NBA Cup

Group tables and knockout results for the in-season tournament, derived from the game results.

How it works

Each conference is split into three groups of five. Every team plays the other four in its group once, and those games count in the regular-season standings as well. The three group winners from each conference advance, joined by one wildcard — the best second-placed team — for a knockout round.

Eastern Conference groups

East Group A
Position Team WL DiffPFGP
1Detroit Pistons10+161101
2Orlando Magic10+71211
3Milwaukee Bucks00000
4Toronto Raptors01-71141
5Brooklyn Nets01-16941
East Group B
Position Team WL DiffPFGP
1Miami Heat10+201451
2Philadelphia 76ers10+5981
3Cleveland Cavaliers00000
4New York Knicks01-5931
5Indiana Pacers01-201251
East Group C
Position Team WL DiffPFGP
1Washington Wizards10+16951
2Boston Celtics10+141251
3Atlanta Hawks00000
4Chicago Bulls01-141111
5Charlotte Hornets01-16791

Western Conference groups

West Group A
Position Team WL DiffPFGP
1Denver Nuggets10+71271
2Dallas Mavericks10+51161
3Utah Jazz00000
4Houston Rockets01-51111
5Phoenix Suns01-71201
West Group B
Position Team WL DiffPFGP
1Minnesota Timberwolves10+261271
2Memphis Grizzlies00000
3New Orleans Pelicans00000
4Oklahoma City Thunder00000
5LA Clippers01-261011
West Group C
Position Team WL DiffPFGP
1Golden State Warriors10+171121
2Portland Trail Blazers00000
3Sacramento Kings00000
4San Antonio Spurs00000
5Los Angeles Lakers01-17951

Knockout round

The knockout fixtures are set once the group games finish. They will appear here when the schedule carries them.

What these tables do and do not claim

Order is wins, then the head-to-head result when exactly two teams are level, then point difference, then points scored. The NBA applies head-to-head first in every case, including three-way ties. Resolving one of those properly means running a mini-league among the tied teams, and a half-implemented version would be wrong in ways you could not see from the table, so it is not attempted here. Where three or more teams are level, treat the order as provisional.

The wildcard is not computed for the same reason: it depends on comparing second-placed teams across groups, which rests on exactly the tiebreakers above.