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Six NBA games will be available tonight for fans to enjoy, starting with a 7:00 PM tip-off between the Boston Celtics and Washington Wizards. NBC Sports Washington and NBC Sports Boston will cover the game locally.
Thirty minutes after the first game, the Cleveland Cavaliers will open hostilities against the Atlanta Hawks. Bally Sports Atlanta and Bally Sports Ohio will feature the said match locally.
In the same time slot is the game between the Miami Heat and Toronto Raptors, which will be nationally televised by TNT. TSN will air the game live locally.
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The young Orlando Magic are in the West to take on the surging Memphis Grizzlies at 8:00 PM ET. Bally Sports Memphis and Bally Sports Florida will handle local coverage of the matchup.
The Charlotte Hornets are in Oklahoma to take on the Thunder at 8:00 PM ET. Bally Sports Oklahoma and Bally Sports Charlotte will simulcast the game on their local channel.
Today’s NBA schedule will end in San Francisco when the Golden State Warriors host the New Orleans Pelicans at 10:00 PM ET. TNT will air the game live on national TV, while local coverage will go to Bally Sports Bay Area.
All games are available via the NBA League Pass except those covered by TNT.
The Miami Heat will be looking to push for an outright NBA postseason berth against the Toronto Raptors
The Miami Heat (40-35) are virtually tied with the Brooklyn Nets (40-35) for the sixth spot in the Eastern Conference with an outright NBA playoff berth. Brooklyn holds the tiebreaker with a better record (27-21) compared to Miami’s (21-25) in their conference.
The Heat could go half a game ahead of the Nets with a win against the Toronto Raptors.
Toronto, however, will also be looking to improve on their 37-38 record, which puts them in ninth place in the east. The home team is three games behind the Nets and the Heat for that coveted sixth seed.
Both teams are relatively healthy, so it should be an all-out battle in Canada.
The New Orleans Pelicans and Golden State Warriors are hoping to avoid the play-in bracket
Tonight’s matchup between the New Orleans Pelicans (38-37) and Golden State Warriors (39-37) will have a crucial impact on their playoff aspirations. New Orleans is in eigth place while Golden State is in seventh in the tightly-contested Western Conference.
A win by the Pelicans will give them a better record than the defending NBA champs as well as a superior tiebreaker. New Orleans is 26-20 while Golden State is 25-21 in the west. A Pelicans victory would be a significant blow to the Warriors in several ways.
The Golden State Warriors will have a clear advantage as the game will be at Chase Center and they’re relatively healthy. The Pelicans will still be without NBA All-Star forward Zion Williamson.
Regardless of the Warriors’ edge on paper, expect the Pelicans to go all-out for a victory.
