, Golden State Warriors 120Minnesota Timberwolves 108, Portland Trail Blazers 122
November 15: Indiana Pacers 111, Miami Heat 124Philly 76ers 86, Orlando Magic 98Toronto Raptors 95, Detroit Pistons 99Washington Wizards 117, Atlanta Hawks 129Brooklyn Nets 122, New York Knicks 124, Chicago Bulls 126, Cleveland Cavaliers 144San Antonio Spurs 115, Los Angeles Lakers 120Los Angeles Clippers 104, Houston Rockets 125Nuggets 94, New Orleans Pelicans 101The Phoenix Suns 83, Oklahoma City Thunder 99Grizzlies 118, Golden State Warriors 123Sacramento Kings 126, Minnesota Timberwolves 130 (OT)
November 19.Cleveland Cavaliers 117, Boston Celtics 120Charlotte Hornets 115, Brooklyn Nets 116Memphis Grizzlies 110, Denver Nuggets 122New Orleans Pelicans 91, Dallas Mavericks 132Kansas City Thunder 104, San Antonio Spurs 110Utah Jazz 118, Los Angeles Lakers 124.
November 22Nets 98, Philadelphia 76ers 113Washington Wizards 96, Boston Celtics 108Indiana Pacers 117, Milwaukee Bucks 129Atlanta Hawks 122, Chicago Bulls 136The Portland Trail Blazers 88, Houston Rockets 116New Orleans Pelicans 108, Golden State Warriors 112Denver Nuggets 120, Dallas Mavericks 123Sacramento Kings 88, Los Angeles Clippers 104
November 26.Washington Wizards 108, Chicago Bulls 127Miami Heat 103, Milwaukee Bucks 106San Antonio Spurs 128, Utah Jazz 115, Minnesota Timberwolves 111 (OT), Houston Rockets 117Los Angeles Lakers 127, Phoenix Suns 100
November 29Charlotte Hornets 98, New York Knicks 99Cleveland Cavaliers 101, Atlanta Hawks 117New Orleans Pelicans 109, Memphis Grizzlies 120Brooklyn Nets 100, Orlando Magic 123LA Clippers 92, Minnesota Timberwolves 93Indiana Pacers 106, Detroit Pistons 130Miami Heat 121, Raptors 111, TorontoChicago Bulls 129, Boston Celtics 138LA Lakers 93, Oklahoma City Thunder 101The Sacramento Kings 106, Portland Trail Blazers 115
December 3: Charlotte Hornets vs. Philadelphia 76ers, 7 p.m. ET Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Washington Wizards, 7 p.m. ETDetroit Pistons vs. Milwaukee Bucks, 7 p.m. 7:30 p.m. ETOrlando Magic vs. New York Knicks ETToronto Raptors against. Indiana Pacers, 7:30 p.m. Oklahoma City Thunder vs. ETUtah Jazz, 8 p.m. 8:30 p.m. ETMemphis Grizzlies vs. Dallas Mavericks Phoenix Suns vs. San Antonio Spurs, ET, 9 p.m.Denver Nuggets vs. Golden State Warriors, 10 p.m. Sacramento Kings at. Houston Rockets, 10 p.m. ET10:30 p.m. ET: Portland Trail Blazers vs. LA Clippers
Round of Knockout
December 10th, First Quarter FinalSecond quarterfinal
December 11th, third quarter finalFourth quarterfinal
East Semi-final, December 14West semifinal
Championship Match, December 17
Current NBA Cup Group Play standings
*Group Play standings as of right now (December 3)
Group A in East
- 1. Orlando Magic (3-0, +60 point differential)
- 2. New York Knicks (3-0, +15 point differential)
- 3. Philadelphia 76ers (1-2, -9 point differential) eliminated
- 4. Brooklyn Nets (1-3, -39 point differential) eliminated
- 5. Charlotte Hornets (0-3, -27 point differential) eliminated
Group B in the East
- 1. Milwaukee Bucks (3-0, +29 point differential)
- 2. Detroit Pistons (3-0, +28 point differential)
- 3. Miami Heat (2-2, +20 point differential) eliminated
- 4. Toronto Raptors (0-3, -28 point differential) eliminated
- 5. Indiana Pacers (0-3, -49 point differential) eliminated
Group C in the East
- 1. Atlanta Hawks (3-1, +15 point differential) clinched Group C
- 2. Boston Celtics (3-1, +23 point differential)
- 3. Chicago Bulls (2-2, +6 point differential) eliminated
- 4. Cleveland Cavaliers (1-2, -1 point differential) eliminated
- 5. Washington Wizards (0-3, -43 point differential) eliminated
Group A in the West
- 1. Houston Rockets (3-0, +49 point differential) clinched Group A
- 2. Portland Trail Blazers (2-1, -5 point differential)
- 3. Minnesota Timberwolves (2-2, -13 point differential) eliminated
- 4. LA Clippers (1-2, -6 point differential)
- 5. Sacramento Kings (0-3, -25 point differential) eliminated
Group B in the West
- 1. San Antonio Spurs (2-1, +14 point differential)
- 2. Oklahoma City Thunder (2-1, +18 point differential)
- 3. Phoenix Suns (2-1, +19 point differential)
- 4. Los Angeles Lakers (2-2, -24 point differential) eliminated
- 5. Utah Jazz (0-3, -27 point differential) eliminated
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Group C in the West
- 1. Golden State Warriors (3-0, +12 point differential) clinched Group C
- 2. Dallas Mavericks (2-1, +41 point differential)
- 3. Denver Nuggets (1-2, +2 point differential)
- 4. Memphis Grizzlies (1-2, -6 point differential)
- 5. New Orleans Pelicans (1-3, -49 point differential) eliminated
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