The Emirates NBA Cup 2025 officially began on Friday, October 31 with the quarterfinals, but its main course will be played in the T-Mobile of Las Vegas with the semi-finals (December 13) and the final (December 16).
In the third edition of the NBA CUP the Thunder eliminated the Sunslos Spurs a los Lakerslos Magic a los Heat and the Knicks a los Raptors.
The semifinals will face in the East New York Knicks y Orlando Magicand to the west to Oklahoma City Thunder y San Antonio Spurs.
Schedules of the NBA Cup semifinals and where they can be seen on television
The NBA Cup semifinals will be played next Saturday (11:30 p.m.) y domingo (03:00 h.) in Las Vegas.
The final will also be played at the T-Mobile and will be played Tuesday to Wednesday from 2:30 a.m..
All matches can be seen on Amazon Prime.
Semifinals
Saturday the 13th: East Semifinal at 11:00 p.m. in Las Vegas (Amazon Prime).
Sunday 14: West Semifinal at 03:00 in Las Vegas (Amazon Prime)
Final
Wednesday the 17th at 02:30 in Las Vegas (Amazon Prime).
What is the NBA Cup competition system like and what has been the path to Las Vegas?
To reach the quarterfinals, the 30 NBA teams were randomly drawn into groups of five within their conference, based on their win-loss record from the 2024-25 regular season.
From Friday, October 31 to Friday, November 28, each team played four designated group stage matches on “Cup Nights”: one match against each opponent in their group, two at home and two away.
Eight teams advanced to the Knockout Rounds: the team with the highest ranking in Group Stage matches in each of the six groups and two wild cards (the team from each conference with the best record in Group Stage matches that placed second in its group).
The Elimination Rounds consisted of direct elimination matches in the Quarterfinals to qualify for the NBA Cup Semifinals and later for the Grand Final.
Do NBA Cup games count toward NBA regular season standings?
All 67 games in both phases of the Emirates NBA Cup count towards the regular season standings, except for the Final.
Each team will play 82 regular season games in the 2025-26 season, including Group Stage and Knockout Round games.
