NBA Cup 2026: Odds, Standings, Bracket and Schedule

The NBA Cup is back for its fourth year, and the San Antonio Spurs are favorites at +325 to go one better than last season, when they lost the final to the Knicks. Three Cup nights in, the Celtics, Mavericks and Timberwolves are all 2-0. The race for the eight knockout spots runs every Tuesday and Friday until Thanksgiving week, with the final on December 11.

This page has the latest NBA Cup odds, our picks, the standings for every group, the schedule and bracket, and everything you need to know about the NBA’s in-season tournament.

Odds from BetOnline as of November 10, 2026.

NBA Cup Odds

Team	Odds
San Antonio Spurs	+325
Boston Celtics	+350
Oklahoma City Thunder	+600
Detroit Pistons	+1000
Denver Nuggets	+1200
Cleveland Cavaliers	+1400
Minnesota Timberwolves	+2000
Houston Rockets	+2200
Orlando Magic	+2500
Philadelphia 76ers	+2500
Atlanta Hawks	+2800
Los Angeles Lakers	+2800
New York Knicks	+2800
Toronto Raptors	+2800

NBA Cup Predictions: Our Picks

The NBA Cup is a strange betting market, and that’s what makes it fun. Only eight teams make the knockouts, and four group games decide who gets there, with head-to-head and point differential as tiebreakers. One sloppy night in November can end a contender’s run before it starts.

The Spurs at +325 are a fair favorite. Victor Wembanyama has already been to one Cup final, and San Antonio has the talent to win this year. But West C is no gimme, with the Lakers and Warriors in the same group.

Our value pick is the Minnesota Timberwolves at +2000. They’re 2-0 with a +32 point differential, the best in the West, and they’ve already beaten the Clippers and the Pelicans, two of their four group opponents. The Thunder are the one big obstacle in West B. If Minnesota gets past them, the Wolves will be a lot shorter than 20-1 heading into the quarterfinals.

The Knicks at +2800 are worth a look for the defending champions, but losing their opener to the 76ers has put them on the back foot in East B, where the Cavaliers (+24 point differential) already look like the team to beat.

NBA Cup Standings

Here are the NBA Cup standings after the first three Cup nights (through November 6). The six group winners and one wild card from each conference, the best second-placed team in the East and the West, reach the knockout rounds. Head-to-head record is the first tiebreaker, then point differential, and overtime points don’t count towards point differential. We update the standings after every Cup night.

East Group A

Team	W-L	Diff
Pistons	1-0	+16
Magic	1-0	+7
Raptors	1-1	+7
Bucks	0-1	-14
Nets	0-1	-16

East Group B

Team	W-L	Diff
Cavaliers	1-0	+24
Heat	1-0	+20
76ers	1-1	-19
Knicks	0-1	-5
Pacers	0-1	-20

East Group C

Team	W-L	Diff
Celtics	2-0	+53
Hawks	1-0	+7
Wizards	1-1	+9
Bulls	0-1	-14
Hornets	0-2	-55

West Group A

Team	W-L	Diff
Mavericks	2-0	+17
Nuggets	1-0	+7
Rockets	0-1	-5
Suns	0-1	-7
Jazz	0-1	-12

West Group B

Team	W-L	Diff
Timberwolves	2-0	+32
Thunder	1-0	+31
Pelicans	0-1	-6
Clippers	0-1	-26
Grizzlies	0-1	-31

West Group C

Team	W-L	Diff
Warriors	1-0	+17
Spurs	1-0	+15
Lakers	1-1	-11
Trail Blazers	0-1	-6
Kings	0-1	-15

NBA Cup Schedule and Format

All 30 teams are split into six groups of five, three in each conference, and each team plays the other four in its group once. Group games are played on Cup nights, every Tuesday and Friday from October 30 to November 27.

Cup group games also count towards the regular season, so every one has a normal spread, total, and moneyline, and you can find today’s lines for every game on our NBA odds page.

Round	Date	Where
Group stage	Oct 30 to Nov 27	Team arenas
Quarterfinals	Dec 4 to 5	Higher seed’s arena
Semifinals	Dec 8 to 9	Team arenas
Final	Dec 11	Hinkle Fieldhouse, Indianapolis

The championship game moves to Indianapolis’s famous Hinkle Fieldhouse this year, after three Cup finals in Las Vegas.

NBA Cup Bracket

The NBA Cup bracket is set once the group stage ends on November 27. The six group winners and one wild card from each conference go into a knockout bracket, with the quarterfinals on December 4 and 5. We’ll fill in the full bracket here as soon as it’s confirmed.

NBA Cup MVP Odds

Victor Wembanyama is the favorite to be named NBA Cup MVP at +400.

Player	Odds
Victor Wembanyama	+400
Jayson Tatum	+450
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	+500
Cade Cunningham	+1000
Nikola Jokic	+1600
Donovan Mitchell	+2000
LaMelo Ball	+2000

The NBA Cup MVP almost always comes from the team that wins it. LeBron James, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Jalen Brunson all lifted the trophy as well. So the MVP market is really a bet on the Cup winner with a bigger price attached. If you like the Celtics, Jayson Tatum at +450 is a better price than Boston at +350.

NBA Cup Prize Money

The NBA Cup comes with real money for the players. In the first tournament, players on the winning team each received $500,000, runners-up $200,000, semifinal losers $100,000 and quarterfinal losers $50,000, with the amounts rising slightly each year. For many players on smaller contracts, that’s a big incentive, and it’s one reason the Cup games tend to be played with real intensity.

NBA Cup Winners

Year	Winner	Beat	MVP
2025	New York Knicks	San Antonio Spurs	Jalen Brunson
2024	Milwaukee Bucks	Oklahoma City Thunder	Giannis Antetokounmpo
2023	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers	LeBron James

How to Bet on the NBA Cup

BetOnline is our top pick for NBA Cup betting, with odds to win the Cup, NBA Cup MVP odds and lines on every Cup night game. Sign up, make a first deposit to claim the welcome bonus, then find the NBA Cup markets under NBA futures. For the spreads and totals on tonight’s games, check our NBA odds today page.

The best time to bet the Cup is during the group stage. Once the bracket is set, the prices on the survivors drop fast, so if you like a team that’s off to a good start, it pays to get in before Thanksgiving.