NBA Unveils New Utah Jazz Court For 2025

SALT LAKE CITY – The NBA unveiled the hardwood for its In-Season Tournament games, including the New Utah Jazz Court for 2025.

This year’s In-Season Tournament begins on October 31 and runs through December 16.

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New Utah Jazz Court Revealed For In-Season Tournament

The Jazz’s newest court will be used for the first time on November 21 when the team hosts the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Here’s the @utahjazz‘s 2025 In-Season Tournament court. #TakeNote | @kslsports pic.twitter.com/v3EDSyWnv5

— Ben Anderson (@BensHoops) October 24, 2025

The court will be used again a week later when the team hosts the Sacramento Kings on November 28.

All 30 floors feature the NBA Cup trophy at center court covered by the team’s hometown logo. Both painted areas also feature the trophies stretched from the baseline to the free-throw line.

Jazz NBA Cup Schedule And Grouping

The Jazz will open Group Cup play on October 31 on the road against the Suns, before playing their only other Cup road game in Minnesota on November 7.

The team will then host the Thunder on November 21 and conclude group play on November 28 against the Sacramento Kings.

The @utahjazz’s NBA Cup grouping and schedule.

Jazz draw a difficult grouping with both OKC and Minnesota, but balance it out with Phoenix and Sacramento. pic.twitter.com/Xu5eDZW6yW

— Ben Anderson (@BensHoops) August 13, 2025

The Jazz were paired with both the Thunder and the Suns during the 2024 NBA Cup.

All five teams will face one another in a round robin tournament, with the top team advancing out of group play.

What Is the NBA Emirates Cup?

The NBA Emirates Cup is part of the league’s In-Season Tournament, where all 30 teams compete for a spot in an eight-team, single-elimination bracket.

During the first six weeks of the season, the league divides teams into six groups of five—organized by conference but not by division. Each team plays four Cup games, facing every other team in its group once. These games count toward the regular-season standings.

The winner of each group, along with two wildcard teams (one from each conference), advances to the knockout stage. The final four teams then compete at a neutral site in Las Vegas, starting in December. Players on the championship team each earn over $500,000.

Teams that reach the final play 83 regular-season games, while those eliminated earlier continue with their standard 82-game schedule.

The Los Angeles Lakers won the first NBA Cup in 2023, and the Milwaukee Bucks claimed the title in 2024.

Group A Emirates Cup Schedule

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