In-Season Tourament

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The first-ever NBA In-Season Tournament begins Nov. 3! All 30 teams compete, 8 will advance to the Knockout Round and only one will be crowned Champion, claiming the new NBA Cup. The Semi-Finals and Championship games will be held in Las Vegas, Dec. 7 and 9!

WHAT’S AT STAKE

The champion will receive a new trophy, the NBA Cup.
After the Championship is played, the NBA will name the MVP of the In-Season Tournament and the All-Tournament Team.

HOW IT WORKS

SCHEDULE
BREAKDOWN


All 30 NBA teams are divided up into six groups of five teams. Every team will play four games, playing each team in their group once, with two games at home and two games on the road.

REGULAR SEASON
EFFECTS


All In-Season Tournament games will count toward the regular season, except for the championship.

GETTING TO
82 GAMES


Teams that do not make it out of group play will play on December 6 and 8 as part of the 82-game regular season schedule.

GROUP PLAY
GAMES


Group Stage games will be played on Tuesdays and Fridays from November 3-28, excluding Election Day (Nov. 7).

KNOCKOUT
ROUND


The six group winners and two wild card teams (one in each conference) will advance to the Knockout Stage.

QUARTER &
SEMI-FINALS


The Quarterfinal games will be hosted by the higher seeded team, with the Semi-Finals and final being held in Las Vegas.

HOW IT WORKS

SCHEDULE BREAKDOWN


All 30 NBA teams are divided up into six groups of five teams. Every team will play four games, playing each team in their group once, with two games at home and two games on the road.

REGULAR SEASON EFFECTS


All In-Season Tournament games will count toward the regular season, except for the championship.

GETTING TO
82 GAMES


Teams that do not make it out of group play will play on December 6 and 8 as part of the 82-game regular season schedule.

GROUP PLAY
GAMES


Group Stage games will be played on Tuesdays and Fridays from November 3-28, excluding Election Day (Nov. 7).

KNOCKOUT
ROUND


The six group winners and two wild card teams (one in each conference) will advance to the Knockout Stage.

QUARTER &
SEMI-FINALS


The Quarterfinal games will be hosted by the higher seeded team, with the Semi-Finals and final being held in Las Vegas.

OUR GROUP

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OUR GROUP

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DENVER NUGGETS

In four games played against Denver last season, the Mavs went 2-2, splitting two games in both Denver and Dallas.
The Mavs won by 28 points in their final meeting.

LA CLIPPERS

The Mavs went 2-2 in the four games played against the Clippers last season, splitting two games in L.A. and Dallas.
Kyrie Irving lead the Mavs to a win with 24 points in his Dallas debut.

NEW ORLEANS PELICANS

The Mavs went 2-2, splitting two games in New Orleans and Dallas. Luka Dončić had 34/10/10 for his ninth triple-double of the season in a Mavs 127-117 win over the Pelicans in early January.

HOUSTON ROCKETS

The Mavs went 3-1 vs. the Rockets. Luka Dončić had his 2nd triple-double in a row and an NBA-best eighth of the season, leading
the Mavs to a 129-114 win over the Rockets.

MAVS SCHEDULE

AT DENVER NUGGETS

November 3, 2023 | 9:00 PM

VS. LA CLIPPERS

November 10, 2023 | 7:30 PM

NEW ORLEANS PELICANS

November 14, 2023 | 7:00 PM

VS. HOUSTON ROCKETS

November 28, 2023 | 7:30 PM

MAVS SCHEDULE

AT DENVER NUGGETS

November 3, 2023 | 9:00 PM

VS. LA CLIPPERS

November 10, 2023 | 7:30 PM

NEW ORLEANS PELICANS

November 14, 2023 | 7:00 PM

VS. HOUSTON ROCKETS

November 28, 2023 | 7:30 PM

Frequently Asked Questions

The NBA In-Season Tournament is a new annual competition for all 30 teams that will debut in the 2023-24 season.

The In-Season Tournament will provide players and teams with another competition to win, engage fans in a new way and drive additional interest in the early portion of the regular-season schedule.

Before the Group Play draw, each team was placed into a “pot” based on its record from the prior regular season (2022-23). In each conference, one team from each pot was randomly selected into each of the three groups in that conference. Pot 1 had the teams with the three best prior-season records in a conference, Pot 2 had the teams with the fourth- through sixth-best prior-season records in a conference, and so on through Pot 5.

Eight teams will advance to the Knockout Rounds: the team with the best standing in Group Play games in each of the six groups and one “wild card” team from each conference. The wild card will be the team from each conference with the best record in Group Play games that finished second in its group.

Every team will still play an 82-game regular season. All In-Season Tournament games will count toward the regular-season standings except the Championship, which will sit outside the regular season.

Every team will play two regular-season games (including the In-Season Tournament Quarterfinals and Semifinals for qualifying teams) during the week of Dec. 4. The 22 teams that do not qualify for the Knockout Rounds will play two regular-season games during tournament off nights that week (Dec. 6 & 8). The four teams that lose in the Quarterfinals will play a regular-season game on Dec. 8.