Amazon Sets 17-Game Prime Video Slate for NBA Cup
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NEW YORK — Amazon will stream 17 NBA Cup contests this season, including the championship game, the company and the league announced Wednesday.
Prime Video’s package features 10 group-stage matchups along with every knockout-round game. The service will present five consecutive “NBA on Prime Cup Nights” doubleheaders beginning Oct. 31, when the Boston Celtics visit the Philadelphia 76ers and the Memphis Grizzlies host the Los Angeles Lakers.
The Nov. 7 doubleheader sends Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs against Kevin Durant’s Houston Rockets, followed by Stephen Curry’s Golden State Warriors at Nikola Jokić’s Denver Nuggets. On Nov. 14, the Miami Heat travel to the New York Knicks before Golden State meets San Antonio.
Prime Video’s Nov. 21 bill has the Cleveland Cavaliers hosting the Indiana Pacers and the Nuggets visiting Houston. The Nov. 28 finale pits the Milwaukee Bucks against New York, then the Lakers—featuring LeBron James and Luka Dončić—welcome the Dallas Mavericks and No. 1 draft pick Cooper Flagg.
The remaining 50 group games will air across ESPN, NBC and NBA League Pass. NBC carries a Nov. 25 twinbill of Orlando at Philadelphia and the LA Clippers at the Lakers. ESPN follows on Nov. 26 with Detroit at Boston, a rematch of last season’s Western Conference finals as Oklahoma City and MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander host Minnesota, and Houston at Golden State.
Opening-night, Christmas Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day lineups were released earlier in the week. The league will publish the bulk of its regular-season schedule—80 of the 82 games for every team—on Thursday, with the final two dates to be set in December after NBA Cup results are known.
Source: ESPN
