The NBA's In-Season Tournament starts Friday, after years of planning by Commissioner Adam Silver to have a second trophy for teams to compete for during the season.
All games on the schedule those nights are tournament games.
There are six five-team groups; teams play the other four teams in their group once.
There are 14 teams that will begin play Friday and 13 teams will get their first tournament games in on Nov. 10.
Every game in the tournament counts as one of the 82 regular-season games that all teams will play this season.
Persons:
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Organizations:
Spurs, NBA, Orlando, Atlanta, Toronto, Detroit . East, Charlotte . East, Orlando . West, Los Angeles Lakers, Portland . West, Denver, Los Angeles Clippers, Houston . West, ”, Celtics, Boston Garden, Lakers, Golden State
Locations:
Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Atlanta , Indiana, Detroit, Milwaukee , New York, Miami, Washington, Charlotte, Boston, Brooklyn, Toronto, Chicago, Orlando, Memphis, Phoenix, Utah, Portland, New Orleans, Dallas, Houston, Sacramento, Golden State , Minnesota, Oklahoma City, San Antonio, ” Brooklyn, Milwaukee, Denver