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Miami Herald
3 days ago
- Sport
- Miami Herald
Four Heat games revealed for upcoming season, including one on national platform
Taking a page from the NFL, the NBA is releasing parts of its schedule in bits and pieces before the full and formal rollout at 3 p.m. Thursday. Four Heat game dates and opponents were revealed Wednesday when the league announced the entire schedule for the NBA Cup, the early-season tournament that ends with two semifinals and a championship game in mid-December in Las Vegas. The Heat's four group play Cup games, in order, will be home against Charlotte at 8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 7; at the Knicks at 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 14; at Chicago on Friday, Nov. 21 at 7 p.m.; and home against Milwaukee on Wednesday, Nov. 26 at 7:30 p.m. The Knicks game will be carried exclusively by Amazon Prime Video, which is beginning an 11-year contract with the NBA. The other three games are expected to be carried by FanDuel Sports Sun. All 30 teams were randomly drawn into groups of five within their conference based on their records last season. The Heat, Knicks, Bucks, Bulls and Hornets are in Group C. 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. The semifinals and championship game will be played on Dec. 13 and 16, respectively, in Las Vegas. All NBA Cup games will count toward the regular season standings, except the championship. The Heat did not advance out of group play during the NBA Cup's first two seasons. The Lakers and Bucks won the first two NBA Cups. For ticket information on Cup games, go to Adebayo update Heat center Bam Adebayo, through his Bam, Books & Brotherhood Foundation, delivered 300 brand-new mattresses to students at The SEED School of Miami on Wednesday afternoon to fulfill a promise he made earlier this year during the school's Legacy Ceremony. After being honored at that event, Adebayo asked students what they would change if they could. Their answer was 'new mattresses.' In partnership with City Furniture, Adebayo's foundation turned that request into a reality to help students begin the school year with a new bed.
USA Today
09-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
2025 NBA Cup details revealed for Philadelphia 76ers: Group, schedule
The NBA is about a month or so away from revealing the entire 82-game schedule for the 2025-26 season, but details for the third NBA Cup in league history has been revealed. The Philadelphia 76ers, who have been unable to reach the knockout rounds in each of the previous two NBA Cups in the 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons so they will have another chance in the upcoming year. The Sixers will be in Group B and be teamed with the Detroit Pistons, Boston Celtics, Brooklyn Nets, and Orlando Magic. Per the schedule matrix, the Sixers will face the Pistons and the Nets on the road while hosting the Celtics and the Magic during the group stage. The NBA Cup games will begin on Oct. 31 and run through Nov. 28. If healthy, which is always a gigantic *if* for this group, the Sixers will have a good chance of advancing. While three of those four are playoff teams, the Celtics figure to be much weaker due to injuries and offseason moves, the Pistons lost some key pieces, and the Nets are still rebuilding. The Magic will be a tough opponent, but the Sixers can match up if their stars are healthy.
