NBA Cup: November 14 Prediction and Betting Odds

The Spurs went into Wednesday's games on a nine-game winning streak and the Warriors on eight, and both are 1-0 in West Group C, so first place in the group is on the line in San Antonio. Victor Wembanyama put up 40 points and nine blocks in just 25 minutes against Phoenix, while Stephen Curry is averaging more than 30 points a game.

There are nine Cup games on Saturday, 14 November, and these are the three we like best, starting with an East Group B clash in Miami between two 1-0 sides.

Cavaliers vs Heat Prediction

• Competition: NBA Cup, East Group B
• Venue: Kaseya Center, Miami
• Date: Saturday, 14 November 2026
• Start Time: 12pm AEDT

Cleveland beat the 76ers 119-95 in their Cup game last week, but the Cavs have lost twice since, going down 109-97 to the Knicks and then 124-112 in Charlotte, where Donovan Mitchell and James Harden managed only 11 points each. 

They were 5-6 with a 1-4 road record going into Wednesday's rematch with the Knicks in New York.

Miami have won five of their last seven to also reach 5-6, finishing a five-game road trip 3-2 with a 115-109 win in Utah. Giannis Antetokounmpo had 30 points and 11 rebounds there for yet another double-double, and he has played through a sprained right wrist. 

The Heat did put 145 on Indiana in their Cup opener.

This is the first night of a back-to-back for Miami, which is a small worry, but Giannis is the best player on the floor and the Cavs' backcourt has gone cold.

Tip: Heat to win

Warriors vs Spurs Prediction

• Competition: NBA Cup, West Group C
• Venue: Frost Bank Center, San Antonio
• Date: Saturday, 14 November 2026
• Start Time: 1:30pm AEDT

Golden State opened their Cup campaign with a 112-95 win over the Lakers, part of a run of eight straight wins, the latest a 138-87 demolition of the Pelicans in which Curry scored 25 in just over 20 minutes.

The Warriors are a different side on the road, though, having won only two of their first four road games, and they're without Jimmy Butler, Moses Moody and Gary Payton II (all knee), while Kristaps Porzingis is away from the team.

San Antonio were 9-2 going into Wednesday's game in Chicago. Wembanyama followed his career-high 52 points and 24 rebounds against Dallas with that 40-point night against the Suns, he averages almost 12 rebounds a game, and Dylan Harper and De'Aaron Fox are giving him plenty of help. The Spurs also block more than seven shots a game, the most in the league.

The Warriors' size problem is real without Porzingis, so we're siding with the Spurs on the head to head and backing Wembanyama to keep swatting shots. 

With Wembanyama towering over most of what the Warriors can put in front of him, it is worth a look at the tallest players in the NBA to see where he already sits among the game's giants.

Tip: Spurs to win, with Wembanyama overs on blocks

Thunder vs Clippers Prediction

• Competition: NBA Cup, West Group B
• Venue: Intuit Dome, Inglewood
• Date: Saturday, 14 November 2026
• Start Time: 2:30pm AEDT

Oklahoma City are badly short on bodies, with Chet Holmgren (knee), Jalen Williams (fibula) and Cason Wallace (shoulder) all out, yet they still beat Memphis 128-97 in their Cup opener as Ajay Mitchell scored a career-high 35.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is averaging close to 30 points a game and returns to face the Clippers, where his NBA career began. The Clippers are rebuilding on the fly after moving on James Harden, Ivica Zubac and Kawhi Leonard, and Brandon Ingram (heel and Achilles) is yet to debut while Bradley Beal (knee) is also out.

They did snap a seven-game losing streak with a 139-123 win over New Orleans, where Darius Garland had 24 points and 10 assists, but they were beaten 133-110 in Phoenix next time out, and they lost their Cup opener 127-101 to Minnesota and the Thunder already beat them 108-101 in October.

With the Wolves 2-0 at the top of Group B, the Thunder can't afford to drop this one, and Gilgeous-Alexander gives them a big edge in a close finish.

Tip: Thunder at the line

NBA Cup November 14 Betting Markets

Point differential is the first tiebreaker for the wild cards, so a side like the Thunder has a reason to keep pushing late in a game they already control, which makes the line and the winning margin markets more interesting than they'd be in a normal regular season game.

That matters in Inglewood too, because the Clippers have already let two double-digit fourth-quarter leads slip this season.

Player props are the other big angle. Wembanyama's blocks and rebounds lines and Giannis' points and rebounds lines will move the most once the final injury news lands close to tip-off, and with Miami on a back-to-back, keep an eye on the NBA Cup odds for any late minutes news in that game.