The first two NBA Cup quarterfinals are set, with Miami going to Orlando and New York going to Toronto.
And the defending Cup champions won’t have a chance to go back-to-back.
New York got the last of the four available berths in the Eastern Conference on Friday night, topping the reigning Cup champion Milwaukee Bucks 118-109 to win East Group C. The Bucks’ loss prevented them from moving on to the quarterfinals.
“I told the guys they did a heck of a job finding a way,” Knicks coach Mike Brown said.
Toronto won East Group A, Orlando won East Group B, and both did so with 4-0 records. The Knicks went 3-1 in Group C and finished on top because they held the head-to-head tiebreaker over Miami, which also finished 3-1.
The quarterfinal games will be played either Dec. 9 or Dec. 10. The Ma

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