The eight-team knockout stage of the 2024 NBA Cup is about because the group stage of the league’s in-season event wrapped up Tuesday night time. The Bucks, Knicks, Magic, Thunder and Mavericks clinched the ultimate 5 knockout stage spots on Tuesday, becoming a member of the Warriors, Rockets and Hawks within the quarterfinals. The knockout stage begins subsequent week, and the NBA Cup title sport is about for Dec. 17 in Las Vegas.

The Knicks crushed the Magic to win their group on Tuesday, and the Bucks additionally completed 4-0 in group play as they knocked off the Pistons. There have been no unbeaten groups within the West, as each the Rockets and Warriors fell on Tuesday. The Thunder would be the prime seed within the Western Convention because of their +45 level differential.

With eight groups shifting on, here is a quick abstract of how the event has labored to this point:

• The NBA’s 30 groups had been cut up into six five-team teams: Three teams within the Japanese Convention and three teams within the Western Convention.
• Groups performed the opposite 4 groups of their group in round-robin type play on Tuesdays and Fridays. The 2024 NBA cup began on Nov. 12, and group play ended on Tuesday (Dec. 3). Each group performed 4 NBA Cup video games within the group stage.
• Eight groups (the six group winners plus one wild-card group from every convention) have superior to the knockout spherical. The standings had been decided by general document, head-to-head document and level differential if a tiebreaker was wanted.
• The knockout spherical shall be a single-elimination bracket. The 4 East groups shall be on one facet of the bracket, the 4 West groups shall be on the opposite. The quarterfinals are Dec. 10 and 11. The semifinals are Dec. 14 in Las Vegas, and the the ultimate between the East and West winners shall be held on Dec. 17 (additionally in Vegas).

Under are the NBA Cup standings. 

NBA Cup standings

X – Clinched group
O – Eradicated from knockout competition
WC – Clinched wild card

East Group A

East Group B

East Group C

West Group A

West Group B

West Group C

2024 NBA Cup odds

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• Knicks: +450
• Rockets: +500
• Thunder: +550
• Warriors: +650
• Bucks: +700
• Magic: +850
• Mavericks: +1200
• Celtics: +1800
• Suns: +2000
• Hawks: +2200