Emirates NBA Cup 2025 schedule announced — group play games to stream on Prime Video starting October 31

The schedule for the Emirates NBA Cup Group Play has been unveiled. The announcement came on August 13. 15 games will be aired nationally across Prime Video, NBC and ESPN. This season will mark the NBA’s debut on Prime Video as well. The knockout rounds will start on October 31 and will continue till November 28. Following this, the quarterfinals will be held on the 9th and 10th of December, the semifinals on December 13 and the finals on December 16. Studio Analyst Blake Griffin explains the format of this tournament.
What is the format of Emirates NBA Cup?It is the third year of the Emirates NBA Cup. But it is the tournament’s debut on Amazon Prime. The tournament will have 30 teams divided into 6 groups. Each group will have 5 teams. Each team will face each other within the group. The team with the highest number of wins qualifies for the next round. While a total of 6 teams will qualify for the quarterfinals, there will be two wild-card entries from each conference. Hence, there will be a total of 8 teams qualifying for the quarterfinals.

🏆 The Emirates NBA Cup EXPLAINED 🏆@NBAonPrime studio analyst @blakegriffin23 breaks down group play, the knockout rounds and a new way to watch the action this season, beginning Friday, October 31!

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The semi-finals will be held on the 13th of December. The tournament will end on December 16, 2025. The Los Angeles Lakers, Memphis Grizzlies, Boston Celtics, and Philadelphia 76ers are scheduled to kick off the NBA debut on Prime Video . The streaming platform will be the home for 10 group play games from the tournament. Along with these 10 games, Prime will also stream the four quarterfinals, semifinals and the final game of the tournament. The rest of the games will be divided across ESPN, NBC and League Pass.

List of games to be aired on Prime VideoTeams like the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics will be kicking off the inaugural games to be aired on Prime. The Lakers will be facing the Memphis Grizzlies, and the Celtics will be facing the Philadelphia 76ers. The complete schedule for the games scheduled to be aired on Prime Video is

• Oct. 31: Boston Celtics vs. Philadelphia 76ers
  
• Oct. 31: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Memphis Grizzlies
  
• Nov. 7: Houston Rockets vs. San Antonio Spurs
  
• Nov. 7: Golden State Warriors vs. Denver Nuggets
  
• Nov. 14: Miami Heat vs. New York Knicks
  
• Nov. 14: Golden State Warriors vs. San Antonio Spurs
  
• Nov. 21: Indiana Pacers at Cleveland Cavaliers
  
• Nov. 21: Denver Nuggets vs. Houston Rockets
  
• Nov. 28: Milwaukee Bucks vs. New York Knicks
  
• Nov. 28: Dallas Mavericks vs. Los Angeles Lakers
  

In Group Play of the Emirates NBA Cup 2025, 15 games will air nationally across Prime Video, NBC and ESPN.

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The official site of the NBA has released the full schedule of the group play in two different formats. One that shows the schedule as per the team, and the other that shows the schedule day-wise.

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