The final eight team bracket for the 2024 NBA Cup is officially set. The Atlanta Hawks, New York Knicks, and Milwaukee Bucks are the three automatic qualifiers as the group winners in the Eastern Conference. The Houston Rockets, Golden State Warriors, and Oklahoma City Thunder are the group winners in the West. The final two teams to reach to the quarterfinals are the Orlando Magic and Dallas Mavericks, who advanced on point-differential as the first tiebreaker.
The quarterfinals will be played at the home arena of the higher seeded team, with point differential again serving as the first tiebreaker. The four teams who advance out of the quarterfinals will face off in Las Vegas for the semifinals. The semifinals will take place on Saturday, Dec. 14. The two winners will advance to play for the NBA Cup championship on Tuesday, Dec. 17.
With group play finished, here’s the bracket for the NBA Cup with the final eight teams remaining for the title:
East
1. Milwaukee Bucks
2. New York Knicks
3. Atlanta Hawks
4. Orlando Magic
1. Oklahoma City Thunder
2. Houston Rockets
3. Warriors
4. Dallas Mavericks
NBA Cup quarterfinals matchups, dates, times, and scores
All times are ET
Tuesday, Dec. 10 and Wednesday, Dec. 11
Orlando Magic at Milwaukee Bucks
Dallas Mavericks at Oklahoma City Thunder
Atlanta Hawks at New York Knicks Knicks
Golden State Warriors at Houston Rockets
The seeds for the Knockout Rounds are set!
(4) Mavericks at (1) Thunder
(3) Warriors at (2) Rockets(4) Magic at (1) Bucks
(3) Hawks at (2) KnicksQuarterfinals will take place on Tuesday, 12/10 on TNT and Wednesday, 12/11 on ESPN and TNT. #EmiratesNBACup
— NBA (@NBA) December 4, 2024
NBA Cup semifinals matchups, dates, times, and scores
Saturday, Dec. 14
TBD vs. TBD, 4:30 p.m., TNT
TBD vs. TBD, 8:30 p.m., TNT
NBA Cup finals date, time, and TV
Tuesday, Dec. 17
TBD vs. TBD, 8:30 p.m., TNT
NBA Cup prizes and player purse
The NBA Cup pays every player on teams that reach the quarterfinals, and the cash purse only gets bigger as you advance through the bracket. Here’s the payouts for the 2024 NBA Cup:
- Players on losing quarterfinals teams: $51,497.
- Players on losing semifinals teams: $102,994.
- Players on losing team in NBA Cup finals: $205,988.
- Players on winning team in NBA Cup finals: $514,970.
NBA Cup 2024 final group play standings
✅ Clinched group: Rockets, Warriors, Hawks.
❌ Eliminated: Timberwolves, Kings, Lakers, Jazz, Pelicans, 76ers, Nets, Hornets, Heat, Raptors, Pacers, Bulls, Cavaliers, Wizards. pic.twitter.com/A3bhEziCgV
— FanDuel (@FanDuel) December 3, 2024
