2023 NBA In-Season Tournament Schedule Release: TV Info, Start Time, Date Revealed

Erin WalshAug 11, 2023

The NBA is slowly revealing details of the 2023-24 season schedule, and it announced Friday when the in-season tournament schedule will be unveiled.

Fans can tune into ESPN's NBA Today show on Tuesday, Aug. 15 at 3 p.m. ET for the in-season tournament schedule release.

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The NBA revealed the addition of an in-season tournament when it announced in June that the new seven-year collective bargaining agreement had been signed.

The in-season tournament, which will feature all 30 NBA teams, begins on Nov. 3 with the group stage and will run through the Dec. 9 championship game.

Here is a breakdown of the format, groups, prizes and more.

Format

The in-season tournament will consist of the group stage and knockout rounds.

Each of the NBA's 30 teams were placed into random groups of five teams within their respective conferences. Each team will play four group stage games, and the group winners will automatically advance to the knockout stages.

The team in each conference that didn't win its group but had the best record in group stage games will also advance. This is referred to as the wild card spot.

In the event of a tie, either for first place or a wild card berth, the NBA will use tiebreakers to determine who moves on, including head-to-head record in the group stage, point differential in the group stage, total points in the group stage, regular-season record from 2022-23 or a random drawing if the teams are still tied after the first four options are exhausted.

The knockout rounds are single elimination and all in-season tournament games will count toward the regular-season standings, except for the championship game.

The quarterfinals will be played on the higher seed's floor before the action moves to Las Vegas for the semifinals and the championship game.

Group Breakdown

Here are the groups each team was drawn into.

East Group A

Philadelphia 76ers
Cleveland Cavaliers
Atlanta Hawks
Indiana Pacers
Detroit Pistons

East Group B

Milwaukee Bucks
New York Knicks
Miami Heat
Washington Wizards
Charlotte Hornets

East Group C

Boston Celtics
Toronto Raptors
Brooklyn Nets
Chicago Bulls
Orlando Magic

West Group A

Memphis Grizzlies
Phoenix Suns
Los Angeles Lakers
Utah Jazz
Portland Trail Blazers

West Group B

Denver Nuggets
Los Angeles Clippers
New Orleans Pelicans
Dallas Mavericks
Houston Rockets

West Group C

Sacramento Kings
Golden State Warriors
Minnesota Timberwolves
Oklahoma City Thunder
San Antonio Spurs

Prizes

The team that wins the tournament championship will receive the NBA Cup and there will be individual awards including the tournament MVP and an all-tournament team.

Players will also be compensated financially. Each player on the winning team will receive $500,000 and players on the runner-up will receive $200,000.

Additionally, players on a team that loses in the semifinals will each receive $100,000 and players on a team that loses in the quarterfinals will each receive $50,000.