NBA Cup 2025 Standings, Bracket Predictions After November 29 Group Play

The quarterfinals for the third edition of the NBA Cup were finalized on Friday night.

The New York Knicks, Orlando Magic, Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs won their respective groups in head-to-head matchups.

The Phoenix Suns and Miami Heat finished as the best second-place teams in each conference to fill out the eight-team knockout-round bracket.

The NBA Cup quarterfinals take place on December 9 and 10. The semifinals on December 13 and the December 16 championship game will take place in Las Vegas.

NBA Cup Final Group Standings

East Group A

1. Toronto (4-0; +55 point differential)
2. Atlanta (2-2; -4)
3. Cleveland (2-2; +26)
4. Indiana (1-3; 0)
5. Washington (1-3; -77)

East Group B

1. Orlando (4-0; +64)
2. Detroit (2-2; +21)
3. Boston (2-2; -17)
4. Philadelphia (1-3; -39)
5. Brooklyn (1-3; -29)

East Group C

1. New York (3-1; +35)
2. Miami (3-1; +49)
3. Milwaukee (2-2; +4)
4. Charlotte (1-3; -39)
5. Chicago (1-3; +49)

West Group A

1. Oklahoma City (4-0; +75)
2. Phoenix (3-1; +31)
3. Minnesota (2-2; +45)
4. Utah (1-3; -85)
5. Sacramento (0-4; -66)

West Group B

1. Los Angeles Lakers (4-0; +46)
2. Memphis (3-1; +14)
3. Los Angeles Clippers (2-2; -20)
4. Dallas (1-3; -21)
5. New Orleans (0-4; -19)

West Group C

1. San Antonio (3-1; +26)
2. Denver (2-2; +23)
3. Houston (2-2; +14)
4. Portland (2-2; -31)
5. Golden State (1-3; -32)

Orlando won East Group B and earned the No. 1 seed in the East bracket with its win over the Detroit Pistons.

The Magic will host the Miami Heat, who moved on as the top second-place team in the East.

Miami was the only non-group winner in the East to finish at 3-1. The Cleveland Cavaliers had a chance to challenge for that position, but they lost to the Atlanta Hawks on Friday night.

Miami took second in East Group C behind the Knicks because of the head-to-head tiebreaker New York earned in group play.

The Toronto Raptors, the East Group A winner, will host the Knicks in the other East semifinal.

Oklahoma City's close win over Phoenix secured OKC's West Group A victory and a spot in the knockout round for the Suns.

Phoenix finished with the superior point differential in comparison to the Memphis Grizzlies.

Perhaps the most shocking result on Friday night was the San Antonio Spurs' triumph over the Denver Nuggets in Colorado to put the Spurs on top of West Group C.

The Spurs visit Luka Doncic, LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers in the semifinals. The Lakers are the No. 2 seed in the West behind OKC since the Thunder had the better point differential.

OKC will host the Suns in a rematch of Friday's West Group A finale.

The Thunder have to be viewed as the NBA Cup favorite. They are playing the best basketball of any team in the NBA and could possibly be motivated by finishing second in last season's NBA Cup.

The East bracket is more wide open than the West. The Raptors, Knicks, Magic and Heat are all separated by two wins in the regular-season standings.

Miami and New York both have below .500 records on the road, so home-court advantage might be the difference for Toronto and New York. New York owns the advantage in knockout-game experience among the four teams.

Prediction: Oklahoma City vs. New York in NBA Cup Final