{"id":771411,"date":"2026-07-01T05:07:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T05:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/771411\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T05:07:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T05:07:32","slug":"emirates-nba-cup-2026-groups-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/771411\/","title":{"rendered":"Emirates NBA Cup 2026 groups announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The groups are set for the Emirates NBA Cup 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n

All 30 teams have been randomly drawn into groups of five within their conference based on win-loss records from the 2025-26 regular season.<\/p>\n

The Emirates NBA Cup will tip off on Friday, October 30 in NBA team markets. Group Play games will be played every Friday from October 30 through November 27, with additional \u201cCup Nights\u201d on Tuesday, November 24 and Wednesday, November 25.<\/p>\n

The groups are available below.<\/p>\n

West Group A<\/p>\n

\"Denver Denver Nuggets
\"Houston Houston Rockets
\"Phoenix Phoenix Suns
\"Dallas Dallas Mavericks
\"UtahUtah Jazz<\/p>\n

West Group B<\/p>\n

\"Oklahoma\u00a0Oklahoma City Thunder
\"MinnesotaMinnesota Timberwolves
\"Los\u00a0LA Clippers
\"New\u00a0New Orleans Pelicans
\"Memphis\u00a0Memphis Grizzlies<\/p>\n

West Group C<\/p>\n

\"San\u00a0San Antonio Spurs
\"Los\u00a0Los Angeles Lakers
\"Portland\u00a0Portland Trail Blazers
\"Golden\u00a0Golden State Warriors
\"Sacramento\u00a0Sacramento Kings<\/p>\n

East Group A<\/p>\n

\"Detroit\u00a0Detroit Pistons
\"Toronto\u00a0Toronto Raptors
\"Orlando\u00a0Orlando Magic
\"Milwaukee\u00a0Milwaukee Bucks
\"Brooklyn\u00a0Brooklyn Nets<\/p>\n

East Group B<\/p>\n

\"New\u00a0New York Knicks
\"Cleveland\u00a0Cleveland Cavaliers
\"Philadelphia\u00a0Philadelphia 76ers
\"Miami\u00a0Miami Heat
\"Indiana\u00a0Indiana Pacers<\/p>\n

East Group C<\/p>\n

\"Boston\u00a0Boston Celtics
\"Atlanta\u00a0Atlanta Hawks
\"Charlotte\u00a0Charlotte Hornets
\"Chicago\u00a0Chicago Bulls
\"Washington\u00a0Washington Wizards<\/p>\n

The Quarterfinals (Friday, Dec. 4 and Saturday, Dec. 5) and Semifinals (Tuesday, Dec. 8 and\/or Wednesday, Dec. 9) will take place in NBA team markets before the tournament concludes with the Championship on Friday, December 11 at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.<\/p>\n

Emirates NBA Cup Key Dates<\/p>\n

Group Play: Oct. 30; Nov. 6, 13, 20, 24, 25 & 27
\nQuarterfinals: Dec. 4-5
\nSemifinals: Dec. 8 and\/or Dec. 9
\nChampionship: Dec. 11<\/p>\n

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The 2025-26 New York Knicks became the first team to win the Emirates NBA Cup and NBA Championship in the same season.<\/p>\n

Emirates NBA Cup History<\/p>\n

Over the three-year history of the Emirates NBA Cup, a connection between success during the in-season tournament and the NBA postseason has developed, culminating in a Knicks vs. Spurs matchup in both the 2025 Cup Championship Game and the 2026 NBA Finals in the same season.<\/p>\n

Following a run to the Cup title game in the inaugural event in 2023, the Indiana Pacers went on to reach the NBA Finals the following season \u2013 their first run that deep in 25 years.<\/p>\n

A year later, the OKC Thunder fell in the Cup Championship, before winning the NBA Finals to close out the 2024-25 season.<\/p>\n

2025<\/a><\/p>\n

\"New New York Knicks def. San Antonio Spurs, 124-113<\/a><\/p>\n

MVP: Jalen Brunson | Knicks<\/p>\n

2024<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Milwaukee Milwaukee Bucks def. Oklahoma City Thunder, 97-81<\/a><\/p>\n

MVP: Giannis Antetokounmpo | Bucks<\/p>\n

2023<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Los\u00a0Los Angeles Lakers def. Indiana Pacers, 123-109<\/a><\/p>\n

MVP: LeBron James | Lakers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The groups are set for the Emirates NBA Cup 2026. All 30 teams have been randomly drawn into…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":771412,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[366459,64,63,131887,590,85],"class_list":["post-771411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-2026-emirates-nba-cup","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-groups","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=771411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/771412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=771411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=771411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=771411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}