Portland will face off against four much better teams this fall.
The Portland Trail Blazers will face off against four much better teams this fall during the freshly re-branded 2024 Emirates NBA Cup, formerly known as the NBA In-Season Tournament.to announce its specific schedule for every single contest of the group play phase of the event, which will be broadcast on TNT on Tuesdays and ESPN on Fridays from November 12 through December 3.
Groups were constructed based on team record in 2023-24. Portland's West Group A cohort includes the Minnesota Timberwolves , L.A. Clippers , Sacramento Kings , and Houston Rockets . The Trail Blazers went 21-61, and this year's iteration will be without one of last year's best players, 2023 Sixth Man of the Year Malcolm Brogdon, and fields four rotation-ready centers and not nearly enough wings – meaning it likely won't be much better.
The Trail Blazers will host the Minnesota Timberwolves for their first matchup, on November 12. That game will tip off at 7 p.m. PT. On Friday, November 22, Portland will head to Houston to face off against the Rockets, for a 5 p.m. PT tip. A week later, the Trail Blazers will host the new-look Kings for a 7 p.m. matchup. Finally, the Trail Blazers will wrap up their group play phase at the L.A. Clippers' brand-new arena, the Intuit Dome, on Tuesday, December 3. That game will start at 7:30 p.m. PT.Starting Nov. 12, all 30 teams will compete in Group Play with 8 advancing into the knockout rounds! The Semifinals & Championship will be held in Las Vegas, Dec.
The games are still worth watching, however, knowing that teams last year really took the competition seriously, and it's as close as young pieces like rookie center Donovan Clingan and young guards Scoot Henderson and Shaedon Sharpe will presumably get to the playoffs for a long time.
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