NBA Pronounces Teams for the 2025 NBA Cup Event

Defending NBA Cup champion Milwaukee will play its group-stage video games on this season’s event in opposition to New York, Chicago, Charlotte and Miami, the league introduced Wednesday.

The league unveiled the teams for the third yr of the event, which suggestions off on Oct. 31. Group play continues by Nov. 28.

Quarterfinals will likely be Dec. 9 and Dec. 10, with the event semifinals on Dec. 13 in Las Vegas. The championship recreation — which won’t rely towards the season document and statistics for both of the golf equipment concerned — is Dec. 16 in Las Vegas.

In group play, groups will all have two highway and two residence video games. Groups that don’t attain the quarterfinals or semifinals can have added to their schedules matchups in opposition to two different groups that additionally didn’t qualify for the Cup playoffs, pushing the season to the complete 82 video games.

Quarterfinals and semifinal video games will rely towards the common season for the groups concerned in these contests.

Full schedules will likely be introduced in August, coinciding with the remainder of the NBA’s schedule rollout for the 2025-26 season.

The teams:

East Group A — Cleveland, Indiana, Atlanta, Toronto, WashingtonEast Group B — Boston, Detroit, Orlando, Brooklyn, PhiladelphiaEast Group C — Milwaukee, New York, Chicago, Miami, CharlotteWest Group A — Oklahoma Metropolis, Minnesota, Sacramento, Phoenix, UtahWest Group B — LA Lakers, LA Clippers, Memphis, Dallas, New OrleansWest Group C — Houston, Denver, Golden State, Portland, San Antonio

Reporting by The Related Press.

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