There are six groups in the stage, three per conference, each with five teams. All 30 teams will participate in the group stage, playing a total of four games in it-two at home and two on the road.
The tournament will be split into two stages: the group stage and the knockout stage. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has long desired some sort of in-season tournament to bring intrigue back into the regular season. Tom Pennington/Getty Images/Getty Images What Are the Groups? The Mavericks and Nuggets play Friday night in one of the first games of the NBA's in-season tournament. Luka Doncic of the Dallas Mavericks drives to the basket against Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets on November 15, 2021, in Dallas.
