Groups to host Emirates NBA Cup semifinal video games starting in 2026-27

NEW YORK — The National Basketball Association introduced as we speak that the Emirates NBA Cup Semifinals might be performed on the dwelling area of the higher-seeded workforce in every convention, starting with the 2026-27 NBA season.

Under current guidelines that may proceed by the 2025-26 NBA season, the Emirates NBA Cup Semifinals and Championship are performed at a impartial website (T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas for the upcoming season). Starting with the Emirates NBA Cup in the course of the 2026-27 NBA season, the Championship would be the solely recreation performed at a impartial website.

Also as we speak, the NBA Board of Governors permitted a change to the Coach’s Challenge guidelines. Beginning with the 2025-26 NBA season, throughout evaluate following a Coach’s Challenge of an out-of-bounds violation, the Replay Center official, as a substitute of the on-court crew chief, will decide whether or not a proximate foul ought to have been referred to as. The adjustment was permitted to expedite the replay evaluate course of.

Last season marked the primary time that, as a part of a Coach’s Challenge to an out-of-bounds violation, NBA referees might decide whether or not a proximate foul ought to have been referred to as on the play. The rule required the on-court crew chief to make this dedication, however the resolution will now be made by the Replay Center official.

The Coach’s Challenge rule change was unanimously beneficial by the NBA Competition Committee and the league workplace.