By Fox Deportes Editorial Team
The Lakers are the champions of the formerly called ‘In Season Tournament’
The Emirates NBA Cup, the NBA’s first experiment with the cup format, returns this Tuesday with its second edition after LeBron James’ Los Angeles Lakers They will be crowned in 2023 in Las Vegas.
From November 12 to December 3, the NBA will hold a series of games that will count towards both the group stage of the NBA Cup and the regular season.
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The National TV Schedule for Group Play of the #EmiratesNBACup on ESPN, TNT and NBA TV.
Group Play begins Nov. 12, with 8 teams advancing to the knockout rounds. The Semifinals and Championship will be held in Las Vegas, Dec. 14 and 17! pic.twitter.com/KCHTiM4jq7
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Thus, the tournament will start this Tuesday with eight games, among which two very spicy duels stand out: the Philadelphia 76ers-New York Knicks and the Golden State Warriors-Dallas Mavericks, which marks the return of Klay Thompson to the San Francisco Bay (USA). .USA).
The 30 NBA franchises have been divided for this cup into six groups following the traditional conference distribution:
Grupo A del Este: New York Knicks, Orlando Magic, Philadelphia 76ers, Brooklyn Nets y Charlotte Hornets.
Grupo B del Este: Milwaukee Bucks, Indiana Pacers, Miami Heat, Toronto Raptors y Detroit Pistons.
Group C del Este: Boston Celtics, Cleveland Cavaliers, Chicago Bulls, Atlanta Hawks and Washington Wizards.
Group A of the West: Minnesota Timberwolves, Los Angeles Clippers, Sacramento Kings, Houston Rockets and Portland Trail Blazers.
West Group B: Oklahoma City Thunder, Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Lakers, Utah Jazz and San Antonio Spurs.
Grupo C del Oeste: Denver Nuggets, Dallas Mavericks, New Orleans Pelicans, Golden State Warriors y Memphis Grizzlies.
Each team will play four games in the group stage, two at home and two away, and will only face each rival in its group once.
From there, eight franchises will qualify for the single-game playoffs: the leaders of each group and two more as wild cards for the best second in each conference.
The quarterfinals will be played on December 10 and 11 before the NBA Cup caravan moves, like last year, to Las Vegas for the semifinals and final, which will be played on December 14 and 17 , respectively.
The Lakers defend the title they won last year when they beat Tyrese Haliburton’s Indiana Pacers in the final of the first NBA Cup.
