NBA In-Season Tournament schedule, scores, standings: Celtics, 76ers, Hornets, Mavs pick up their first wins

The NBA’s inaugural In-Season Tournament continues Friday night. Seven of the nine games are already in the books and one of the stories of the night thus far is the Charlotte Hornets leapfrogging over the Miami Heat and the Milwaukee Bucks in the group standings. Yes, all three teams are 1-0, but since those squads have yet to square off, the Hornets (+7, 124) are sporting the group’s best point differential (second tiebreaker) and points scored (third tiebreaker) ahead of the Heat (+7, 121) and Bucks (+5, 110). The remaining three games of the night are all still in action.

Five of the 18 teams in action Friday have already played in their tournament debuts. The Nets were the only winner from last week within that group, but fell to 1-1 after losing to the Celtics. Meanwhile, the Dallas Mavericks improved to 1-1 behind a 44-6-6 night from Luka Doncic. The Wizards and Grizzlies, the first 0-2 squads, are in deep trouble as they probably will need to win out to even have a shot at reaching a wild-card spot.

After the second night of the tournament is over, only the Atlanta Hawks and Orlando Magic, the two teams that played in Thursday’s Mexico City game won by the Hawks, will have yet to play their first tourney game.

Here’s a quick refresher on what to expect in the In-Season Tournament. The league has divided each conference into three five-team groups. Those teams will play group stage games on Tuesdays and Fridays in November. The teams are debuting this season’s city edition uniforms and the games will be played on specially-designed courts. 

Once all five teams in each group have played one another, the top eight will advance to the knockout stage in early December. Those eight teams will include the six group winners along with one wild-card team in each conference.

Below is the 2023 In-Season Tournament schedule, scores, standings and more. All games on ESPN and NBA TV are streaming on fubo (try for free).

NBA In-Season Tournament schedule

(All times Eastern)

Friday, Nov. 10
Lakers at Suns, 10 p.m., ESPN/fubo
Thunder at Kings, 10 p.m., League Pass

Tuesday, Nov. 14
Heat at Hornets, 7 p.m.
Hawks at Pistons, 7 p.m.
Pacers at 76ers, 7 p.m.
Magic at Nets, 7:30 p.m.
Spurs at Thunder, 7:30 p.m.
Mavericks at Pelicans, 8 p.m.
Trail Blazers at Jazz, 9 p.m.
Clippers at Nuggets, 10 p.m.
Timberwolves at Warriors, 10 p.m.
Grizzlies at Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 17
Bucks at Hornets, 7 p.m.
Knicks at Wizards, 7 p.m.
76ers at Hawks, 7:30 p.m.
Pistons at Cavaliers, 7:30 p.m.
Celtics at Raptors, 7:30 p.m.
Kings at Spurs, 7:30 p.m.
Magic at Bulls, 8 p.m.
Nuggets at Pelicans, 8 p.m.
Suns at Jazz, 10 p.m.
Lakers at Trail Blazers, 10 p.m.
Rockets at Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 28
Bulls at Celtics, 7:30 p.m.
Raptors at Nets, 7:30 p.m.
Hawks at Cavaliers, 7:30 p.m.
Bucks at Heat, 7:30 p.m.
Hornets at Knicks, 7:30 p.m.
Thunder at Timberwolves, 8 p.m.
Rockets at Mavericks, 8:30 p.m.
Warriors at Kings, 10 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 4
Quarterfinal: TBD at TBD
Quarterfinal: TBD at TBD

Tuesday, Dec. 5
Quarterfinal: TBD at TBD
Quarterfinal: TBD at TBD

Thursday, Dec. 7
Semifinal: TBD vs. TBD at Las Vegas
Semifinal: TBD vs. TBD at Las Vegas

Saturday, Dec. 9
Final: TBD vs. TBD at Las Vegas

NBA In-season Tournament scores, results

Friday, Nov. 3
Pacers 121, Cavaliers 116
Bucks 110, Knicks 105
Heat 121, Wizards 114
Nets 109, Bulls 107
Warriors 141, Thunder 139
Nuggets 125, Mavericks 114
Trail Blazers 115, Grizzlies 113 (OT)

Friday, Nov. 10
76ers 114, Pistons 106
Hornets 124, Wizards 117
Celtics 121, Nets 107
Rockets 104, Pelicans 101
Jazz 127, Grizzlies 121
Timberwolves 117, Spurs 110
Mavericks 144, Clippers 126

Eastern Conference Group A standings

Eastern Conference Group B standings

Eastern Conference Group C standings

Western Conference Group A standings

Western Conference Group B standings

Western Conference Group C standings