The 19-1 Thunder are currently the favorites to win the 2025 NBA Cup (-125 at FanDuel ). The Bucks won the competition last year, and the Lakers won the initial version in 2023.

With a loss to the New York Knicks, the Toronto Raptors have been eliminated from the NBA Cup, but even more notably, they have lost six of their last seven gam

Knicks 117, Raptors 101Toronto has struggled of late, losing three in a row coming into Tuesday night, in part because a team built on depth is missing two of the roster's core starters, RJ Barrett and Immanuel Quickley.

Isiah Thomas never led the New York Knicks to an NBA title during his time with the team as an executive. Even though that would always remain a fact, Zeke believed that he could've rewritten history by recruiting LeBron James and Dwyane Wade to the Knicks.

The New York Knicks made the Eastern Conference finals last season, have a top-10 player in Jalen Brunson, replaced Tom Thibodeau with Mike Brown in one of the biggest coaching changes of the offseason,

Behind the Thunder are Nikola Jokic 's Denver Nuggets at +600. The Nuggets have started 17-6 but continue to be without Aaron Gordon (hamstring), who is not expected to return before Christmas. Houston has the next shortest odds at 10-1.

Josh Hart auditioned for Smile 3 without knowing it when he creeped out Jalen Brunson after the New York Knicks' latest game.

Knicks announce discouraging Miles McBride news ahead of Raptors matchup originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Ahead of their NBA Cup quarterfinals matchup against the Toronto Raptors, the New York Knicks announced Tuesday that shooting guard Miles McBride was ruled out.