The NBA Cup is back. The league's in-season tournament is entering its third season as part of the NBA schedule , and this year's edition will tip-off Friday, as group play begins on Halloween. The Lakers and Bucks have put up NBA Cup (or, in the Lakers' case, In-Season Tournament) banners and this season we'll see who can get their 2025 season off to a fast start on the colorful courts of the Cup. It usually doesn't take long to find out which teams are taking the Cup seriously, as the point differential tiebreakers mean those with designs on reaching the knockout rounds tend to keep their foot on the gas pedal all the way through the fourth quarter.

Here we'll go through all six groups to look at the teams and make picks for who will win each and advance to the knockout roun

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