Follow along with live updates around the NBA on a three-game Emirates NBA Cup night, highlighted by Clippers-Lakers.

See the latest Emirates NBA Cup MVP odds for 2025, with Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander the favorite as tournament action rolls on.

Many fans, and even players, have made it known that they do not care too much about the NBA Cup, but each player on the winning team earns about $500,000. The

Luka Doncic and the Los Angeles Lakers are set to host a battle for LA in the group stage of the NBA Cup Tuesday night against the Clippers.

This is a big week in the Emirates NBA Cup, starting Tuesday night with three games and followed by loaded slates Wednesday and Friday. One of the top matchups of the night features the Orlando Magic traveling to Philadelphia to face the 76ers.

As the Hawks have improved to 9-4 in the absence of Trae Young, knocking on the door of a top-10 defense, Kristaps Porziņģis relayed, "Overall, I can see this group is trying, and we’re working hard, and we want to be a great team ." Great is a stretch, but good in Young's absence is an interesting development.

As a result, Jonathan Wasserman of Bleacher Report has Brooklyn watching other teams take three generational prospects in the 2026 NBA Draft: AJ Dybantsa, Darryn Peterson and Cam Boozer. At No. 4, the Nets are projected to take Caleb Wilson out of North Carolina.

ESPN's NBA Basketball Power Index (BPI) is a measure of team strength developed by the ESPN Analytics team. BPI is meant to be the best predictor of a team's performance for the rest of the season. BPI represents how many points above or below average a team is.

While speaking with The Escapist, Kitzrow disclosed that he was paid $50 an hour for his work on NBA Jam, which was the same amount of money he made recording lines for Bally Midway's pinball machines. It wasn't until after the game was released that Kitzrow realized that he should have charged more.

Vaughn Dalzell breaks down the NBA's MVP race as Cade Cunningham and Tyrese Maxey have entered the conversation.