The NBA returns to Mexico when the Dallas Mavericks and Detroit Pistons meet in the NBA Mexico City Game 2025 on Nov. 1. It marks the 34th NBA game played in Mexico – this will be the 15th regular-season game, along with 19 preseason games – as the country has hosted the most NBA games outside of the United States and Canada.

Victor Wembanyama put up 27 points, 18 rebounds, six assists and five blocks to help the Spurs take down the Miami Heat (3-2) 107-101. They controlled much of the game until Miami went on a 19-3 run to take a one-point lead in the fourth quarter. But Devin Vassell and Wemby hit back-to-back 3-pointers to regain control.

The 2025 NBA Cup is here, which means the weeks-long tournament will tip off on Friday night. We'll get some drama, some in-season intensity as all 30 teams try to win a trophy that will be handed out in Las Vegas. After the Lakers and Bucks have won, we'll see who brings home a title.

In its first two years, the NBA Cup has provided a platform for every team to reach its full potential. As Group Play begins tonight, the 4-0 Chicago Bulls and the Joker’s 3-1 Nuggets look poised to meet the moment.

Ernie, Shaq, Kenny and Charles are the gold standard in NBA studio shows. But the NBA on Prime looks good, too — and not just because Blake Griffin might pop a one-liner at any time.

How much money did Austin Reaves make himself this week? Why does Miami's offense look so familiar? Here's the latest intel.

"There’s no one at 20 years old more equipped with the maturity and discipline and toughness to handle" this, the NBA team's coach said.

The six group winners plus a wild card from each conference — determined by head-to-head record and point differential — go into an eight-team knockout round bracket (East vs. East, West vs. West, similar to the NBA playoffs where the conferences are separate until the Finals). The knockout round games are single-elimination.

NBA Cup, explained: Format, schedule, groups, prize money for 2025 in-season tournament originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The NBA Cup returns for a third year in 2025.

A Congressional committee wanted the NBA to respond to questions about gambling indictments. Here's why that won't happen, yet.

Freddy Krueger, Darth Vader and Hans Gruber are all notorious villains, but their psychological impact was based in fiction; it had no impact in reality. Second-class antagonists, the whole lot of them.

The NBA Tip-Off 2025 had nearly 37 million viewers in the United States tuning in across NBC/Peacock, ESPN and Amazon Prime. This marks a staggering 100% increase year-to-year and the most viewers for an opening week in 15 years.