The 76ers face the Magic in an NBA Cup showdown without Joel Embiid and Paul George, creating a high-pressure test at Wells Fargo Center. See the latest Emirates NBA Cup MVP odds for 2025, with Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander the favorite as tournament action rolls on.

ESPN's NBA Basketball Power Index (BPI) is a measure of team strength developed by the ESPN Analytics team. BPI is meant to be the best predictor of a team's performance for the rest of the season. BPI represents how many points above or below average a team is.

The Houston Rockets are proving that they firmly belong in the title conversation after weeks of elite two-way basketball. Most recently, they proved they could without their star scorer in Kevin Durant, defeating a hot Phoenix Suns team 114-92 on Monday night.

The Philadelphia 76ers discuss the biggest challenges the Orlando Magic present before their NBA Cup matchup on Tuesday.

This is a big week in the Emirates NBA Cup, starting Tuesday night with three games and followed by loaded slates Wednesday and Friday. One of the top matchups of the night features the Orlando Magic traveling to Philadelphia to face the 76ers.

As the Hawks have improved to 9-4 in the absence of Trae Young, knocking on the door of a top-10 defense, Kristaps Porziņģis relayed, "Overall, I can see this group is trying, and we’re working hard, and we want to be a great team ." Great is a stretch, but good in Young's absence is an interesting development.

Jalen Johnson heads into this one as the top option for an Atlanta stack on a three-game night. The Wizards are a good team to stack against most nights anyway, as they rank 30th in the NBA with 129.2 points per game (PPG) allowed, while teams are hitting 48% from the field and 37.2% from behind the 3-point line against them.

When it comes to the NBA Cup tournament, Los Angeles Lakers big man Jaxson Hayes is only worried about one thing.

Three-time NBA champion Rick Fox says he's running for a legislative seat in the Bahamas. The basketball player-turned-actor, who was born in Canada and raised in the Bahamas, shared a lengthy post on social media on Monday, detailing the main points of his platform ahead of next year's general election.

The NBA Cup is nearly entering its knockout stages. Here's what to know for the final week of group play games.

While speaking with The Escapist, Kitzrow disclosed that he was paid $50 an hour for his work on NBA Jam, which was the same amount of money he made recording lines for Bally Midway's pinball machines. It wasn't until after the game was released that Kitzrow realized that he should have charged more.

Vaughn Dalzell breaks down the NBA's MVP race as Cade Cunningham and Tyrese Maxey have entered the conversation.