Celtics’ special court for 2024 NBA Cup tournament revealed originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
The Boston Celtics won the 2024 NBA Finals last season, giving them a record 18 championships. One trophy they didn’t win was the NBA Cup, previously known as the tournament of the season.
The Celtics will continue their quest for the franchise’s first NBA Cup title next month. A fun aspect of the tournament returning for the second year is the special courts for each team.
The Boston course, as you would expect, features a lot of green. The NBA Cup Trophy is also present on center court and in the paint at both ends of the court.
Here’s a look at the TD Garden floor layout for this year’s tournament, via Ben Golliver of the Washington Post.
The reason for using a different field is simple: it helps people understand that these games are not just normal regular season matchups.
Overall, the single courts in the NBA Cup are pretty impressive. Sure, some of these could use some tweaking, but for the most part they’re well done. Many of them remind fans of the very colorful fields used by many teams throughout the 1990s.
The NBA Cup group stage begins in November. The Celtics will play four gamesstarting with the Atlanta Hawks coming to Boston on November 12. The C’s will also host the Cleveland Cavaliers on November 19, before finishing group play on the road against the Washington Wizards on November 22 and the Chicago Bulls on November 29. .
If the Celtics advance to the round of 16 of the NBA Cup, the quarterfinals will be played on December 10 and 11, the semifinals on December 14 and the championship game on December 17.
