NBA in-season tournament quarterfinal matchups set،
After a month of group stage games, the field for the knockout portion of the NBA season tournament is ready.
The Indiana Pacers will host the Boston Celtics on Monday at 7:30 p.m. ET, followed by the New Orleans Pelicans taking on the Sacramento Kings at 10 p.m. On Tuesday night, there will be two group stage rematches, with the New York Knicks playing the Milwaukee Bucks at 7:30, followed by the visiting Phoenix Suns taking on the Los Angeles Lakers at 10.
The winners of each of these quarterfinals will advance to the semifinals on December 7 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, with the Eastern Conference teams facing off at 5 p.m., followed by the Western Conference teams at 21 hours. The match – the winner of which will win the NBA Cup for the first time and earn $500,000 for each player on their roster – will take place at 8:30 p.m. on December 9 (ABC).
Furthermore, each of the four quarter-finals features a clash that has already been scheduled four times this season, meaning that all of these clashes will now be played five times, one more than teams can typically play in a campaign given.
The 22 teams that did not qualify will play one home and one away match on December 6 and 8, while the losing teams in the quarter-finals will face each other on December 8.
The NBA released the schedules for the remaining 22 teams early Wednesday morning, including a few marquee matchups. The Minnesota Timberwolves and San Antonio Spurs – featuring two of the league’s bright young stars, Anthony Edwards and Victor Wembanyama, and a matchup between Wembanyama and fellow Frenchman Rudy Gobert – will play at 7:30 p.m. on December 6 on ESPN. , followed by the Denver Nuggets taking on the LA Clippers in a rematch of Denver’s stunning win on Sunday without Nikola Jokic, Aaron Gordon and Jamal Murray.
The Clippers will be on ESPN again on December 8, when they take on the Utah Jazz.
Some of the other notable games on the lists: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Houston Rockets on December 6, and Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Miami Heat and Golden State Warriors vs. Thunder on December 8.
