Emirates NBA Cup 2026 Friday games, Digi Mart USA News: Friday’s Emirates NBA Cup action opened with the Cleveland Cavaliers snapping the Philadelphia 76ers’ five-game win streak. The night’s games were carried live on League Pass and Prime Video, with updates, scores, highlights and standout performances throughout the evening.
The Cavaliers went on to cruise to a wire-to-wire victory, 119-95, behind a combined 45 points from Donovan Mitchell and Evan Mobley. Mitchell also contributed eight assists, and Mario Hezonja posted a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds.
Cleveland moved to 1-0 in Cup play.
In the nightcap, the Portland Trail Blazers led the Los Angeles Lakers 60-53 at halftime. Luka Dončić scored a late first-half three-pointer that cut into the lead, and he has been on a historic scoring stretch, recording 35-plus points, 5-plus rebounds, 5-plus assists and 5-plus three-pointers in six consecutive games, the longest such streak in NBA history.
Elsewhere, the Boston Celtics led the Charlotte Hornets 70-39 at halftime and went on to win 119-80, with Jayson Tatum scoring 34 points. The Washington Wizards and Atlanta Hawks were level in the early going, with Trae Young returning to Atlanta to face his former team.
The Dallas Mavericks and Utah Jazz, the Oklahoma City Thunder and Memphis Grizzlies, the Minnesota Timberwolves and New Orleans Pelicans, the Toronto Raptors and Milwaukee Bucks, and the San Antonio Spurs and Sacramento Kings also played on the nine-game schedule.
