The first two NBA Cup quarterfinals are set, with Miami going to Orlando and New York going to Toronto.<\/p>\n
And the defending Cup champions won\u2019t have a chance to go back-to-back.<\/p>\n
New York got the last of the four available berths in the Eastern Conference on Friday night, topping the reigning Cup champion Milwaukee Bucks<\/a> 118-109 to win East Group C. The Bucks\u2019 loss prevented them from moving on to the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n \u201cI told the guys they did a heck of a job finding a way,\u201d Knicks coach Mike Brown said.<\/p>\n Toronto won East Group A, Orlando won East Group B, and both did so with 4-0 records. The Knicks went 3-1 in Group C and finished on top because they held the head-to-head tiebreaker over Miami, which also finished 3-1.<\/p>\n The quarterfinal games will be played either Dec. 9 or Dec. 10. The Magic won their group with a 112-109 victory over Detroit on Friday night \u2014 and as the top seed, they will play the wild-card Heat.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re so happy to be home,\u201d Magic coach Jamahl Mosley said. \u201cWe have some of the best fans in the NBA. They\u2019re going to be back there, supporting us, ready to go. … For us to do this is very special for our guys right now.\u201d<\/p>\n The Heat-Magic and Knicks-Raptors games will create a bit of a schedule quirk. The quarterfinal games count toward the regular season, so Miami and Orlando will wind up playing five times this season \u2014 the first time that\u2019s happened since 1993-94 \u2014 and the Knicks and Raptors will meet five times as well. The Heat play a regular-season game at Orlando on Dec. 5, their second time there this season, then will go back for a Cup quarterfinal a few days later.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s great,\u201d Orlando\u2019s Desmond Bane<\/a> said when told the Magic got a home Cup quarterfinal. \u201cWe\u2019re building. We\u2019re building something special.\u201d<\/p>\n