The Los Angeles Lakers have plenty of concerns where June's NBA championship is concerned. But its winter counterpart? The Lakers have always taken care of business on that front. Last season, they went on a dominant 6-0 run through the NBA's inaugural In-Season Tournament to claim the trophy,

Group play of the NBA Cup is nearing its end and on Tuesday, Nov. 26, the Los Angeles Lakers visit the Phoenix Suns at the Footprint Center in Phoenix. The Lakers are 2-0 and still yet to lose a single game in the two years of the NBA Cup.

For the first time since it’s creation, the Lakers lost an NBA Cup game on Tuesday, falling to the Suns in a blowout.

There's much more room for Cinderellas, and with group play nearing its conclusion in the 2024 NBA Cup, this year's Cinderella has emerged in the form of the Houston Rockets, who clinched the West's Group A with a 117-111 overtime victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night.

Alperen Sengun tallied a triple-double and the Houston Rockets outlasted the Minnesota Timberwolves for a 117-111 overtime win in an NBA in-season tournament matchup Tuesday night in Minneapolis.

The Bucks (3-0 in Cup play) also moved a half-game ahead of Detroit (2-0) in the East Group B standings. Jimmy Butler scored 23 points for Miami, which got 18 from Tyler Herro, 17 from Terry Rozier and 16 from Bam Adebayo.

Damian Lillard scored 37 points and dished out 12 assists as the short-handed Milwaukee Bucks defeated the host Miami Heat 106-103 in an NBA Cup game on Tuesday night. Lillard made 10 of 17 shots from the floor,