The In-Season Tournament is back next season, although we’ll be calling it by a different name it appears. Let me try to get this right...the Emirates NBA Cup. I guess “IST” was too confusing. I hope I nailed the sponsor read there.
Casual fans may continue to be confused as the In-Season Tournament (damn it, I did it already?!) weaves its way through the November and December schedule, culminating with games in Las Vegas on December 14 — the semifinal — and the Emirates NBA Cup (I got it right!) Final on December 17. Based on the NBA’s official release of the event, it appears we’re calling nights in which group play games occur “Cup Nights”.