The Atlanta Hawks were even worse at +15000 odds, which were better than only seven teams in the entire NBA. Those odds were actually better than where the Hawks opened at +20000, making Atlanta’s run to the quarterfinals from a group that included the Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers all the more stunning.

The Milwaukee Bucks and the New York Knicks eased to victories to advance to the knockout stage of the NBA Cup with clean sweeps of their groups, but reigning NBA champions Boston Celtics were eliminated.

With the knockout rounds of the NBA Cup all set, there will be a new champion as well as an almost entirely different field than last year's inaugural version. In again this year are the New York Knicks and Milwaukee Bucks,