NBA Cup Quarterfinals are set and the Atlanta Hawks are going to get to face a familiar opponent. The Hawks are going to take on the New York Knicks in

The preamble is officially over, and now, we've reached the meat of the NBA Cup. With group play in the books, the knockout stage of the cup is here. No more will games feel quite as baked into the fabric of the regular season.

Stephen Curry, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Luka Doncic are among those who reached the quarterfinals of the NBA’s second annual in-season tournament.

The first two quarterfinal matchups are set: Orlando goes to Milwaukee and Atlanta will visit New York on the Eastern Conference side of the bracket next week as the knockout stage of the NBA Cup gets underway. The Hawks-Knicks game will be Dec. 11, the Knicks announced.

Here's how the Magic, Bucks, Hawks, Knicks, Mavericks, Thunder, Warriors and Rockets measure up to each other, and how the NBA Cup could go.

Following their loss to the Denver Nuggets in the final game of the NBA Cup group stage, the bracket is officially set for the quarterfinals. While the Warriors already had their ticket to the quarterfinals punched,

NBA Cup quarterfinals are set, and the Thunder will host the Dallas Mavericks in the first knockout round. Five spots in the eight-team bracket were clinched Tuesday as group play concluded, and the Knicks,