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The NBA Cup quarterfinals are here. Six teams remain in the battle to win the league’s in-season tournament, and that number will be cut to four by the end of Wednesday night. The semifinals are set in the East as the Magic and Knicks were both victorious on Tuesday night. The Magic rallied after giving up the first 15 points to the Heat to come back and defeat their in-state rival. The Knicks, meanwhile, got 35 points from Jalen Brunson in a road win against the Raptors.
The Magic and Knicks will meet up in the semis on Saturday. The West quarterfinals are set for Wednesday night as the Thunder host the Suns before the Lakers and Spurs meet up.
The 19-1 Thunder are currently the favorites to win the 2025 NBA Cup (-125 at FanDuel). The Bucks won the competition last year, and the Lakers won the initial version in 2023.
SPORTS TODAY NBA Cup knockout stage schedule
Tuesday, Dec. 9
- Magic 117, Heat 108
- Knicks 117, Raptors 101
Wednesday, Dec. 10
- Suns at Thunder (-14.5) | 7:30 p.m. ET | Amazon Prime Video
- Spurs at Lakers (-4.5) | 10 p.m. ET | Amazon Prime Video
Saturday, Dec. 13
- Magic vs. Knicks | 5:30 p.m. ET | Amazon Prime Video
- Suns/Thunder vs. Spurs/Lakers | 9 p.m. ET | Amazon Prime Video
Tuesday, Dec. 16
- TBD vs. TBD | 8:30 p.m. ET | Amazon Prime Video
The Heat, Magic, Knicks, Raptors, Suns, Thunder, Spurs and Lakers made the knockout stage by going 3-1 or better in group play. The Thunder, Lakers, Raptors and Magic all went unbeaten in the group stage.Our Sam Quinn has winners and losers of the group play stage.
The quarterfinal games are all being played in home markets of the higher seeds, but the semifinals on Saturday and the finals on Dec. 16 will be held in Las Vegas.
SPORTS TODAY NBA Cup group play standings
