Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 33 points, Damian Lillard added 32 and the Milwaukee Bucks rallied in the fourth quarter to beat the Miami Heat 131-124 on Tuesday night and clinch a home quarterfinal game in the NBA In-Season Tournament.

The Boston Celtics did their job, cruising against the Chicago Bulls, and the Brooklyn Nets pulled it out against the Toronto Raptors for the Celtics to clinch Group C and advance to the quarterfinal.

The Celtics need to trounce the Bulls and get some help from the Nets -- or a slew of other teams -- to advance in the NBA's In-Season Tournament on Tuesday night.

The final day of group play in the inaugural NBA in-season tournament brought the scoreboard watching and tiebreaker drama the league was hoping for so many months ago. It worked out to an East quarterfinals in which the top-seeded Milwaukee Bucks will host the wild card New York Knicks,

In the West, the Phoenix Suns, at 3-1, have the inside track on reaching the next stage via the wild card. In fact, all signs are pointing to a quarterfinal matchup against the West A group winners, the Lakers, in Los Angeles. In the East, with only the Pacers having earned a spot, 10 the conference's 15 teams are still in contention to advance.

EAST SEEDS ARE LOCKED FOR THE KNOCKOUT ROUNDS. (4) Knicks at (1) Bucks (3) Celtics at (2) Pacers Quarterfinals begin Monday, 12/4 on TNT.

The Celtics are through to the quarterfinals in the NBA's In-Season Tournament, and are just three wins away from the first-ever NBA Cup.

The Pacers and Lakers were the first teams to clinch knockout spots, with both teams having finished up 4-0 records on Friday. The Pacers rode NBA in-season tourney MVP favorite Tyrese Haliburton to dramatic wins over the Cleveland Cavaliers and Philadelphia 76ers in East Group A, while the Lakers coasted in an unusually weak West Group A.

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