On Tuesday afternoon, the NBA launched the schedule for the group stage of this season’s Emirates NBA Cup. The Boston Celtics shall be part of the Japanese Convention’s “Group C,” together with the Atlanta Hawks, Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Washington Wizards.
Boston’s group play will tip-off on November 12, after they host the Hawks at TD Backyard. Per week later, on the nineteenth, the Cavaliers will come to city for an Japanese Convention Semifinals rematch.
The Cs will play their remaining two group-stage video games on the street, first, heading to Washington to face the Wizards on November 22, then Chicago to wrap towards the Bulls on the twenty ninth.
Final 12 months, the World-Champion Celtics completed atop their group earlier than falling to the Indiana Pacers (who later gained the Japanese Convention aspect of the bracket) within the event’s quarterfinals.
Group C isn’t precisely essentially the most menacing bunch of groups. Other than Boston, solely the Cavs earned a playoff berth in 2024, whereas Atlanta, Chicago, and Washington waited for ping-pong balls on the Draft Lottery.
With that being stated, having their assembly with Cleveland at dwelling may show to be important for the Cs. We haven’t seen any of those present rosters play simply but, but it surely’s not arduous to think about that the winner of that matchup will go on to complete first within the group and earn a spot within the quarterfinals, which shall be performed on December 10 and 11.
Even when the Celtics don’t win their group, they’ll nonetheless qualify to advance by incomes the Japanese Convention wild-card spot. The wild card will go to the second-place staff with the very best report.
Ought to two groups be tied for a bunch’s finest report, the next, so as, will decide the tiebreaker:
Head-to-head report in Group Play;
Level differential in Group Play;
Complete factors scored in Group Play;
Report from the 2023-24 NBA common season; and
Random drawing (within the unlikely state of affairs that two or extra groups are nonetheless tied following the earlier tiebreakers).
Identical to final season, the semifinals and championship shall be held in Las Vegas. These video games shall be performed on December 14 and 17, respectively.
All video games, except for the ultimate, will depend in the direction of every staff’s regular-season report.
