The NBA released the schedule for its inaugural in-season tournament for the 2023-24 regular season on Tuesday.
The tournament will feature group-play games every Tuesday and Friday throughout November for all 30 teams with the exception of Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 7.
The in-season tournament groups consist of six pools of five teams each. The winners of the six groups and two at-large teams take part in a single-elimination stage.
The semifinals and finals will be decided in Las Vegas from Dec. 7 to Dec. 9.
The members of the winning team in the in-season tournament will receive $500,000 each and the NBA Cup. The members of the second-place team will receive $200,000 per player. The semifinal losers will receive $100,000 per player. The quarterfinal losers will receive $50,000 per player.
In total, 28 teams will finish the regular season playing 82 games. The two finalists will play 83 games.
The Oklahoma City Thunder are in the West’s Group C along with the Golden State Warriors, San Antonio Spurs, Minnesota Timberwolves and Sacramento Kings.
This means the Thunder will play those four teams in four regular-season games throughout November during the group stage to determine the group winner.
The entire 2023-24 regular-season schedule will reportedly be released on Thursday, Aug. 17.
Let’s look at the Thunder’s full in-season tournament schedule as they prepare to start the 2023-24 regular season by attempting to make history as the first-ever in-season tournament champion.