Mavericks vs. Thunder live updates: NBA Cup quarterfinal how to watch, bracket, standings and odds

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Thunder in NBA Cup quarterfinals The quarterfinals of the 2024 NBA Cup continue Tuesday with a matchup between the Dallas Mavericks and Oklahoma City Thunder at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City.

The Thunder earned the No.

1 seed by going 3-1 in group play and winning Group B after the Phoenix Suns , who the Thunder had defeated, took down the San Antonio Spurs on the final day of group stage action last week.

The Spurs had handed the Thunder their only loss of group play.

The Mavericks clinched their spot in the quarterfinals in much more dramatic fashion, staging a furious late rally against the Memphis Grizzlies in their group play finale to vault past the Suns and secure the lone wild-card spot in the West quarterfinals.

The winner advances to the semifinal round in Las Vegas and will face the winner of tomorrow's game between the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets .

Game time: 9:30 p.m.

ET Channel: TNT Spread: Thunder -4.5 Rest of NBA Cup schedule Getty Images This Mavericks-Thunder game is the first of four quarterfinal matchups played at the higher seed's home courts, following the Magic-Bucks game earlier tonight.

The action then shifts to Las Vegas for the semifinals and championship game.

Here's how the rest of the schedule shakes out (all times ET): NBA Cup remaining quarterfinal schedule Dec.

10, 9:30 p.m.: Mavericks at Thunder (TNT) Dec.

11, 7 p.m.: Hawks at Knicks (ESPN) Dec.

11, 9:30 p.m.: Warriors at Rockets (TNT) NBA Cup semifinal schedule Dec.

14, 4:30 p.m.: QF Winner vs.

QF Winner (TNT) Dec.

14, 8:30 p.m.: QF Winner vs.

QF Winner (ABC) NBA Cup Championship Game Dec.

17, 8:30 p.m.: East Winner vs.

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Who is favored to win the 2024 NBA Cup? As we roll into the knockout round of the NBA Cup, here's where oddsmakers at BetMGM have each remaining team: Knicks: +300 Thunder: +310 Bucks: +450 Rockets: +600 Mavericks: +700 Warriors: +700 Hawks: +2000 Magic: +2500 And here are the Cup MVP odds: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: +300 Jalen Brunson: +550 Luka Doncic: +600 Stephen Curry: +600 Giannis Antetokounmpo: +700 Karl-Anthony Towns: +800 Alperen Sengun: +1200 Damian Lillard: +1400 Jalen Williams: +3000 Jalen Suggs: +3000 Jalen Green: +3500 Trae Young: +3500 Fred VanVleet: +4000 Kyrie Irving: +5000 How Thunder reached NBA Cup quarterfinals Getty Images Oklahoma City earned its No.

1 seed in the NBA Cup's West bracket by dispatching the Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Lakers and Utah Jazz all by double digits.

That built up a comfortable enough point differential cushion to overcome a six-point loss to the Spurs, giving the Thunder a net point differential of +45.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is leading the way as he so often does for this Thunder team by averaging 30.5 points, 5.3 rebounds and 7.0 assists over his four NBA Cup games thus far.

Thunder NBA Cup results Nov.

15: W vs.

Suns (99-83) Nov.

19: L at Spurs (110-104) Nov.

29: W at Lakers (101-93) Dec.

3: W vs.

Jazz (133-106) How Mavericks reached NBA Cup quarterfinals Getty Images Down 15 points in the fourth quarter against the Memphis Grizzlies in their final game of group play, the Mavericks needed some late heroics to punch their ticket to the quarterfinals and got just that.

Dallas stormed back from a 15-point fourth-quarter deficit thanks to clutch late 3-pointers from Spencer Dinwiddie and P.J.

Washington, securing the Mavs' spot in the quarterfinals thanks to point differential advantages over the Phoenix Suns and Portland Trail Blazers.

Mavericks NBA Cup results Nov.

12: L at Warriors (120-117) Nov.

19: W vs.

Pelicans (132-91) Nov.

22: W at Nuggets (123-120) Dec.

3: W vs.

Grizzlies (121-116) What is the prize for winning the NBA Cup? Getty Images As well as the trophy itself, there is a monetary reward.

The NBA estimated the prize pool for players would be as follows: Championship-winning team: $514,971 for each player.

Losing Championship team: $205,988 for each player.

Losing semi-finalists: $102,994 for each player.

Losing quarter-finalists: $51,497 for each player.

Such figures might not register with the NBAs highest earners Stephen Curry made a league-high $51.9 million last season but it could boost the fortunes of rookies signed to minimum contracts ($1,157,153) and those on two-way contracts ($578,577), whose salaries would almost be doubled with the prize.

Advertisement What is the NBA Cup? Getty Images The NBA Cup is an annual in-season competition the league created last year (when it was simply known as the In-Season Tournament) to gin up interest in the beginning of the NBA calendar.

Four of the early games on each team's regular-season schedule were marked as NBA Cup contests, meaning they count towards teams' regular-season records and their status in the Cup.

The 30 teams are divided into six groups of five, with three groups for each conference).

The winners of the six groups, along with the best second-place team in Cup games in each conference, advance to a single-elimination eight-team tournament.

The winners of the four quarterfinal contests then travel to Las Vegas to contest the semifinals and final, with the winner earning the NBA Cup and a prize of just over half a million dollars per player.

All games except for the final also count toward each team's regular-season record.

Each team enters the season with only 80 of their 82 regular-season games accounted for.

The 22 teams that fail to advance will be reassigned their two remaining regular-season games during the week of the knockout round, while the quarterfinal losers in each conference will face each other to fill out their schedules.

Here's a more detailed explanation of the format.

GO FURTHER What to know about NBA Cup 2024: Format, start dates, favorites and more.

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