THE SHORT VERSION
- The NBA announced 80 of each team’s 82 games before Cup Group Play; two regular-season opponents are set afterward.NBA在杯赛小组赛前公布了每队82场中的80场，两场未定的常规赛对手将在之后确定。
- Six group winners and two wild cards advance, while 22 non-qualifiers still receive two regular-season games.六个小组冠军和两个外卡球队晋级，未晋级的22支球队也会获得两场常规赛。
- The schedule release and current Cup FAQ state different December windows for the unassigned games, and the pages do not explain the difference.NBA赛程公告和当前杯赛问答给出的十二月日期窗口不同，且页面未解释差异。
The NBA left two regular-season games unassigned联盟为两场常规赛保留未定对手
The regular season opened on October 20. Cup Group Play is still ahead on October 30, and every team has two unassigned regular-season opponents. The league’s August 13 schedule release assigned 80 of each team’s 82 games, leaving two matchups to be set after Cup Group Play. Those opponents depend on the standings created by the tournament’s first stage. The open dates are a scheduling device, not games removed from the season.常规赛已于10月20日开幕，NBA杯10月30日的小组赛还未开始。每支球队的常规赛赛程仍有两个对手待定。联盟8月13日公布的赛程为各队确定了82场中的80场，剩余两场要等杯赛小组赛结束后安排，对手取决于小组赛产生的排名。这些空位属于赛程安排方式，不是从赛季中删去了比赛。
The NBA’s schedule release says the two unassigned games will be played between December 4 and December 10. A separate Cup FAQ explains that every team still plays 82 regular-season games, with Cup quarterfinals and semifinals counting toward that total for teams that qualify. The blank dates allow the league to wait for the group results before matching teams that do not advance.NBA的赛程公告称，两场未定比赛将在12月4日至12月10日之间进行。另一份杯赛常见问题解释，每队仍会打82场常规赛，晋级球队的杯赛四分之一决赛和半决赛也会计入总数。未定日期让联盟等小组赛结果出来后，再为未晋级球队匹配对手。
Group Play supplies the standings for the next phase小组赛排名决定下一阶段
All 30 teams enter Group Play, divided into six groups of five within their conferences. The groups were drawn using the previous season’s records, and each team plays every other team in its group once, with two games at home and two on the road. The 60 Group Play games run from October 30 through November 27, with Cup Nights on Fridays and two added dates around Thanksgiving.全部30支球队都会参加小组赛，分为东西部的六个五队小组。分组根据前一赛季战绩抽签，每队与组内其他球队各打一场，其中两场主场、两场客场。60场小组赛从10月30日进行到11月27日，比赛安排在每周五的杯赛之夜，并在感恩节前后增加两天。
The group record determines which teams move to the Knockout Rounds. The best team from each of the six groups advances, along with one wild card from each conference: the second-place team with the strongest Group Play record. That makes the remaining schedule depend on more than a single win or loss. A team’s final place in its group and the conference-wide comparison among runners-up both matter.小组赛战绩决定哪些球队进入淘汰赛。六个小组的第一名晋级，外加东西部各一个外卡名额：即小组第二名中小组赛战绩最好的球队。因此，赛程剩余部分取决的不只是单场胜负。球队在组内最终排名，以及各组亚军在全联盟范围内的对比，都很重要。
Tiebreakers can change which games matter决胜顺序会影响哪些比赛最重要
If teams finish with the same Group Play record, the NBA’s rules compare head-to-head results first. Point differential comes next, followed by total points scored, the 2025-26 regular-season record and, if necessary, a random drawing. Those steps give teams a specific order for resolving a tie rather than allowing a general ranking or reputation to decide who advances.如果球队小组赛战绩相同，NBA规则先比较彼此交手成绩。随后依次比较净胜分、总得分、2025-26赛季常规赛战绩，仍无法分出时再抽签。这套顺序为并列情况提供了具体处理方式，不靠笼统排名或球队声望决定谁晋级。
The Cup rules also exclude overtime points from the point-differential and total-points tiebreakers. In an overtime game, the team’s differential is recorded as zero for the Cup tie calculation, and overtime points are excluded from the total-points step. That matters because Group Play games count toward the NBA Cup and the regular season, but their tiebreaker accounting does not simply reuse every number from the final box score.杯赛规则还规定，加时得分不计入净胜分和总得分这两项决胜指标。打到加时的比赛，球队净胜分在杯赛决胜计算中记为零；总得分也排除加时所得分。小组赛一场比赛同时计入NBA杯和常规赛，但决胜规则不会直接使用终场技术统计表中的每个数字。
Eight teams reach single-elimination games八支球队进入单场淘汰赛
Six group winners and two wild cards make up the eight-team Knockout Round field. The Quarterfinals and Semifinals are single-elimination rounds in NBA team markets, with the higher-seeded team hosting. The Championship is scheduled for December 11 at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. A loss in a Knockout game ends a team’s Cup run, while its regular-season schedule continues.六个小组冠军和两个外卡球队组成八支淘汰赛队伍。四分之一决赛和半决赛都是单场淘汰，在NBA球队主场进行，由种子排名较高的球队主场迎战。决赛安排在12月11日，于印第安纳波利斯的Hinkle Fieldhouse举行。淘汰赛输球会结束球队的杯赛征程，但常规赛还会继续。
The 22 teams that miss the Knockout Rounds receive two regular-season games on off nights during the quarterfinal and semifinal dates. The four teams that lose in the Quarterfinals follow a different path: within each conference, the two losers are paired for one regular-season game on Dec. 7, 9 or 10. In other words, missing the Knockout Rounds yields two open-date games; advancing once and then losing yields one additional game.未晋级淘汰赛的22支球队会在四分之一决赛和半决赛的空档日各打两场常规赛。四分之一决赛出局的四支球队则走另一条路径：每个分区内，两支四分之一决赛失利球队会在12月7日、9日或10日进行一场常规赛。也就是说，没进淘汰赛的球队有两场空档赛；打进四分之一决赛后落败的球队则安排一场额外常规赛。
The Championship is the exception to regular-season countingNBA杯冠军赛不计入常规赛统计
The NBA counts every Group Play game, Quarterfinal and Semifinal toward the regular-season standings. The December 11 Championship does not count as a regular-season game or add to a player’s regular-season statistics. A team can therefore win the Cup without adding a regular-season win for the title game itself, even though its earlier Cup games count toward the 82-game schedule.NBA会把每场小组赛、四分之一决赛和半决赛计入常规赛战绩。12月11日的冠军赛则不计入常规赛，也不会增加球员的常规赛技术统计。因此，球队可以赢得杯赛，但决赛本身不会给它的常规赛胜场加一场；此前的杯赛比赛仍计入82场赛程。
This is why the Cup schedule has both a tournament bracket and a league schedule. Group Play builds the standings, Knockout games can fill regular-season slots for qualifying teams, and the Championship awards the Cup outside the regular-season ledger. The NBA rules explainer lists this distinction alongside its format details. For a fan following standings, the Cup title and regular-season record remain separate outcomes.这就是为什么杯赛同时包含锦标赛对阵表和联盟常规赛日历。小组赛形成排名，淘汰赛可能填入晋级球队的常规赛名额，而冠军赛则在常规赛记录之外决定奖杯归属。NBA规则说明将这一区别与赛制一并列出。关注常规赛排名的读者应把杯赛冠军和常规赛战绩分开看。
The 22 non-qualifiers receive two regular-season opponents未晋级球队获得两场常规赛对手
The NBA says the 22 teams that do not reach the Knockout Rounds will each play two regular-season games on off nights during those rounds. The formula uses conference standings from Group Play and tries to schedule games within the conference where possible. The schedule release explains that some cross-conference games are necessary because an odd number of teams in each conference will miss the Quarterfinals.NBA称，未能进入淘汰赛的22支球队各会在淘汰赛期间的空档日进行两场常规赛。联盟依据各队小组赛排名安排对手，并尽可能让同一分区球队交锋。赛程公告说明，由于每个分区会有奇数支球队无缘四分之一决赛，有些比赛必须安排跨分区对阵。
The league also says it tries to pair teams that are otherwise scheduled to meet only three times during the regular season. This helps balance the schedule after the Cup changes which teams are available on particular dates. The additional games are regular-season games, not consolation Cup games. A team that loses its group place still receives two meaningful games in the standings, with opponents selected after the Cup table is known.联盟还称，会尽量安排原本常规赛只会彼此交手三次的球队对赛，帮助平衡杯赛带来的赛程变化。这些额外比赛属于常规赛，而非杯赛安慰赛。球队即便在小组赛出局，仍会有两场影响常规赛排名的比赛；具体对手要等杯赛排名确定之后才排得出来。
The league pages give different December windows联盟页面列出了不同的十二月日期窗口
There is a date-window difference in the public NBA materials. The August schedule release says the two unassigned games will fall between December 4 and December 10. The current Cup FAQ says teams will play their two regular-season games between December 9 and December 15, while also stating that non-qualifiers use off nights during the Knockout Rounds. Those windows do not fully align in the published pages.NBA公开资料中的日期窗口存在差异。8月的赛程公告称，两场未定对阵安排在12月4日至10日之间。杯赛常见问题则称，球队会在12月9日至15日间进行两场常规赛，同时又说未晋级球队会利用淘汰赛期间的休息日。公开的日期范围不能完全对应。
The sources agree on the reason for the open slots: Group Play determines which teams qualify, and the remaining teams need regular-season opponents while the Knockout Rounds are being played. They do not explain the difference between the published date ranges. Readers should treat the dates as a schedule window that depends on advancement and consult the NBA’s updated team schedule once the brackets are known.两份来源都同意开放日期的原因：小组赛决定哪些球队晋级，淘汰赛期间其他球队仍需安排常规赛对手。但它们没有解释两个日期范围为何不同。读者应把这些日期视为依晋级情况而定的赛程窗口，并在淘汰赛分组确定后查阅NBA更新的球队赛程。
The calendar becomes clearer after November 2711月27日之后赛程会更明确
Group Play ends on November 27, after which the six group winners and two wild cards can be identified. The league can then place Quarterfinal opponents, establish home-court hosts and match the non-qualifiers for the open regular-season dates. Before that point, the two TBD labels show the schedule’s dependency on results rather than a missing regular-season obligation.小组赛在11月27日结束，随后可以确定六个小组冠军和两个外卡球队。联盟届时才能安排四分之一决赛对手、确定主场优势，并为未晋级球队匹配开放的常规赛日期。在此之前，赛程表上的两个TBD标记表示安排依赖小组赛结果，并不意味着常规赛义务缺失。
For viewers, the key is to follow the Cup table and the regular-season calendar together. A team can improve its Cup position through head-to-head play, point differential and total points while those same games count toward its league record. When the table closes, the unfinished matchups become a specific opponent list. Until then, the NBA’s public schedule explains why those dates are open and what will determine the next assignments.对观众来说，关键是同时关注杯赛排名与常规赛赛程。小组赛中的交手结果、净胜分和总得分会影响杯赛排名，同一场比赛也会计入联盟常规赛战绩。小组赛结束后，未完成的对阵才会变成具体的球队名单。在此之前，NBA的公开赛程解释了日期为何未定，以及哪些结果会决定后续安排。
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