Mavs at Warriors highlights opening night of NBA Cup schedule - ESPN

Klay Thompson's return to the Bay Area will come on the first night of the 2024-25 Emirates NBA Cup schedule.

Thompson and his new team, the Dallas Mavericks, will face the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco on Nov. 12, part of the full NBA Cup schedule unveiled Tuesday on ESPN's «NBA Today.»

The rest of the NBA regular-season schedule will be revealed Thursday on «NBA Today.»

The future Hall of Fame guard, who formed the greatest shooting backcourt in NBA history alongside Stephen Curry, signed a three-year, $50 million deal with Dallas this offseason and will now go back to the place he called home for the first 13 seasons of his career.

That won't be the only blockbuster game on the opening night of the schedule for the second edition of the league's in-season tournament, however, as the opening half of the national doubleheader on TNT will see the New York Knicks travel down Interstate 95 to face the Philadelphia 76ers.

Coming off a thrilling six-game first-round playoff series, both teams made blockbuster moves this offseason, with the Knicks trading for Mikal Bridges and the 76ers signing Paul George.

ESPN's slate of games will begin Friday, Nov. 15, with LeBron James and Victor Wembanyama — who had a thrilling battle in the gold medal game of the Olympics — facing one another as the Los Angeles Lakers, winners of last year's inaugural tournament, travel to San Antonio to face the Spurs, before the Warriors host Ja Morant and the Memphis Grizzlies in the second game of the doubleheader.

Like last year, the NBA Cup's group stage games will be played on Tuesdays (Nov. 12, 19, 26 and Dec. 3, with nationally televised games on TNT) and Fridays (Nov. 15, 22 and 29, with nationally televised games on ESPN). On those