The results of the new season s NBA Cup draw are released, and the battle of Fire and Doncic faces his old club are full of highlights

nba official just announced the results of the NBA Cup grouping in the 25-26 season, and the competitive West continues to be full of highlights.

The defending champion Thunder meets the Timberwolves again in the Western Conference Finals opponent, while the Rockets meets the Warriors who eliminated themselves last season. The Los Angeles Lakers draw the Mavericks again, and Doncic continues to face his old club. The specific grouping results are as follows:

(Group A) Thunder, Timberwolves, Suns, Jazz, Kings

(Group B) Lakers, Clippers, Mavericks, Grizzlies, Pelicans

(Group C) Nuggets, Warriors, Rockets, Trail Blazers, Spurs

(Group D) Cavaliers, Pacers, Hawks, Raptors, Wizards

(Group E) Celtics, Nets, Pistons, Wizards, 76ers

(Group F) Knicks, Bucks, Hornets, Bulls, Heat

The NBA Cup was the league's midseason game, and was a game dominated by Xiao Hua in the 23-24 season. The first two championships were the Los Angeles Lakers and the Milwaukee Bucks.

The opponents of each group will first play a group single round-robin match during November, and then the first place in the six groups and the second place with the best record in the east and west will enter the quarterfinals knockout round.

After a quarter-final round, the final four teams will rush to Las Vegas to play the final semi-finals, deciding the champion and the final mvp. The first two winners are LeBron James and Antetokounmpo.

But what's interesting is that based on the experience of the past two years, the teams that won the championship did not seem to have gone far in the playoffs, and their condition has also declined significantly in the regular season that was held later.

Neither the Lakers nor the Bucks made it into the first round in the playoffs that year, and the latter even suffered a serious injury from the ruptured Achilles tendon of the main player Lillard.

In the regular season after the Cup, the Lakers once experienced 3 wins and 10 losses, while the Bucks were 12 wins and 8 losses in January. It can be said that the consumption of the Cup is obvious.

After entering the third year, will this event that Xiao Hua strongly promotes gradually decline and become a useless person, or will it become increasingly important throughout the season? Let's wait and see.