The NBA Cup is an annual competition that debuted in the 2023/24 season, where all 30 teams compete across group play and knockout rounds to win the tournament.
The Los Angeles Lakers won the inaugural tournament in 2023, the Milwaukee Bucks won the second edition of the Cup in 2024, and the New York Knicks won it last year.
The Knicks are the only team so far to win the NBA Cup and the NBA Championship in the same year.
In 2025, the NBA Cup will be sponsored by Emirates, under the name of Emirates NBA Cup.
NBA Cup Format
The NBA Cup has a group play stage, followed by a single-elimination knockout stage.
All 30 NBA teams are divided into six groups of five based on conference. Each team will play the other four teams in the group once on designated NBA Cup nights. two games will be played at home and two away.
Fridays will be the designated NBA Cup days for the group stage, beginning on Oct. 30, while special NBA Cup nights will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 24 and Wednesday, Nov. 25.
Eight teams will move on from the group stage to the knockouts, including all six group winners, and two wild card teams. The wildcard teams will be the best team from each conference that finished second in their group.
The knockout rounds will be single-elimination games. There will be three rounds before finally crowning a cup winner.
The semifinal will be hosted at the home arena of the higher seeds, while the NBA Cup final will be held at Hinkle Fieldhouse at Butler University in Indianapolis, IN.
All 67 games of the NBA Cup through the knockout stage will count towards the teams' NBA regular season record.
Take a look at all the odds for the NBA Cup below, including outright, group winners, and Cup MVP below:
NBA Cup Outright Odds
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NBA Cup Group Winner Odds - East Group A
DET Pistons | +425 |
TOR Raptors | +1000 |
ORL Magic | +1600 |
MIL Bucks | +2200 |
BKN Nets | +2500 |
NBA Cup Group Winner Odds - East Group B
PHI 76ers | +220 |
NY Knicks | +230 |
CLE Cavaliers | +350 |
MIA Heat | +500 |
IND Pacers | +800 |
NBA Cup Group Winner Odds - East Group C
BOS Celtics | +105 |
ATL Hawks | +270 |
CHA Hornets | +500 |
WAS Wizards | +700 |
CHI Bulls | +1400 |
NBA Cup Group Winner Odds - West Group A
HOU Rockets | +140 |
DEN Nuggets | +170 |
PHX Suns | +525 |
DAL Mavericks | +1000 |
UTA Jazz | +1400 |
NBA Cup Group Winner Odds - West Group B
OKC Thunder | -155 |
MIN Timberwolves | +360 |
MEM Grizzlies | +700 |
LA Clippers | +1200 |
NO Pelicans | +1200 |
NBA Cup Group Winner Odds - West Group C
SA Spurs | -125 |
POR Trail Blazers | +280 |
LA Lakers | +375 |
GS Warriors | +1600 |
SAC Kings | +5000 |
NBA Cup MVP - Top 10
+475 | |
+500 | |
+900 | |
+1400 | |
+1800 | |
+1800 | |
+2200 | |
+2800 | |
+3000 | |
Scottie Barnes | +3000 |
All odds written in this article were correct at the time of writing and are subject to change.
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