Flying out of the gate to begin an NBA season is not an easy task. Basketball is a sport that discourages maintaining momentum for long periods of time—a sport that demands MLB patience from fans with NFL impatience.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 11 of his 23 points in the final three minutes of the game and the Cleveland Cavaliers became the sixth team in NBA history to start a season 13-0 with a 114-106 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night.

The NBA Cup is back for Year 2. And even skeptics of the NBA's inaugural event (called the NBA In-Season Tournament in 2023) had to be impressed with the level of product the players and teams gave us last year.

Behind Donovan Mitchell's closing flurry, the Cavs topped the Sixers to become the sixth team in NBA history to start a season 13-0.

The 2024 NBA Cup schedule tips off Tuesday night as the league opens Year 2 of its in-season tournament. The NBA Cup courts have a different look in 2024, but the event largely has the same format as 2023,

Teams will play on alternate courts over a little more than a month, for the championship — and the more than $500,000 per player bonus that comes with it. But before the tournament progresses into the later rounds,

The 2024 NBA Cup tipped off Tuesday night with the first eight games on the schedule in the league's in-season tournament. While the event has a fancy new name (the Emirates NBA Cup) and revamped court designs,

The NBA Cup continues with 12 games on Friday night. The tournament runs through Dec. 17. It was called the In-Season Tournament last year when it debuted, after years and years of Commissioner Adam Silver wanting to add something extra to the regular season.