SAN FRANCISCO – The National Basketball Association announced the Golden State Warriors’ In-Season Tournament schedule today. The inaugural In-Season Tournament will tip off on Friday, Nov. 3 in NBA team markets and culminate with the playing of the Semifinals (Thursday, Dec. 7) and Championship (Saturday, Dec. 9) at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
The Tournament will consist of two stages: Group Play and the Knockout Rounds. The Warriors will host the Minnesota Timberwolves (Nov. 14) and San Antonio Spurs (Nov. 24) in Group Play games at Chase Center, with road games against the Oklahoma City Thunder (Nov. 3) and Sacramento Kings (Nov. 28).
Eight teams will advance to the Knockout Rounds: the team with the best standing in Group Play games in each of the six groups and two “wild cards” (the team from each conference with the best record in Group Play games that finished second in its group). The Knockout Rounds will consist of single-elimination games in the Quarterfinals (played in NBA team markets on Monday, Dec. 4 and Tuesday, Dec. 5) and Semifinals and Championship (played in Las Vegas on Dec. 7 and Dec. 9, respectively). The Knockout teams will compete for a prize pool and the new In-Season Tournament trophy, the NBA Cup.
Each of the 22 teams that do not advance to the Quarterfinals of the In-Season Tournament will be assigned two regular-season games (one home game and one away game) that will be played on Wednesday, Dec. 6 and Friday, Dec. 8.
The remaining 2022-23 schedule will be announced on Thursday, Aug. 17.