NBA Cup schedule: The Warriors will face the Rockets in the quarterfinals on December 11th

For the first time in franchise history, the Golden State Warriors have reached the playoffs in the NBA regular season tournament. And now we know their schedule. Although the Dubs lost their final game in the group stage of the tournament on Tuesday with a loss to the Denver Nuggets, they still won West Group C, finishing ahead of the Nuggets, Memphis Grizzlies and New Orleans Pelicans and tied for third with the Dallas Mavericks :1 record but promoted due to win over Dallas a few weeks ago.

With the group stage complete, it’s now on to the Emirates NBA Cup proper, the second edition of this season’s annual tournament. And now we have a schedule. The Dubs have secured the third seed in the West’s four-team bracket and will travel to Texas to face the second-seeded Houston Rockets on Wednesday, December 11th. The game will be broadcast nationally on TNT at 6:30 p.m. (PT).

Should the Dubs win their quarterfinal game, they will advance to the semifinals, which will take place in Las Vegas. They would face the winner of the game between the Mavericks and the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday, December 10th. The semi-finals will take place on Saturday December 14th. The early game will be broadcast on TNT and the late game will be broadcast on ABC. The first semifinal game will be played at 1:30 p.m. (PT) and the second at 5:30 p.m. (PT). However, it is not yet clear which game will go into the West semi-finals and which will go into the East semi-finals.

If the Warriors win this game, they would advance to the NBA Cup Championship, where they would face the winner of the East Round (the four teams in order of seeding: Milwaukee Bucks, New York Knicks, Atlanta Hawks and Orlando). Magic). The game will take place on Tuesday, December 17 at 5:30 p.m. (PT) in Las Vegas and will be broadcast on ABC. And if they win The In one game they will be the season’s tournament champions, collect some trophies, amass some money and hopefully not fall apart as quickly as the Los Angeles Lakers did last year.

The in-season tournament also impacts the regular season schedule and standings. At the start of the season, all teams have 80 games on their schedule instead of the usual 82. Teams that do not make it into the tournament will then receive two additional games on their schedule, while teams eliminated in the quarterfinals will receive one additional game. However, there will be no surprises as the Dubs have made the tournament. The quarterfinal game against the Rockets is their 81st game; If they win, their semifinal game will be the 82nd game, while if they lose, they will face the loser of the Thunder-Mavericks game to complete their schedule. The championship game does not count toward the regular season standings.

Golden State has three more regular season games before the tournament, including Thursday’s game against the Rockets, which will serve as a nice preview for next week. The Warriors defeated the Rockets on November 2nd when they blew a 31-point lead but rallied to win in overtime. Pleasingly, the Warriors won this game despite Steph Curry’s absence. But despite this victory, the teams are currently moving in different directions. The Warriors have lost five straight games, while the Rockets have gone 12-4 since the loss just over a month ago.

It should be an entertaining game and hopefully a successful tournament for the Warriors.