The NBA Cup action continues with a full slate of quarterfinal games this week.

The Toronto Raptors will host the New York Knicks in the second game of a doubleheader on Tuesday, Dec. 9. The Miami Heat travel to take on in-state rival Orlando Magic.

The Oklahoma City Thunder, the defending NBA champions, will take on the Phoenix Suns in the first game of Wednesday’s doubleheader. That game will be followed by the San Antonio Spurs’ road game against the Los Angeles Lakers.

The winner of those games will move on to the tournament’s semifinal.

LeBron James and the Lakers won the first NBA Cup in 2023. The Milwaukee Bucks won the tournament in 2024.

The in-season tournament team won a trophy, and each player on that team will share a portion of the $500,000 prize.

Here’s everything to know heading into the knockout rounds, including matchups and schedule for the quarterfinals and the final standings after group play:

Final NBA Cup group play standings

*- indicates a team that advanced to the quarterfinals

East Group A

1. Toronto Raptors (4-0)*
2. Atlanta Hawks (2-2)
3. Cleveland Cavaliers (2-2)
4. Indiana Pacers (1-3)
5. Washington Wizards (1-3)

East Group B

1. Orlando Magic (4-0)*
2. Boston Celtics (2-2)
3. Detroit Pistons (2-2)
4. Philadelphia 76ers (1-3)
5. Brooklyn Nets (1-3)

East Group C

1. New York Knicks (3-1)*
2. Miami Heat (3-1)*
3. Milwaukee Bucks (2-2)
4. Charlotte Hornets (1-3)
5. Chicago Bulls (1-3)

West Group A

1. Oklahoma City Thunder (4-0)*
2. Phoenix Suns (3-1)*
3. Minnesota Timberwolves (2-2)
4. Utah Jazz (1-3)
5. Sacramento Kings (0-4)

West Group B

1. Los Angeles Lakers (4-0)*
2. Memphis Grizzlies (3-1)
3. Los Angeles Clippers (2-2)
4. Dallas Mavericks (1-3)
5. New Orleans Pelicans (0-4)

West Group C

1. San Antonio Spurs (3-1)*
2. Denver Nuggets (2-2)
3. Houston Rockets (2-2)
4. Portland Trail Blazers (2-2)
5. Golden State Warriors (1-3)

NBA Cup knockout stage schedule

*All knockout stage games will stream on Amazon Prime

Quarterfinals

Tuesday, Dec. 9

• Miami Heat at Orlando Magic, 6 p.m. ET
• New York Knicks at Toronto Raptors, 8:30 p.m. ET

Wednesday, Dec. 10

• Phoenix Suns at Oklahoma City Thunder, 7:30 p.m. ET
• San Antonio Spurs at Los Angeles Lakers, 10 p.m. ET

Semifinals

• Saturday, Dec. 13 at 5:30 p.m. ET
• Saturday, Dec. 13 at 9 p.m. ET

Finals

• Tuesday, Dec. 16 at 8:30 p.m. ET at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada

The UFC event at the White House on June 14 will feature eight or nine championship fights, President Donald Trump told reporters at the Kennedy Center Honors on Dec. 8.

“The biggest fights they’ve ever had,’’ Trump said. “Every one’s a championship fight. And every one’s a legendary type of fight.’’

Trump also said UFC CEO Dana White is holding back fights “right now’’ to save them for the White House. The UFC event will be held there to celebrate America’s 250^th anniversary.

An arena being built in front of the White House for the UFC event will have 5,000 to 6,000 seats, according to Trump, who said there will be 100,000 people in the back, where they’re putting up eight or 10 “very big screens.’’

“That’s going to be an exciting night,’’ Trump added. “So many people are asking for tickets.’’

Conor McGregor, the former UFC champion who hasn’t fought since 2021, has lobbied for a spot on the White House card. So has Jon Jones, arguably the greatest fighter in UFC history.

The Chicago White Sox have the best odds (27.73%) to land the No. 1 overall pick, followed by the Minnesota Twins (22.18%) and Pittsburgh Pirates (16.81%).

While the Colorado Rockies had MLB’s worst record (43-119), the team had a top-six lottery pick in each of the past two drafts, making them ineligible for a third.

This marks baseball’s fourth draft lottery and the previous teams to win the lottery had odds of 16.5% (2023 Pirates), 2.0% (2024 Guardians) and 10.2% (2025 Nationals).

Here’s what to know entering Tuesday’s draft lottery:

When is MLB draft lottery? How to watch, TV channel

• Time: 5:30 p.m. ET
• TV channel: MLB Network

MLB draft lottery odds 2026

• White Sox: 27.73%
• Twins: 22.18%
• Pirates: 16.81%
• Orioles: 9.24%
• Athletics: 6.55%
• Braves: 4.54%
• Rays: 3.03%
• Cardinals: 2.35%
• Marlins: 1.85%
• Diamondbacks: 1.51%
• Rangers: 1.34%
• Giants: 1.01%
• Royals: 0.84%
• Mets: 0.67%
• Astros: 0.34%
• Rockies: ineligible
• Nationals: ineligible
• Angels: ineligible

The Colorado Rockies had the worst record in baseball but are are ineligible for the lottery because a team can’t receive a top-six pick three years in a row, after the team had such picks in 2024 and 2025. The Washington Nationals and Los Angeles Angels are also ineligible as ‘payor’ teams, unable to receive back-to-back lottery picks.

On Saturday, college football’s most prestigious individual honor will be handed out, with the Heisman Trophy being awarded to the young man deemed to be the most outstanding player in the sport.

While the winner won’t be announced until Dec. 13, the four players vying for the famed, 45-pound bronze trophy have been revealed.

Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza, Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia, Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin and Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love are the finalists for the 2025 Heisman Trophy, with ESPN announcing the group on Monday, Dec. 8.

Mendoza and Pavia are in line to make history for their respective programs, as neither Indiana nor Vanderbilt has ever produced a Heisman winner.

Twelve of the past 15 Heisman recipients have been quarterbacks, though only three of the past five. Last season, Colorado wide receiver/cornerback Travis Hunter took home the award.

Unlike Hunter, whose Buffaloes team went 9-3 in the 2024 regular season, each of the Heisman finalists played on teams that won at least 10 games, including Mendoza and Sayin, whose squads earned first-round byes in the 12-team College Football Playoff.

Love had some history on his side, though. Since 1955, a running back or halfback has won the Heisman in every year that ends in a five, a trend that most recently saw Alabama running back and future NFL All-Pro Derrick Henry hoist the trophy.

In what has become an increasingly transient sport over the past several years, threeof the Heisman finalists are transfers. Mendoza is in his first season at Indiana after transferring from Cal, Pavia is in his second season at Vanderbilt after coming in from New Mexico State and Sayin was an early enrollee at Alabama who spent about a month with the Crimson Tide before transferring to Ohio State shortly after legendary coach Nick Saban’s retirement in Jan. 2024.

Who are the finalists for the Heisman Trophy?

Here’s a look at the four finalists for the 2025 Heisman Trophy:

• QB Fernando Mendoza, Indiana
• QB Diego Pavia, Vanderbilt
• QB Julian Sayin, Ohio State
• RB Jeremiyah Love, Notre Dame

Heisman Trophy ceremony date

The 2025 Heisman Trophy will be awarded during a ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 13 at 7 p.m. ET from Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Appel Room in New York City.

The ceremony will air on ABC.

Fernando Mendoza stats

In his first season with the Hoosiers, Mendoza has completed 71.5% of his passes for 2,980 yards, 33 touchdowns and six interceptions. He has also rushed for 240 yards and six touchdowns. He led Indiana to a program-record 13 wins, the Hoosiers’ first Big Ten championship game victory and the program’s first undefeated regular season since 1945.

Mendoza had only thrown for a combined 30 touchdowns in his first two seasons of college football, both of which came at Cal.

Mendoza’s 33 touchdown passes are the most among FBS players. He’s tied for second nationally, along with Pavia, in yards per attempt (9.4) and is sixth in completion percentage.

Diego Pavia stats

Pavia improved upon what was already a stellar debut season for Vanderbilt, completing 71.2% of his passes for 3,192 yards, 27 touchdowns and eight interceptions. He added 826 rushing yards and nine touchdowns.

He’s second among all FBS players in total yards per game, with 334.8, ranking him behind only South Florida quarterback Byrum Brown.

With Pavia at quarterback, the Commodores have gone 17-9 the past two seasons, including a 10-2 mark this season that set a program record for wins. Vanderbilt went just 12-45 in the four seasons before Pavia transferred there.

Julian Sayin stats

In his first season as a starter, Sayin has completed 78.4% of his passes for 3,323 yards, 31 touchdowns and six interceptions.

He’s tied for second among all FBS quarterbacks in touchdown passes, behind only Mendoza, and his completion percentage is currently an FBS single-season record.

Jeremiyah Love stats

The lone non-quarterback of the group, Love has rushed for 1,372 yards and 18 touchdowns this season while averaging 6.9 yards per carry. Love had been a receiving threat out of the backfield, too, with 27 catches for 280 yards and three touchdowns.

Love is third among all FBS players in rushing touchdowns and fourth in rushing yards.

With five turnovers on ‘Monday Night Football,’ Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts helped sink his team during a 19-16 overtime loss to the Los Angeles Chargers — and he fell just short of matching an NFL record.

The league record for turnovers by a in a single game is six, according to StatMuse. The record is shared by nine players, including two Hall of Famer quarterbacks — Peyton Manning and Kurt Warner.

Hurts almost joined the six-turnover club, in excruciating fashion.

Hurts even accomplished the rare feat of fumbling twice on one play. His final turnover, an interception, came off a tipped pass at the 1-yard line and ended the game in overtime.

The final tally: four interceptions, one lost fumble and turnover trauma for a lifetime.

Remarkably, Warner had six turnovers in a single game twice, both as a member of the Arizona Cardinals. He had three interceptions and three lost fumbles on Sept. 28, 2008 in a 56-35 loss to the New York Jets and on Nov. 1, 2009 had five interceptions and one lost fumble in a 34-21 loss to the Carolina Panthers.

Manning’s turnover-fest took place Nov. 11, 2007, when he threw six interceptions in a 23-21 loss to the San Diego Chargers. Cornerback Antonio Cromartie intercepted Manning three times, including a one-handed pick.

Warner coughed up three interceptions and three fumbles Nov. 1, 2009

Rex Grossman earned a share of the record when, as quarterback for the Chicago Bears on Oct. 16, 2006, he had four interceptions and two lost fumbles. Yet incredibly enough, the Bears beat the Arizona Cardinals, 24-23.

‘I’ve never played so bad and won a game like that,’ Grossman said after the game. ‘It was unbelievable.’

Surely Hurts would have liked to know that feeling.

The other players who had six turnovers in a single game are Jameis Winston, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Phillip Rivers, Gus Frerotte, Tony Romo and Chris Chandler.

Indianapolis Colts quarterback Daniel Jones recently had a five-turnover game in a 27-20 loss against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 9.

Most turnovers in a single game

• 1 (tie). 6 — Jameis Winston, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (vs. Carolina Panthers on Oct. 13, 2019): 1 fumble, 5 INTs
• 1 (tie). 6 — Ryan Fitzpatrick, New York Jets (vs. Kansas City Chiefs on Sept. 25, 2016): 6 INTs
• 1 (tie). 6 — Philip Rivers, San Diego Chargers (vs. Denver Broncos on Oct. 15, 2012): 2 fumbles, 4 INTs
• 1 (tie). 6 — Kurt Warner, Arizona Cardinals (vs. Carolina Panthers on Nov. 1, 2009): 1 fumble, 5 INTs
• 1 (tie). 6 — Kurt Warner, Arizona Cardinals (vs. New York Jets on Sept. 28, 2008): 3 fumbles, 3 INTs
• 1 (tie) 6 — Peyton Manning, Indianapolis Colts (vs. San Diego Chargers on Nov. 11, 2007): 6 INTs
• 1 (tie). 6 — Gus Frerotte, St. Louis Rams (vs. Baltimore Ravens on Oct. 14, 2007): 1 fumble, 5 INTs
• 1 (tie). 6 — Tony Romo, Dallas Cowboys (vs. Buffalo Bills on Oct. 8, 2007): 1 fumble, 5 INTs
• 1 (tie). 6 — Rex Grossman, Chicago Bears (vs. Arizona Cardinals on Oct. 16, 2006): 2 fumbles, 4 INTs
• 1 (tie). 6 — Chris Chandler, St. Louis Rams (vs. Carolina Panthers on Dec. 12, 2004): 6 INTs