East C: Hawks 129, Wizards 117 – Dyson Daniels continues his scoring surge with 25 points and the Hawks beat the Wizards 129-117 to improve to 2-0 in the NBA Cup. Despite a career-high 20 points from rookie Alex Sarr, Washington’s NBA Cup opener was its seventh consecutive loss.

All of the important info ahead of the Los Angeles Lakers taking the floor for the 2024 Emirates NBA Cup to defend their title.

It's time for the 2024 NBA Cup! Check out how to watch your favorite players and teams during in-season tournament games on ESPN now.

All 67 games across both stages of the Emirates NBA Cup will count toward the regular-season standings except the Championship. Each team will continue to play 82 regular-season games in the 2024-25 season, including those games that are part of Group Play and the Knockout Rounds.

The NBA Cup is back for a second season, and here’s how it will all work and what groups each team ended up in.

The Emirates NBA Cup (formerly the NBA In-Season Tournament) is the league’s annual in-season competition, which provides players and teams to chase another championship, engages fans in a new way and drives additional interest in the early portion of the regular-season schedule.

How can fans watch the Emirates NBA Cup? *All times Eastern. Lakers at Spurs - 7:30 p.m. on ESPN. Grizzlies at Warriors - 10 p.m. on ESPN.

The hype around the final proved that Adam Silver's idea to spice up the early weeks of the NBA season was a rousing success. The 2024 edition of the tournament, now branded the Emirates NBA Cup, tipped off on Tuesday,