Basketball vs Creator Basketball (NBA Creator Cup) — Same Game, Different Rules

The official NBA game ball is manufactured by Wilson (replacing Spalding beginning with the 2021-2022 season).

Protective accessories such as mouthguards, ankle braces, or knee pads are not established as mandatory for Creator Cup participants in available NBA reporting and are omitted here rather than assumed.

The NBA playing court is a rectangular, flat, hard surface with the following dimensions: Length: 94 feet (28.65 m) (Rule 1); Width: 50 feet (15.24 m) (Rule 1); Surface: Hardwood (typically maple), sanded and finished to provide consistent ball bounce and player traction. All NBA courts are indoo...

The sixth-edition 2026 Creator Cup was staged at The Pavilion at UNLV in Las Vegas, Nevada, as the closing game of NBA Summer League's opening night (July 9, 2026), on the venue's standard NBA-spec hardwood court.; The separate All-Star "Season 2" staging of the Creator Cup was played on Creator ...

An NBA game consists of four 12-minute quarters, for a total of 48 minutes of regulation play. The game clock stops for dead balls, fouls, violations, timeouts, and other stoppages, meaning actual elapsed time is significantly longer (typically 2 to 2.5 hours).

, a foul on a 2-point attempt is worth two points on a single made free throw; a foul on a 3-point attempt is worth three points on a single made free throw). This rule was adapted from a G League procedure used since the 2019–20 season.

The player who last controls the ball on a successful shot attempt is credited with the field goal or free throw. If a player tips in a teammate's missed shot, the tipping player is credited with the basket.

Baseline scoring values (field goal, three-point shot) follow standard basketball scoring; free-throw scoring during regulation levels follows the One Free Throw Rule described in Section 5, where a single made free throw carries the full point value (1, 2, or 3) of the shooting foul it replaces....

Each team is entitled to one Coach's Challenge per game. A coach may challenge a personal foul called on their team, a goaltending or basket interference call, or an out-of-bounds call.

As an NBA-branded exhibition staged inside NBA and Summer League venues (The Pavilion at UNLV; NBA Crossover at the Los Angeles Convention Center), the Creator Cup operates within the host venue's standard event medical and athletic-safety provisi...