Luka Doncic was not pleased by the special NBA Cup court at the Los Angeles Lakers’ downtown arena, calling it “slippery” and “dangerous.”

After Wednesday's nine-game slate in the NBA Cup's group stage, six of the eight spots (including two wild-card spots) in the knockout round are still up for grabs with one day of games to go. The Raptors and Lakers are the only teams to have punched a ticket to the tournament's quarterfinals,

New users can target the DraftKings promo code, which offers $200 in bonus bets if your bet wins + 3 months of NBA League Pass:

A trio of NBA Cup matchups take place on Tuesday night before most of the league is in action on Wednesday for another round of NBA Cup Group Play contests. Her

This week's Cup schedule is loaded with playoff rematches and style clashes, featuring the defending champs and the current leading scorer.

Almost every Lakers rotation player is shooting below his career average from three-point range through 16 games this season. Shooting 33.3% from three, the Lakers are 26th out of 30 teams. Their 10.9 makes a game are the fewest in the league.

NBA action is intensifying, as the league is turning quickly to December. That also means the NBA Cup picture is clarifying.

Coast 2 Coast Tuesday Emirates NBA Cup Doubleheader on Nov. 25 Headlined by LeBron James, Luka Dončić and Lakers Hosting James Harden and Clippers in Battle of LA at 11 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock