On the Eastern Conference side of the bracket on Tuesday, the Orlando Magic came back from a 15-0 deficit to defeat their in-state rivals, the Miami Heat, while the surging New York Knicks used a dominant second quarter to race past the Toronto Raptors and win for the eighth time in their last nine games.

NBA games have four 12-minute quarters, but sometimes, it comes down to just the final seconds. It's in these moments when clutch-gene heroes come through and score needed points in miraculous ways. These are some of the greatest game-winning buckets in ...

Derrick White leads Boston to a 146-101 win over Washington by dropping 30 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists in 29 minutes. Jordan Walsh (22 points) and Payton Pritchard (20 points) did their thing in the Celtics’ third straight dub.

In two years of the NBA's in-season tournament, the Sixers have never advanced past the Group Play stage. Perhaps the third time will be the charm in what is now known as the NBA Cup. "I don't know what to say about the cup," Sixers head coach Nick Nurse ...

If you’re wondering how motivated players are for NBA Cup games, Jake LaRavia of the Lakers spells it out. He and his team are motivated and have a chance to clinch their spot in the quarterfinals of the NBA Cup (the final-eight knockout round portion ...

The 2025 NBA Cup group play started last Friday, and the Oklahoma City Thunder, who finished the last tournament as runners-up, opens their run with a road game against the Sacramento Kings at 9 p.m. on Nov. 7. The Thunder fell to the Milwaukee Bucks 97-81 ...

It's the end of November in the NBA, and lately, that has meant one thing: the culmination of group play for the NBA Cup. The format was once again altered this season, with the group stage of the tournament held until the end of November. The week of ...

The final day of group play in the 2025 NBA Cup began with six spots in the knockout rounds still up for grabs and three straight winner-take-all games to decide a group. It was as climactic a day as the NBA could have hoped for when instituting the in-season tournament.

No, players on the winning team of the NBA Cup do not receive championship rings. According to the league, the decision was intentional. The NBA chose to preserve the traditional championship ring as an exclusive symbol of winning the Finals, rather than ...

That happened on Monday night for the Spurs game against the Pelicans which I watched on what we used to call “tape-delay”. The timing was amazing, in a bad way, largely because both teams shot about 100 free throws in the fourth quarter (stats not official).