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"Warriors Host Mavericks in NBA Cup Opener Featuring Klay Thompson"

'Warriors Host Mavericks in NBA Cup Opener Featuring Klay Thompson'

By Santiago Carline August, 13th 2024

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The opening night of the 2024 Emirates NBA Cup will showcase shooting guard Klay Thompson, now playing for the Dallas Mavericks, facing his former team, the Golden State Warriors, where he spent 13 seasons and won four league titles.

This game is the second of a doubleheader on November 12, as the league kicks off the second year of its in-season tournament, now known as the Emirates NBA Cup.

On Tuesday, the NBA released the complete game schedule and national television lineup for group play, with the full 2024-25 regular season schedule set to be announced on Thursday.

The first Cup Night (TNT) will begin with the Philadelphia 76ers hosting the New York Knicks, followed by the Mavericks taking on the Warriors.

The defending NBA Cup champions, the Los Angeles Lakers, will visit the San Antonio Spurs on November 15 (ESPN), followed by the Memphis Grizzlies facing off against the Warriors that same night.

Similar to last year's competition, teams were randomly placed into six groups of five for a single round robin of two home and two away games. The seeding was determined by the win-loss records from the 2023-24 regular season.

Group play games will be played on four Tuesdays (November 12, 19, 26, and December 3) and three Fridays (November 15, 22, and 29).

TNT and ESPN will combine to broadcast 14 games, while NBA TV will air three games during this first stage of the Emirates NBA Cup.

The quarterfinals of the single-elimination knockout bracket will take place on December 10 and 11. The tournament will then move from NBA team markets to Las Vegas, where T-Mobile Arena (home of the NHL's Golden Knights) will host the semifinals on December 14 and the championship game on December 17.

Below are the groups, with teams listed by their seed number: