Tonight, the Boston Celtics will host the Atlanta Hawks to open up the Emirates NBA Cup group stage. This will be the second season of the competition, so I’m sure there’s plenty of you out there who have either forgotten or never really understood the rules.
So, here’s what you need to know:
The structure
The NBA Cup is split into two stages: group play and an eight-team knockout stage. Each conference is split into three groups of five teams, which were drawn back in the summer. Group play consists of four games, one against each team in the respective pool.