NBA Cup 2024 UPDATE: How does it work, who is in knockout round, what remaining games matter, odds

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Only one night remains of the 2024 NBA Cup group play games — 11 contests — yet five of the eight spots in the knockout round are still up for grabs. There are a handful of deciding games but far more teams will spend Tuesday night doing the math on point differential.

Here’s everything you need to know for the NBA Cup 2024.

What’s the format for the NBA Cup 2024?

It started with group play, where all 30 NBA teams were drawn into six groups of five teams each (three in the East and three in the West). Each team plays the other teams in its group once — four games for each team (and those games also count as regular season games as well).

The winner of each of the six groups and one wild card team from each conference move on to a knockout round. Tiebreakers are decided first by head-to-head results from Cup games, but for wild card and multi-team tiebreakers where teams didn’t face each other point differential is the decider — which is why some teams have been running up the score.

The teams that win the first game in the Knockout Round — the top two teams from each conference — head to Las Vegas for the championship round.

NBA Cup 2024 Update: Knockout Round

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Already in: Atlanta Hawks

Before Cup play tipped off, the question was whether Boston or Cleveland would win East Group C. Turns out, neither. The Hawks have been the team to beat — Cleveland is eliminated, and Boston needs a few things to break their way to advance despite going 3-1.

Who is eliminated: Brooklyn Nets, Charlotte Hornets, Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers, Indiana Pacers, Miami Heat, Philadelphia 76ers, Toronto Raptors, Washington Wizards

East games that matter

Orlando at New York

It’s simple for New York — win and it advances as the winner of East Group A. Lose and the Knicks are out; they cannot advance as a wild card (Boston has completed its Cup play at 3-1 with a +23 net rating that would be better than New York if it loses).

Orlando is in a great spot to advance, regardless of the outcome. Win and they move on as the Group A winners. Lose by 30 or less and the Magic still advance via the wild card — the…

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Publish date : 2024-12-02 20:04:00

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