NBA Cup program announced with games starting from October 31st, some on NBC and Peacock
Both times the NBA Cup has been revoked, it was from one of the legends of the game: Lebron James in 2023 and Giannis Antetokounmpo last year.
The NBA Cup can also tell us something about the teams that we may want to keep an eye on in May and June. Last December, the Oklahoma City Thunder was playing in the finals of the NBA Cup (but they had a night outside and fell on Giannis Antetokounmpo and Milwaukee Bucks; they were ready for the large stage when June rolled down). Two years ago, the Indiana Pacers, an emerging team, reached the finals of the NBA Cup, where he lost against the Lakers. However, they used the momentum of that race to reach the Eastern Conference finals that year, then the finals of the NBA last season.
The NBA Cup program has been releasedwith games starting from 31 October and which go until December, with some of them on NBC and streaming Peacock.
The NBA Cup opens with a double night Halloween in the Prime Double Night: The Celtics at 76ers (19:00 ET), followed by Grizzlies’s Lakers (9:30 pm et).
All 30 NBA teams will play at least four games of the NBA Cup within their group of five teams, therefore the winners of each group, as well as a joker for each conference, will advance to a direct elimination round. The semifinals of the NBA Cup will take place on 13 December, with the finals of the Cup on December 16 in Las Vegas.
The groups are set and the program came out 👀
Starting from 31 October, all 30 teams will compete for the Emirates NBA Cup with 8 teams that advance from the groups in the direct elimination rounds, with the semifinals and the championship held in Las Vegas, on 13 and 16 December!
See the full cup … pic.twitter.com/ndmhln8rgv
– NBA (@nba) August 13, 2025
Games on NBC, Peacock
Two critical games in the last week of group game will be broadcast on NBC e Streaming on Pavone streaming Tuesday 25 November. Those games are:
• Magic to 76ers (20:00 et)
• Clippers at Lakers (11:00 et)
Philly hosting Orlando presents two oriental teams with great expectations that enter this season after both have been shaken by injuries a season ago. If everyone can remain healthy, this rendering of the accounts between Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner against Paul George and Joel Embiid will be watching.
Lakers fans like to say that there is no rivalry with the clippers, no battle for Los Angeles – until they tell them that the Clippers have been the best team and the Better Run franchising in the last ten years. These games between two teams that project the first six in the West are always fun, with Lebron and James Harden that stage a show.
Other games of the NBA Cup to look at
Here are some other games of the NBA Cup to go around your calendar.
November 7: Rockets at Spurs
November 7: Warriors in Nuggets
November 14: Warriors at Spurs
November 21: Nuggets at Rockets
November 28: Dollars in Knicks
November 28: Mavericks at Lakers