Only two matches last night, you know what that means: 14 matches on the program and a hell of a lot for tonight. Yep, that’s the NBA cycle, nights with few games, nights with a lot of games. The common point ? It’s nighttime so we’re sending… the program for the night.
The night’s program:
1h : Celtics – Jazz
1h : Pacers – Hawks
1h30 : Nets – Thunder
1h30 : Cavaliers – Wizards
1h30 : Sixers – Knicks
2h : Bulls – Hornets
2h : Rockets – Wolves
2h : Pelicans – Clippers
2h30 : Mavericks – Blazers
3h : Nuggets – Magic
3h : Suns – Heat
4h : Warriors – Pistons
4h : Lakers – Grizzlies
4h : Kings – Raptors
Matches not to be missed: Sixers – Knicks and Lakers – Grizzlies
The Knicks travel to Philadelphia at 1:30 a.m. for a clash between serious Eastern Conference teams. Julius Randle has been absolutely hot for a week and will want to confirm this Olympic form against the Sixers of the great, immense… Nico Batum. More seriously, here we have a match between two of the best duos in the League over these first 30 matches. Jalen Brunson and Julius Randle (along with OG Anunoby now) will move to Tyrese Maxey and Joel Embiid. The current favorite for the MVP title will want to protect his lands and Isaiah Hartenstein will have to warm up well if he does not want to take 40 points and 5 fouls on the face in 23 minutes. The usual fare what do you want.
Lakers – Grizzlies, it’s the revenge of last year’s first round of Playoffs. A Playoff series which saw the Angelinos, 7th in the Conference at the time, beat the Grizz of a Ja Morant injured in the hand in the first match. This time, Ja Morant is there, and in great shape. The injured beast is rather the Lakers who have been in a very bad situation since the In-Season Tournament. The locker room is in bad shape and Darvin Ham is in an ejection seat. But that, as good old Claude would say, “Don’t give a damn” and we can imagine that the Grizzlies will have no empathy for their Playoff tormentor. Meet at 4 a.m. for the match and at 6:31 a.m. for – potentially – the dismissal of the Lakers coach…
But also…
After an infuriating defeat against OKC, the Celtics will want to make up for it at home against the Jazz who are in very good shape at the moment. Duel between two of the best leaders and two of the worst defenses in the league in Indiana. Fan of the 2000s, don’t look at the score… The Wizards took 40 in Cleveland… come on, it’s better to take 40 points twice than 40 times two points. Minnesota travels to Houston (2 hours) for a very exciting duel. Big match in the West between Clippers and Pelicans (2 hours), the duel between the wings will be very interesting to follow without a bad pun. Doncic against the Blazers… prepare your TTFL. (Be careful with the bubble though, it is uncertain…). The Magic defense will have to resist a Jokic in great shape who no longer misses a shot. The Suns host the Heat in a match that is going to be boiling hot (get it?). Be careful, Alec Burks likes his exes and could play a bad trick on the Warriors. No, we’re kidding… but imagine anyway. The new Raptors of Immanuel Quickley and RJ Barrett will have a big test against the Kings at 4 p.m.
The French of the night
Bilal Coulibaly will have to prevent a massacre against the Cavaliers. Nico Batum will perhaps defend on Julius Randle, just that. We hope for a blowout between the Knicks and the Sixers so that Evan can show himself. Rudy Gobert will face Sengun in a very interesting match-up. Killian Hayes facing the Warriors backcourt… I hope you have a good VMA Killian. Rayan Rupert was recalled from the G League by the Blazers this Friday, to walk the floor in Dallas?
And in the G League
Daryl Doualla takes on the Maine Celtics with the Capital City Go-Go. The Oklahoma City Blue of Ousmane Dieng and Olivier Sarr clashes with the G League Ignite to finally win a match.
2024-01-05 19:15:00
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