The Detroit Pistons‘ 2025 NBA Cup schedule was released Wednesday, Aug. 13.

The Pistons, one of five teams in East Group B, will visit the Brooklyn Nets on Nov. 7 to start their in-season tournament schedule, host the Philadelphia 76ers on Nov. 14, play in Boston for a nationally-televised game against the Celtics on ESPN on Nov. 26, and then conclude group play with a home game against the Orlando Magic on Nov. 28.

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The Pistons have three known national games ahead of the full NBA schedule release Thursday. Both are home games, against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Oct. 27 (Peacock) and against the Celtics on Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 19 at 8 p.m. (Peacock, NBC).

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They will also face the Dallas Mavericks in Mexico City, Nov. 1. It will be the Pistons’ third time playing in Mexico, with the two teams last facing each other in the city in 2019.

The Pistons tip off their four-game preseason slate Oct. 6 on the road against the Memphis Grizzlies.

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The Pistons have a four-game schedule comprised from East Group B for the third year of the NBA Cup, an in-season tournament. All group games are among each team’s 82-game regular season.

Nov. 7: at Brooklyn Nets, 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 14: vs Philadelphia 76ers, 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 28: vs Orlando Magic, 7:30 p.m.

There are six groups split evenly across both conferences, and the best team in each group plus two wild-card teams will advance to the single-elimination quarterfinals, scheduled for Dec. 9, followed by the semifinals and then the championship game in Las Vegas on Dec. 16. The championship game does not count in the regular season standings.

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