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What channel is Thunder vs. Suns on today? Time, TV schedule, live stream to watch NBA Cup quarterfinal game originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Oklahoma City Thunder will host the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday night with an opportunity to advance to the NBA Cup Semifinals.
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.
The NBA Cup moved into the quarterfinal rounds with two games in the East Tuesday and two in the West on Wednesday.
NBA Cup games in the group stage, the quarterfinal round and the semifinal round all count as regular season games. That means that teams who don't make the quarterfinal or semifinal actually have a couple new games added to their schedule to make sure everyone plays the same 82 games.
The Thunder and Spurs will meet in the NBA Cup semifinals in Las Vegas on Saturday after winning their respective
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Mark Daigneault is a fan of this impending change to NBA Cup format
Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault loves the change. It adds further incentive. Beyond just the half-million grand prize awaiting the NBA Cup champion.
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NBA pushes back on idea that the league schedule is at heart of increased soft tissue injuries
Calf strains are up some this season, but time missed to calf strains is way up as teams are being more conservative.