NBA in-season tournament quarterfinal matchups set - ESPN

After a month's worth of group stage games, the field for the knockout portion of the NBA's in-season tournament is set.

The Indiana Pacers will host the Boston Celtics on Monday at 7:30 p.m. ET, followed by the New Orleans Pelicans traveling to face the Sacramento Kings at 10. Tuesday night will see a pair of group stage rematches, with the New York Knicks playing at the Milwaukee Bucks at 7:30, followed by the visiting Phoenix Suns taking on the Los Angeles Lakers at 10.

The winners of each of those quarterfinal games will advance to the semifinals on Dec. 7 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, with the Eastern Conference teams squaring off at 5 p.m., followed by the Western Conference teams playing at 9. The tournament's championship game — with the winner getting to lift the NBA Cup for the first time and earning $500,000 for every player on its roster — will take place at 8:30 p.m. on Dec. 9 (ABC).

In a twist, each of the four quarterfinals features a matchup that was already on the schedule four times this season — meaning all of those matchups will now be played five times, one more than teams typically can play in a given campaign.

The 22 teams that did not advance will play one home game and one road game on Dec. 6 and 8, while the teams that lose in the quarterfinals will play each other Dec. 8.

The NBA released the schedule for the other 22 teams early Wednesday morning, including a couple of marquee matchups. The Minnesota Timberwolves and San Antonio Spurs — featuring two of the league's bright, young stars in Anthony Edwards and Victor Wembanyama, and a matchup between Wembanyama and fellow French player Rudy Gobert — will play at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 6 on ESPN, followed by the Denver Nuggets taking on the LA Clippers