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After a first week under the sign of the return of basketball, with the Opening night followed by Christmas Day and the new Saturday Night Live in particular, the NBA will therefore resume its course, with a most tempting week ahead. Decryption and analysis of posters not to be missed under any circumstances.
Monday: Remake of the first round of Play-Offs and duel Nuggets – Rockets
If there is one good night to sacrifice at the start of the week, it is most certainly the one from Monday to Tuesday with the headliners who will be out.
If we were to retain only two posters, meet at 3 am with the trip of the Rockets from James Harden to the Nuggets. After an overtime loss to the Blazers in their only game since the start of the season, James Harden’s teammates will have to face the Nuggets already twice defeated by the Kings and Clippers.
In the last game of the night, we will be entitled to the remake of the first round of the play-offs of last season between Blazers and Lakers. Swept away by the King’s teammates in the bubble last year, the Blazers will have a hard time at Staples Center to continue after their victory against the Rockets.
For the Lakers, the goal is to win after a last better performance against Dallas, and ratify a good start to the season after the inaugural loss to the Clippers.
The other meetings:
- Hawks @ Pistons, 1h30
- Grizzlies @ Nets, 1h30
- Jazz @ Thunder, 2h
Tuesday: A tantalizing Heat – Bucks on the program
It will definitely be the most anticipated game of the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, the reception of Milwaukee in Florida for a duel that will smell of powder after the setback suffered by Giannis Antetokounmpo’s teammates in the conference semifinals last season. . After their inaugural defeat in the Florida duel against the Magic in the opening, the Heat was reassured against the Pels and will be able to confirm this good performance this Tuesday against the franchise of the Bucks.
The other meetings:
- Knicks @ Cavs, 1h
- Warriors @ Pistons, 1h
- Celtics @ Pacers, 1h
- Raptors @ Sixers, 1h
- Bulls @ Wizards, 1h
- Magic @ Thunder, 2h
- Wolves @ Clippers, 4h
- Pelicans @ Suns, 4h
- Nuggets @ Kings, 4h
Wednesday: Portland tours LA, Heat vs. Bucks rematch, Lakers vs. Spurs gala game
On the eve of the transition to 2021, the night will be agitated across the Atlantic with many posters not to be missed under any circumstances.
After the game the day before, the Bucks will once again meet the Heat, before the Spurs receive the Lakers for a magnificent poster even if the San Antonio Spurs have lost their splendor.
Finally, the Blazers will face for the second time in three days a team from the city of Angelo with this time the Clippers, back to back, still at Staples Center, the opportunity to chain or recover against a more affordable opponent on paper than the Lakers and who suffered a huge blow to the helmet after their humiliation against the Mavs.
The other meetings of the night:
- Grizzlies @ Celtics, 1h30
- Hawks @ Nets, 1h30
- Hornets @ Mavs, 2h30
Thursday: A program with small onions to pass serenely in 2021
Parties are not allowed in France but the show will be present on the American continent and the proposed posters are not there to say the opposite. Opening at 9 p.m. French time, it will be a duel of outsiders between the Pacers and the Cavs.
Two hours later, the Wizards receive the Bulls without much ambition this season, and the opportunity for Russell Westbrook to reach new heights with magnificent outings since the start of the season.
Then, from 12:30 a.m., the Sixers of Joël Embiid will travel to the Magic side.
Finally, the most exciting poster of the evening will be the clash between Jazz and the Suns for a duel of styles like their franchise player, the surgical Booker facing the powerful Rudy Gobert, from 3 am French time .
The other meetings of the night:
- Kings @ Rockets, 1h
- Knicks @ Raptors, 1h30
- Pelicans @ Thunder, 2h
Friday: Utah puts the cover back and cascading rematch
Very big program on the night from Friday to Saturday with in particular an enticing Dallas – Miami to be followed at 1am for a clash between two teams in good form at the start of the season.
Numerous rematch followed with a Brooklyn – Atlanta at 1:30, a new Spurs – Lakers at 2:00 before seeing the Jazz and the Clippers face off one hour later for a big duel in the racket between Zubac and Gobert, and a decisive poster in the race for the play-offs in the West.
The other meetings of the night:
- Grizzlies @ Hornets, 1h
- Celtics @ Pistons, 1h
- Bulls @ Bucks, 2h
- Wizards @ Wolves, 2h
- Suns @ Nuggets, 3h
- Blazers @ Warriors, 4h30
Saturday: The Rockets headlining Saturday Night Live
The night of basketball will start at 11 p.m. with a very nice poster and the opportunity to observe for one of the first times the Kings at a big, traveling to the Rockets who must start a season that had started in a rough way to say the least. .
Very nice duel in the East then with the trip of the Knicks to the Pacers side of Victor Oladipo at 1am, before landing in front of the poster of this Saturday, the trip of the Raptors to the Pelicans for what should be a very nice confrontation from 1:30 am French time.
The other meetings of the night:
- Thunder @ Magic, 1h
- Hornets @ Sixers, 1h
- Cavs @ Hawks, 1h30
Sunday: Celtics in SNL, Blazers out in Oakland
Appointment from 11 p.m. Sunday with a very nice poster between the Pistons led by the French Killian Hayes who will meet the Celtics of Jayson Tatum for a meeting that promises to be always spectacular when the Celtics are out.
In the rest of the meetings, the Lakers will be traveling to Memphis, Dallas to Chicago and the night of basketball will end with two great meetings between the Suns and the Clippers as well as the Blazers on the floor of the Clippers.
The other meetings of the night:
- Wizards @ Nets, 00h
- Nuggets @ Wolves, 1h
- Jazz @ Spurs, 1h
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