NBA Cup Update: Knicks and Bucks Gear Up for Next Matches

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00:00It's the NBA Cup, baby. Get ready. LeBron James, the reigning champion, and it doesn't

00:08look like he's going to get to defend his title in the Cup here at this point where

00:11I do believe the Lakers raised a banner for the NBA Cup and maybe the New York Knicks.

00:16They haven't reigned up. I mean, they didn't even make banners back in the day the last

00:19time the Knicks actually won anything here, but they're looking to win the NBA Cup. They

00:23had a nice victory last night, 121 to 106 over the Magic, easily putting them away,

00:29coasting to a victory, which meant they only need to score 15 points in the fourth quarter

00:33here and still won by double digits. Wagner had 30 for Orlando. Josh Hart, a triple-double,

00:3811 points, 13 points, and 10 assists. The Knicks, 7-2 at home, 13-8, advancing into

00:44the NBA Cup. Yeah, they take group. I absolutely pummeled the Magic. They've been playing some

00:51really good basketball, a little surprising. They've been a money-earner, Orlando Magic,

00:55but for the Knicks, that was a fantastic win. They'll top group A, I believe, to advance.

01:01They'll square off against the Hawks in the quarterfinals next Tuesday. And for the Magic,

01:06they're still going to punch their ticket through. They'll square off against the Bucs

01:09next week. So two teams vying for, I guess, that second tilt at the NBA Cup, but that

01:15was a big performance there. Josh Hart, he was fantastic for the Knicks last night, 11,

01:2013, and 10, getting that triple-double. And suddenly, the Knicks are trending in the right

01:24direction. You look at the FD Sportsbook, they're currently the shortest price to take

01:28out that NBA Cup. But I feel like it's very similar to the Par-3 tournament at the Masters.

01:34You know, to make that golf comparison, nobody wants to win the Par-3 tournament on Wednesday.

01:40That's a bad omen going in to the big dance. And I feel like that's the same for the NBA

01:45Cup. It's a distraction. I like it. I like it, Dov. See, I like where you're going with

01:49this too, which means that, let's just say Giannis and the Bucs end up in the finals

01:52of the NBA Cup. You get hammered by 60. Like, you get those vibes out of the building. Like,

01:57you know what? We didn't want to expend any energy on this. We want to continue and win

02:00the actual NBA Championship. Another team that hasn't played great basketball to start,

02:04but maybe rounding the corners, the Bucs, 11-9 on the season, downing the Pistons, and

02:08now the Bucs with that 128-107 victory. They move forward into the NBA Cup here with a

02:14group win, and they're looking, Giannis and the boys, and Dane, to maybe hang a banner

02:19for themselves, something they tried to do last year and were very successful in doing.

02:23Yeah, 128 points up there from the Bucs on Tuesday night, and they're going to need both

02:29of those superstars gelling, trending in the right direction. It's been a little spicy,

02:34both on and off the court. They've struggled to get them both out there at times, but we

02:38saw them both, and we saw what they're absolutely capable of. This could be the best one-two

02:43punch when they are both cooking and singing along in a similar step there. Giannis last

02:49night goes for 28. Dane time went for 27. You've got two players who can absolutely

02:54take over that game at any point in time, and they've got a couple of nice weapons off

02:59the bench there, giving them some production as well. Bobby Portis, he was pretty big last

03:03night going against the Pistons as well. So for the Bucs, it's a step in the right direction.

03:08I know it's early in the season, but I think they'll take a lot of confidence from this

03:12one, and they'll get to square off against the Magic. So it won't be an easy feat next

03:17Tuesday night, but I think this would bring a lot of confidence into a locker room, Donny,

03:21that's been, not to say divided, but a little split. I think they needed this one, and this

03:27could be the catalyst and that spark for them to get this season really moving in the right

03:31direction and show us that they are one of the heavyweights that we thought they were

03:35coming into this year.

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