The 2024 Emirates NBA Cup resumes Tuesday, with 10 teams — including the leaders of Group B in each conference: Giannis Antetokounmpo’s Milwaukee Bucks in the East, and the defending in-season tournament champion Los Angeles Lakers, led by LeBron James and Anthony Davis out West — in action on the fifth night of the tournament’s schedule.
Here's a look at the lay of the land in each of the six groups as the tourney presses on, as well as what’s at stake in Tuesday’s five-game NBA Cup slate:
How it works: Group winners and wild cards
There are three more nights of Group Play, which concludes on Tuesday, Dec.