Overview
- Group play opens Friday, Oct. 31, with four games per team across six conference-based groups of five.
- Six group winners plus one wild card from each conference advance to an eight-team bracket, with quarterfinals on Dec. 9-10, semifinals on Dec. 13 and the final on Dec. 16 at T-Mobile Arena.
- Most games are available on NBA League Pass and Prime Video, with select national windows on NBC, Peacock and ESPN.
- Player bonuses range from $51,497 for quarterfinal teams to $514,971 for the champions, and all games except the final count toward regular-season records.
- Tiebreakers progress from head-to-head to point differential and total points, and coverage has spotlighted West Group C (Rockets, Nuggets, Warriors, Trail Blazers, Spurs) as a potential ‘Group of Death.’