Saturday, October 31, 2026

NBA Cup

Updated Sat, Oct 31, 12:51 AM EDT

Emirates NBA Cup: each group winner and one wild card per conference reach the quarterfinals.

Eastern Conference

Group A

Tiebreak: DET, ORL (1-0): point differential.

Group B

Tiebreak: MIA, PHI (1-0): point differential.

Group C

East Group C
TeamW-LDiffNext
WizardsWASLeader1-0+16at ATLNov 6
CelticsBOSWild card1-0+14at CHANov 6
HawksATL0-00vs WASNov 6
BullsCHI0-1−14vs ATLNov 13
HornetsCHA0-1−16vs BOSNov 6

Tiebreak: WAS, BOS (1-0): point differential.

Wild-card race

Eastern Conference wild-card race
TeamGroupW-LDiffNext
CelticsBOSWild cardGroup C1-0+14at CHANov 6
MagicORLGroup A1-0+7vs MILNov 13
76ersPHIGroup B1-0+5at CLENov 6

Tiebreak: BOS, ORL, PHI (1-0): point differential.

If group play ended today: Heat (1) vs Celtics (4), Pistons (2) vs Wizards (3).

Western Conference

Group A

West Group A
TeamW-LDiffNext
NuggetsDENLeader1-0+7vs HOUNov 20
MavericksDALWild card1-0+5vs UTANov 6
JazzUTA0-00at DALNov 6
RocketsHOU0-1−5vs UTANov 13
SunsPHX0-1−7at UTANov 20

Tiebreak: DEN, DAL (1-0): point differential.

Wild-card race

Western Conference wild-card race
TeamGroupW-LDiffNext
MavericksDALWild cardGroup A1-0+5vs UTANov 6
ThunderOKCGroup B0-00at MEMNov 6
SpursSASGroup C0-00at SACNov 6

If group play ended today: Timberwolves (1) vs Mavericks (4), Warriors (2) vs Nuggets (3).

What the columns mean
W-L
Record in this season's group games.
Diff
Point differential in group games, without overtime: a game that goes to overtime counts as 0 for both teams.
Next
The team's next group game — vs is home, at is away. Done means its four group games are final.
x-
Clinched whatever the remaining group games do; the tag says what: Won group (Clinched group while its games remain), Clinched wild card, or Clinched QF — a quarterfinal place as group winner or wild card, which one still open. A tie that point differential would settle stays open until every team in it has finished its group games, so it counts against a team's clinch and for it on elimination.
e-
Eliminated, and the row is greyed: cannot reach the quarterfinals whatever the remaining group games do.
Leader
A dashed tag is today's projection, not a clinch: first in the group if group play ended today.
Wild card
Dashed, the projected wild card: the second-place team with the best group record in the conference today. The wild card is the fourth seed in the quarterfinals.
Tiebreak
Teams level on record are ordered by head-to-head in group games, then point differential, then points scored (both without overtime), then last season's record, then a league drawing. The wild-card race skips head-to-head. Computed by Hoops Menu from final scores; live games are not counted.