Eliminated in group play after winning the NBA's in-season tournament last season, the Bucks are getting a much-needed four-day break while adjusting to playing without Giannis Antetokounmpo for an extended time due to his calf injury. Because the Bucks aren't in the quarterfinals, two regular-season games were added to their schedule.

Toronto Raptors point guard Immanuel Quickley is listed as questionable due to an illness for their Emirates NBA Cup game against the New York Knicks on Tuesday, TSN's Josh Lewenberg reports.

The Cup is becoming more popular in its third iteration. The league announced that viewership on Amazon Prime, NBC/Peacock and ESPN broadcasts of this year’s group-play games was up 90 percent from last year. Amazon was primarily the home for primetime NBA Cup action, and it did a great job engaging fans.

The knockout rounds of the 2025 NBA Cup start on Tuesday, Dec. 9 when the Miami Heat face the Orlando Magic in an East quarterfinal game.

One-loss Oklahoma City unsurprisingly leads the way as the knockout round begins, but each of the seven other teams has a case for the Cup title.

The Suns expect the same thing they always do when they face off in a rematch against the Thunder in the NBA Cup quarterfinal.

NBA Cup 2025: Quarterfinals preview, format, how much money players can win in NBA's in-season tournament We have reached the NBA Cup quarterfinals, the eight-team knockout round — now things get serious. Especially for the players on those teams, because the money is now very real.