{"id":325527,"date":"2025-12-04T20:18:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T20:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/325527\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T20:18:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T20:18:21","slug":"nba-cup-bracket-schedule-standings-what-to-know-for-knockout-rounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/325527\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Cup bracket, schedule, standings: What to know for knockout rounds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maybe this is the season the NBA Cup<\/a> really takes hold of the basketball audience.<\/p>\n

This year’s quarterfinals for the NBA’s in-season tournament<\/a> have set up nicely, with a mix of expected title contenders and early-season surprises advancing past this year’s group stage. Eight teams \u2012 four from the Western Conference and four from the Eastern Conference \u2012 advanced from group play and sit just three wins away from taking home the $500,000 prize that’s on the line for each player on the winning team.<\/p>\n

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The Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a>, Los Angeles Lakers<\/a>, New York Knicks<\/a> and Orlando Magic<\/a> are among the favorites left in the bracket, while the San Antonio Spurs<\/a>, Miami Heat<\/a>, Phoenix Suns<\/a> and Toronto Raptors<\/a> look to continue their better-than-expected starts to the 2025-26 campaign.<\/p>\n

Here’s everything to know heading into the knockout rounds, including matchups and schedule for the quarterfinals and the final standings after group play:<\/p>\n

1 \/ 8<\/p>\n

Dribble into this collection of dunk photos as NBA stars posterize opponents<\/p>\n

Oct. 26: The Dallas Mavericks’ Cooper Flagg dunks the ball past the Toronto Raptors’ Sandro Mamukelashvili at the American Airlines Center.<\/p>\n

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1 \/ 8<\/p>\n

Dribble into this collection of dunk photos as NBA stars posterize opponents<\/p>\n

Oct. 26: The Dallas Mavericks’ Cooper Flagg dunks the ball past the Toronto Raptors’ Sandro Mamukelashvili at the American Airlines Center.<\/p>\n

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2 \/ 8<\/p>\n

Dribble into this collection of dunk photos as NBA stars posterize opponents<\/p>\n

Oct. 26: The Washington Wizards’ Cam Whitmore dunks the ball against the Charlotte Hornets at Capital One Arena.<\/p>\n

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3 \/ 8<\/p>\n

Dribble into this collection of dunk photos as NBA stars posterize opponents<\/p>\n

Oct. 26: The Brooklyn Nets’ Michael Porter Jr. dunks in front of the San Antonio Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama at Frost Bank Center.<\/p>\n

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4 \/ 8<\/p>\n

Dribble into this collection of dunk photos as NBA stars posterize opponents<\/p>\n

Oct. 25: The Denver Nuggets’ Christian Braun dunks the ball against the Phoenix Suns’ Grayson Allen at Ball Arena.<\/p>\n

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5 \/ 8<\/p>\n

Dribble into this collection of dunk photos as NBA stars posterize opponents<\/p>\n

Oct. 24: The Memphis Grizzlies’ Jaren Jackson Jr. dunks against the Miami Heat at FedExForum.<\/p>\n

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6 \/ 8<\/p>\n

Dribble into this collection of dunk photos as NBA stars posterize opponents<\/p>\n

Oct. 24: The Miami Heat’s Bam Adebayo dunks over the Memphis Grizzlies’ Jaren Jackson Jr. at FedExForum.<\/p>\n

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7 \/ 8<\/p>\n

Dribble into this collection of dunk photos as NBA stars posterize opponents<\/p>\n

Oct. 22: The New York Knicks’ OG Anunoby goes up for a reverse dunk against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n

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8 \/ 8<\/p>\n

Dribble into this collection of dunk photos as NBA stars posterize opponents<\/p>\n

Oct. 22: The Utah Jazz’s Lauri Markkanen dunks against the Los Angeles Clippers at Delta Center.<\/p>\n

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Final NBA Cup group play standings<\/p>\n

*- indicates a team that advanced to the quarterfinals<\/p>\n

East Group A<\/p>\n

Cleveland Cavaliers (2-2)<\/p>\n

East Group B<\/p>\n

East Group C<\/p>\n

West Group A<\/p>\n

West Group B<\/p>\n

New Orleans Pelicans (0-4)<\/p>\n

West Group C<\/p>\n

Portland Trail Blazers (2-2)<\/p>\n

Golden State Warriors (1-3)<\/p>\n

NBA Cup knockout stage schedule<\/p>\n

*All knockout stage games will stream on Amazon Prime<\/p>\n

Quarterfinals<\/p>\n

Tuesday, Dec. 9<\/p>\n

Miami Heat at Orlando Magic, 6 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

New York Knicks at Toronto Raptors, 8:30 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

Wednesday, Dec. 10<\/p>\n

Phoenix Suns at Oklahoma City Thunder, 7:30 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

San Antonio Spurs at Los Angeles Lakers, 10 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

Semifinals<\/p>\n

Saturday, Dec. 13 at 5:30 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

Saturday, Dec. 13 at 9 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

Finals<\/p>\n

Tuesday, Dec. 16 at 8:30 p.m. ET at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: NBA Cup updated bracket, schedule for quarterfinals, knockout rounds<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Maybe this is the season the NBA Cup really takes hold of the basketball audience. This year’s quarterfinals…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325528,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[6703,1222,6996,49,48,11002,5184,6687,2357,8840,2695,2898,8028,23934,8217,8223,2697,8231,15718,8224,8216,14102,459,8214,2901,3555,15716,1528,6002,6683,75496,10679,2696,82,10676,1457,15717,8027,10627],"class_list":["post-325527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-atlanta-hawks","tag-boston-celtics","tag-brooklyn-nets","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-charlotte-hornets","tag-chicago-bulls","tag-chris-paul","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-clippers","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-denver-nuggets","tag-detroit-pistons","tag-eastern-conference","tag-golden-state-warriors","tag-houston-rockets","tag-indiana-pacers","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-memphis-grizzlies","tag-miami-heat","tag-milwaukee-bucks","tag-minnesota-timberwolves","tag-nba","tag-new-orleans-pelicans","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-orlando-magic","tag-philadelphia-76ers","tag-phoenix-suns","tag-portland-trail-blazers","tag-quarterfinals","tag-sacramento-kings","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-sports","tag-toronto-raptors","tag-tournament","tag-utah-jazz","tag-washington-wizards","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}