After Wednesday's nine-game slate in the NBA Cup's group stage, six of the eight spots (including two wild-card spots) in the knockout round are still up for grabs with one day of games to go. The Raptors and Lakers are the only teams to have punched a ticket to the tournament's quarterfinals,

Brandon Ingram hit a game-winner to lift the Raptors over the Pacers, extending their winning streak to nine games. Enjoy the best of Wednesday’s 9-game slate with the NBA.com live blog, featuring all of the meaningful moments, performances, observations, news, notes and highlights.

The Los Angeles Lakers became the second team to qualify for the 2025 NBA Cup knockout round on Tuesday night.

The Toronto Raptors won their ninth straight game after defeating the Indiana Pacers, 97-95, in the NBA Cup behind the cold-blooded jumper of Brandon Ingram on Wednesday. Ingram stirred Scotiabank Arena into a frenzy after sinking the game-winning bucket from the elbow over former Raptors star Pascal Siakam with only 0.6 ticks left.

Ingram finished with 26 points and Scottie Barnes added 24 points and 10 rebounds as the Raptors finished first in the East Group A.

The Pacers led by as many as 11 points in the second quarter, but came up short of winning their third game of the season.

The quarterfinals of the 2025 NBA Cup will be held on Dec. 9-10, followed by the semifinals on Dec. 13 and the championship game on Dec. 16. Both the semifinals and championship rounds will be played in Las Vegas.

Things took a scary turn when the Raptors hosted the Pacers tonight. It was bad enough for Gradey Dick to leave for the locker room while the Raptors are up 74-67.

After Wednesday's nine-game slate in the NBA Cup's group stage, six of the eight spots (including two wild-card spots) in the knockout round are still up for grabs with one day of games to go. The Raptors and Lakers are the only teams to have punched a ticket to the tournament's quarterfinals,

The Indiana Pacers (2-15) visit the Toronto Raptors (13-5) tonight, Nov. 26. Here's what you should know about the game. What time do the Indiana Pacers play the Toronto Raptors t