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NBA Cup 2024: It's the Final Four! What to know for Bucks-Hawks, Thunder-Rockets

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Oklahoma City Thunder and Houston Rockets will play Milwaukee Bucks and Atlanta Hawks in the semifinals of the 2024 Emirates NBA Cup .

Orlando Magic beat Milwaukee Bucks 114 -109 in the East , while Atlanta Hawks beat the Knicks 108-100 at Madison Square Garden .

The Thunder will face Houston Rockets in the other semifinal in Las Vegas .

The Golden State Warriors face the Houston Rockets in the NBA semifinals.

The Houston Rockets beat the Milwaukee Warriors in April .

The Hawks will face the Milwaukee Bucks in the other semifinal on Saturday .

Giannis and Dame combined for 56 points on just 28 field goal attempts in last week's win over the Bucks .

The Thunder and the Rockets meet in the NBA Cup semifinals on Saturday night .

The two teams have split their two meetings this season .

The winner of the game will advance to the championship game on Tuesday , which will tip off at 8:30 p.m. ET on ABC .

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