On Tuesday afternoon, the NBA launched the schedule for the group stage of this season’s Emirates NBA Cup. The Boston Celtics can be part of the Jap Convention’s “Group C,” together with the Atlanta Hawks, Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Washington Wizards.
Boston’s group play will tip-off on November 12, once they host the Hawks at TD Backyard. Per week later, on the nineteenth, the Cavaliers will come to city for an Jap Convention Semifinals rematch.
The Cs will play their remaining two group-stage video games on the street, first, heading to Washington to face the Wizards on November 22, then Chicago to wrap in opposition to the Bulls on the twenty ninth.
Final yr, the World-Champion Celtics completed atop their group earlier than falling to the Indiana Pacers (who later gained the Jap Convention facet of the bracket) within the match’s quarterfinals.
Group C isn’t precisely probably the most menacing bunch of groups. Apart from Boston, solely the Cavs earned a playoff berth in 2024, whereas Atlanta, Chicago, and Washington waited for ping-pong balls on the Draft Lottery.
With that being stated, having their assembly with Cleveland at residence would possibly show to be very important for the Cs. We haven’t seen any of those present rosters play simply but, however it’s not laborious to think about that the winner of that matchup will go on to complete first within the group and earn a spot within the quarterfinals, which can be performed on December 10 and 11.
Even when the Celtics don’t win their group, they’ll nonetheless qualify to advance by incomes the Jap Convention wild-card spot. The wild card will go to the second-place group with the perfect file.
Ought to two groups be tied for a bunch’s greatest file, the next, so as, will decide the tiebreaker:
Head-to-head file in Group Play;
Level differential in Group Play;
Whole factors scored in Group Play;
Report from the 2023-24 NBA common season; and
Random drawing (within the unlikely state of affairs that two or extra groups are nonetheless tied following the earlier tiebreakers).
Identical to final season, the semifinals and championship can be held in Las Vegas. These video games can be performed on December 14 and 17, respectively.
All video games, other than the ultimate, will rely in direction of every group’s regular-season file.
