The NBA in-season event — formally the Emirates NBA Cup — is winding down with the semifinals slated for Saturday and the finals set for Tuesday.
It will all go down on the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
What is the NBA Cup and the way does it work?
The second annual in-season event kicked off Nov. 12 with group play, wherein all 30 NBA groups have been randomly positioned into teams of 5 inside their convention based mostly on their win-loss file from final common season, in keeping with the NBA.
Until Dec. 3, every workforce performed 4 group play video games on designated “Cup Nights” — one sport towards every of its group opponents, with two video games at dwelling and two away.
Eight groups then moved on to the knockout rounds — the workforce with one of the best standing in every of the six group play teams and one wild card from every convention. This stage of play started with the quarterfinals on Tuesday.
The eight groups that superior have been the Milwaukee Bucks, the Orlando Magic, the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Dallas Mavericks, the Atlanta Hawks, the New York Knicks, the Houston Rockets and the Golden State Warriors.
Each of the video games performed for the Cup will depend towards the regular-season standings, save for the Championship, the NBA mentioned.
Who will play within the semifinals and the way can I watch?
The Hawks will face the Bucks within the first spherical of the semifinals at 4:30 p.m. ET Saturday. The sport will air on TNT.
At 8:30 p.m. ET, the Rockets will go up towards the Thunder. The sport will probably be on ABC.
Who will play within the finals and the way do I watch?
The last sport will characteristic the winner of every of the semifinal video games: Atlanta or Milwaukee vs. Houston or Oklahoma City.
The sport will air at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday on ABC.
What does the successful workforce get?
The champion workforce will get a trophy — the eponymous NBA Cup — along with a prize pool that the NBA mentioned will probably be allotted to gamers on groups that certified for the knockout rounds, with these allocations growing relying on how far a workforce went within the event.
After the championship sport, a media panel will choose a MVP of the event. An All-Tournament Team will even be named.