The San Antonio Spurs face the Los Angeles Lakers in an NBA Cup Knockout game tonight.
SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Spurs will take on the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Cup Knockout game tonight in Los Angeles, a matchup that should be incredible.
Here’s some information you need to know ahead of the game:
- The game will start at 9 PM CT on Prime Video
- The Lakers (17-6) and No. 5 Spurs (16-7) are enjoying their best starts in five and nine years, respectively.
- The Lakers will look to move closer to becoming the first two-time Cup champion, while San Antonio makes its Knockout Rounds debut.
- Lakers’ Luka Dončić holds the top career scoring average in Cup games (32.6 points per game) and leads the NBA in scoring this season (35.0). The Spurs’ De’Aaron Fox ranks third in career Cup points per game at 31.6.
According to the NBA, more than 40 million people in the U.S. watched the Emirates NBA Cup 2025 Group Play games across Amazon Prime Video, NBC/Peacock, and ESPN, up 90% from last year and the most-watched Group Play in the event’s three-year history.
DAVID JONES GARCIA ON FIRE IN RECENT AUSTIN SPURS GAME
Spurs’ David Jones Garcia led the Austin Spurs (10-1) with a season-high 33 points, shooting 9-of-18 from the field and 8-of-9 from the free throw line versus the Mexico City Capitanes (6-7), helping Austin hand Mexico City their first home loss of the season, 110-107, on Monday night at Arena CDMX.
Austin used an 18-point first half from Jones Garcia to take a 60-47 lead into the break, with Riley Minix and Jayden Nunn both scoring 13 in the win.
Austin plays the Capitanes again on Wednesday, Dec. 10, at 8 p.m. CT at Arena CDMX. The game will be available to watch on ESPN+.