The Atlanta Hawks ended up being the junior varsity this season to knock off the Cleveland Cavaliers last night and they are now 8-11 while the Cavs are 17-2. The 2 groups will reunite on Friday afternoon, however there will be more at stake this time. Friday’s video game is going to belong to the Emirates NBA Cup and the Atlanta Hawks have a possibility to clinch an area in the knockout round in Las Vegas.
It is going to take more than simply a win over the Cavaliers. The Hawks are going to require the Boston Celtics to beat the Chicago Bulls tomorrow too and while that appears like it needs to be an assurance, anything can take place in the NBA, as last night showed and as the Hawks showed when they distress Boston. If the Hawks beat the Cavs and the Celtics beat Chicago, then the Hawks have actually won the group. The Wizards are the only group that has actually been removed from winning the group.
The Hawks had a remarkable win last night vs the Cavaliers and it was a record setting night for Trae Young. Young had among the very best video games of his profession, ending up with 20 points and 22 helps, a brand-new profession high in helps. Young nearly had the ability to connect Mookie Blaylocks Hawks record for helps with 23.
Here is how the NBA Cup works, thanks to nba.com:
“The Emirates NBA Cup 2024, the NBA’s 2nd yearly in-season competitors, will tip off on Tuesday, Nov. 12 in group markets and culminate with the Semifinals (Saturday, Dec. 14) and Championship (Tuesday, Dec. 17) happening at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The total schedule will be launched in August.
The Emirates NBA Cup will include 2 phases: Group Play and the Knockout Rounds.
> > A. Group Play
All 30 groups have actually been arbitrarily drawn into groups of 5 within their conference based upon win-loss records from the 2023-24 routine season. Starting Tuesday, Nov. 12 and continuing through Tuesday, Dec. 3, each group will play 4 designated Group Play video games on “Cup Nights”– one video game versus each challenger in its group, with 2 video games in your home and 2 on the roadway.
8 groups will advance to the Knockout Rounds: the group with the very best standing in Group Play video games in each of the 6 groups and 2 “wild cards” (the group from each conference with the very best record in Group Play video games that completed second in its group). The Knockout Rounds will include single-elimination video games in the Quarterfinals (played in NBA group markets on Tuesday, Dec. 10 and Wednesday, Dec. 11) and Semifinals and Championship (played in Las Vegas on Dec. 14 and Dec. 17, respectively). The Knockout groups will complete for a reward swimming pool and the NBA Cup champion prize.
All 67 video games throughout both phases of the Emirates NBA Cup will count towards the regular-season standings other than the Championship.