LAS VEGAS (AP) — The New York Knicks might get a trophy. Tyler Kolek's dad might get a car.

The NBA Cup final will have San Antonio against the Knicks on Tuesday night in Las Vegas. The game won't count in the standings, and the stats won't be added to any official totals. But there is a trophy, bragging rights and money at stake.

By making it to the final, the Knicks and Spurs already have secured $212,373 per player from the NBA Cup prize money pool. The losing team on Tuesday gets nothing extra. Players on the winning team get an additional $308,560 — pushing their Cup winnings to $530,933 each. Two-way players get half of what players on standard contracts get.

“It means a lot to some," Kolek said. “Maybe not as much to others, obviously.”

He's in the “some” group.

Kolek, a ba

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