NBA Cup: How to watch the league’s regular season tournament, get betting odds and more

Overview of the NBA Cup on Tuesday: 11 games, five quarterfinal places still to be decided.

The tournament’s group play concludes Tuesday night when five more teams join Houston, Golden State and Atlanta in the quarterfinals of the NBA Cup. And there are still 13 teams in the running for the last five spots in the quarterfinals.

The quarterfinals will take place on December 10th and 11th. The winners of the quarterfinals will travel to the semifinals in Las Vegas on December 14th.

All games in the tournament – with the exception of the championship game on December 17th – count in the regular season rankings and statistics. The championship game is considered an extra and is not part of the 82-game season of the two teams that reach the final.

The NBA Cup was designated an in-season tournament when it debuted last year after years of commissioner Adam Silver trying to add something special to the regular season.

Here’s how to watch

TNT will have a doubleheader on Tuesday: Memphis-Dallas and Golden State-Denver.

There will be a quarterfinal doubleheader on December 10th on TNT. A quarterfinal game will be broadcast on ESPN on December 11, followed by another on TNT.

TNT will show the first Cup semifinal from Las Vegas on December 14 at 4:30 p.m. Eastern, followed by the second semifinal at 8:30 p.m. on ABC. The championship game will air Dec. 17 at 8:30 p.m. Eastern on ABC.

As usual, local broadcasts will also be available when NBA rules allow.

Betting favorites

According to BetMGM Sportsbook, New York and Golden State are the co-favorites to win the NBA Cup at +500 each. Oklahoma City (+550) is the third choice, closely followed by Milwaukee and Houston (both +650), then Dallas and Orlando (both +800).

Ranking and schedule

A breakdown of the groups and placements:

East Group A – Orlando 3-0, New York 3-0, Philadelphia 1-2, Brooklyn 1-3, Charlotte 0-3.

Outlook: The Orlando-New York game will decide the group title and a place in the quarterfinals, and the loser of that game (especially if it’s the Magic, assuming they don’t lose by more than 37 points) could still be the wild card -Be a qualifier from the East. Philadelphia, Brooklyn and Charlotte are eliminated.

Schedule: New York 111, Philadelphia 99; Orlando 114, Charlotte 89; New York 124, Brooklyn 122; Orlando 98, Philadelphia 86; Brooklyn 116, Charlotte 115; Philadelphia 113, Brooklyn 98; New York 99, Charlotte 98; Orlando 123, Brooklyn 100; Philadelphia at Charlotte, Tuesday; Orlando in New York, Tuesday.

East Group B – Milwaukee 3-0, Detroit 3-0, Miami 2-2, Toronto 0-3, Indiana 0-3.

Outlook: The Pistons, who lost 28 straight games last season, host a crucial game against the Bucks on Tuesday for the Cup division title. Miami, Toronto and Indiana are eliminated.

Schedule: Detroit 123, Miami 121;Milwaukee 99, Toronto 85;Miami 124, Indiana 111;Detroit 99, Toronto 95;Milwaukee 129, Indiana 117;Milwaukee 106, Miami 103;Miami 121, Toronto 111;Detroit 130, Indiana 106; Milwaukee at Detroit, Tuesday; Indiana in Toronto, Tuesday.

East Group C – Atlanta 3-1, Boston 3-1, Chicago 2-2, Cleveland 1-2, Washington 0-3.

Outlook: Atlanta won the group. Boston can still be the East’s wild card qualifier, but needs a lot of help. Chicago, Cleveland and Washington are eliminated.

Schedule: Atlanta 117, Boston 116; Cleveland 144, Chicago 126;Atlanta 129, Washington 117;Boston 120, Cleveland 117;Chicago 136, Atlanta 122;Boston 108, Washington 96;Chicago 127, Washington 108;Boston 138, Chicago 129;Atlanta 117, Cleveland 101; Washington in Cleveland, Tuesday.

West Group A – Houston 3-0, Portland 2-1, Minnesota 2-2, Los Angeles Clippers 1-2, Sacramento 0-3.

Outlook: Houston won the group. Minnesota and Sacramento are eliminated. Portland and the Clippers can still be wild cards; The Clippers would also need losses to Dallas and Oklahoma City and a slew of point-difference tiebreakers to advance. Portland has several progress scenarios; The easiest way is for the Blazers to win, the Thunder to lose, and the Mavericks to lose.

Schedule: Portland 106, Minnesota 98; Minnesota 130, Sacramento 126; Houston 125, LA Clippers 104; LA Clippers 104, Sacramento 88; Houston 116, Portland 88; Houston 117, Minnesota 111; Minnesota 93, LA Clippers 92; Portland 115, Sacramento 106; Houston at Sacramento, Tuesday; Portland at LA Clippers, Tuesday.

West Group B – San Antonio 2-1, Oklahoma City 2-1, Phoenix 2-1, Los Angeles Lakers 2-2, Utah 0-3.

Outlook: San Antonio controls its destiny – the Spurs win the bracket by beating the Suns. The Spurs, Thunder and Suns all still have a chance of winning the group title and making it to the quarterfinals; One of these teams could secure the West’s wild card spot. The Suns would win the group with a win and a Thunder loss. The Lakers won’t advance after going 7-0 to win their first Cup last season, and Utah is also eliminated.

Schedule: Phoenix 120, Utah 112; LA Lakers 120, San Antonio 115; Oklahoma City 99, Phoenix 83; San Antonio 110, Oklahoma City 104; LA Lakers 124, Utah 118; Phoenix 127, LA Lakers 100; San Antonio 128, Utah 115; Oklahoma City 101, LA Lakers 93; Utah at Oklahoma City, Tuesday; San Antonio at Phoenix, Tuesday.

West Group C – Golden State 3-0, Dallas 2-1, Denver 1-2, Memphis 1-2, New Orleans 0-3.

Outlook: Golden State won the group. Dallas could be quarterfinalists with a win on Tuesday. Denver and Memphis are mathematically still in the wildcard hunt and New Orleans is eliminated.

Schedule: Golden State 120, Dallas 117; Memphis 120, New Orleans 109; Memphis at Dallas, Tuesday; Golden State at Denver, Tuesday.

Performances with the highest points

The best single-game scoring performances in this season’s NBA Cup.

60 – De’Aaron Fox, Sacramento vs. Minnesota, November 15

43 – Cam Thomas, Brooklyn in New York, November 15

40 – Tyler Herro, Miami at Detroit, November 12

40 – Anthony Davis, LA Lakers at San Antonio, November 15

More triple doubles

Last season there were four triple-doubles in NBA Cup games (Domantas Sabonis had two, Nikola Jokic had one and Tyrese Haliburton had one). There have already been 11 Cup games this season (Alperen Sengun has two, while Jokic, Sabonis, Bam Adebayo, Scottie Barnes, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Russell Westbrook, LeBron James, Jalen Johnson and Josh Hart all have one).

What is at stake?

To the winners: pride, a trophy and money.

Players on the winning team will each receive $514,971, while $205,988 will go to each player on the runner-up, $102,994 to players whose teams lost in the semifinals, and $51,497 to the players whose teams lost in the quarterfinals have lost.

What you should know

If teams are eliminated in group play, two additional games will be added to their schedule. These games will be scheduled soon and will begin next week. If teams are eliminated in the quarterfinals, another game will be added to them.

All teams have only 80 games scheduled so far in the regular season, but will play 82. That’s why the title game doesn’t count; For these teams, it would be the 83rd game (the 80 games already scheduled, then the quarterfinals, then the semifinals, that’s their 82 games).

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