A look at the Dallas Mavericks’ schedule for the 2024–25 regular season has been officially announced.
The defending Western Conference champions will open the group stage of the second edition of the NBA Cup on November 12 away against the Golden State Warriors, according to a landing page on the team’s website. The game marks Klay Thompson’s return to San Francisco and his first official game against his former team.
Dallas, one of five teams in West Group C, then hosts the New Orleans Pelicans at the American Airlines Center on Nov. 19 at 7:30 p.m. Luka Doncic, who finished third in last season’s MVP voting, will have the opportunity to face reigning MVP Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets when the Mavericks travel to Denver on Nov. 22, kicking off at 9 p.m. The Mavericks will close out the group stage with a home game against the Memphis Grizzlies on Dec. 3 at 7:30 p.m.
The full schedule for the 2024 Emirates NBA Cup, formerly known as the In-Season Tournament, will be announced in a special edition of ESPN’s NBA Today at 2 p.m.
The NBA Cup consists of two phases: group matches and single-elimination knockout rounds. All 30 teams compete on Cup nights – which are Tuesday and Friday during the tournament – while only eight teams advance to the knockout rounds. Group matches are played in team markets, while the semifinals (Saturday, December 14) and final (Tuesday, December 17) take place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
The Mavericks finished 2-2 in the group stage of last year’s tournament and failed to qualify for the knockout rounds. The Pelicans emerged as winners of West Group B last season. The Los Angeles Lakers won the tournament’s first championship last season.
