December 09, 2025

NBA Pickem Week 8: NBA Cup Runneth Over: There are six national NBA games this week but we only know the first four. Tonight the first NBA Cup quarterfinals on Amazon Prime pit the Heat against the Magic at 6 p.m. Eastern followed by the Knicks at Raptors at 8:30 p.m. Tomorrow the quarterfinals continue with the Suns at Thunder on Prime at 7:30 p.m. Eastern and Spurs at Lakers at 10 p.m. The winners will play in the Cup semifinals on Saturday. I'm leading the pickem standings with week-winner Howard_T in second. Make your picks.

posted by rcade to basketball at 11:24 AM - 7 comments

Games 5 and 6 this week will be added to the pickem when their teams are decided.

posted by rcade at 11:24 AM on December 09, 2025

My picks:

Magic by 7
Knicks by 6
Thunder by 15 (slam dunk)
Lakers by 6 (slam dunk)

posted by NoMich at 11:28 AM on December 09, 2025

My picks:

Magic by 7
Raptors by 9
Thunder by 8 (slam dunk)
Lakers by 7

Pretty good matchups. I don't have enough confidence to lock any game but Thunder/Suns. Go Raptors!

posted by rcade at 11:48 AM on December 09, 2025

My picks:

Heat by 5
Raptors by 7
Thunder by 19 (slam dunk)

I'm gonna wait and see if Wemby is coming back or not before picking that Spurs/Lakers game.

posted by Ufez Jones at 04:31 PM on December 09, 2025

My picks:

Thunder by 14 (slam dunk)
Lakers by 8

I should read my email more often. Didn't know the pick 'em was up until 10 pm.

posted by Howard_T at 10:05 PM on December 09, 2025

Revised picks:

Lakers by 12 (slam dunk)

posted by Ufez Jones at 05:30 PM on December 10, 2025

Revised picks:

Thunder by 12

posted by Ufez Jones at 04:49 PM on December 13, 2025

You're not logged in. Please log in or register.