The NBA announced the schedule and team division of next season’s mid-season championship!

league announced the panel for the third year tournament, which will be announced on October 31. The group stage will last until November 28. The

quarterfinals will be held from December 9 to 10, and the championship semi-finals will be held in Las Vegas on December 13. The championship game — which will not count to any club’s season records and statistics — will be held in Las Vegas on December 16.

In the group stage, all teams will have two away games and two home games. Teams that have not reached the quarter-finals or semi-finals will add games to their schedules with two other teams who are equally ineligible for the Cup playoffs, pushing the season to a full 82 games. The

Quarts and semi-finals will be counted to the regular season of the teams participating in these games. The full schedule of

will be announced in August, which coincides with the launch schedules of other NBA 2025-26 seasons.

These groups:

East Group A - Cleveland, Indiana, Atlanta, Toronto, Washington.

East Group B - Boston, Detroit, Orlando, Brooklyn, Philadelphia.

East Group C - Milwaukee, New York, Chicago, Miami, Charlotte.

West Group A - Oklahoma City, Minnesota, Sacramento, Phoenix, Utah.

West Group B - Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers, Memphis, Dallas, New Orleans.

West Group C - Houston, Denver, Golden State, Portland, San Antonio.