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Tonight’s best game: New York at Memphis

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Action never waned in the NBA on Wednesday night as the LA Clippers knocked off Miami in overtime and LeBron James’ late-game issues continued. That drama may carry over to Thursday when the New York Knicks open TNT’s doubleheader in Memphis against the Grizzlies. After knocking off top-seeded San Antonio in last year’s playoffs and with the return of Rudy Gay, Memphis (3-6) was supposed to be a contender this season. But injuries have sidetracked the Grizzlies, who are desperately missing forwards

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Tonight’s best game: Miami at LA Clippers

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ESPN has a solid opener to its doubleheader as the Boston Celtics host the Dallas Mavericks. But the nightcap should be an alley-oop fest and Wednesday’s best game as the Miami Heat, fresh off their loss to Golden State Warriors in which LeBron James disappeared in the fourth quarter (sound familiar?) visit the Los Angeles Clippers. The game features no less than six players from Team USA’s preliminary roster as LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Blake Griffin, Chris Paul and

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Tonight’s best game: LA Clippers at Portland

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A deep 11-game schedule Tuesday night is highlighted by the Los Angeles Clippers visiting the Portland Trail Blazers, a matchup of teams with difficult upcoming schedules. Portland’s unblemished home record (5-0) will be tested during a tough back-to-back with the Clippers and Orlando Magic on Wednesday. The Clippers (4-2), in their first back-to-back of the season, return home to meet Miami on Wednesday and have their first showdown with the Lakers on Saturday . The Clippers have lost five straight at the Rose

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Tonight’s best game: Indiana at Philadelphia

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On the NBA’s six-game slate Monday night, the matchup of Spanish point guards Ricky Rubio and Jose Calderon is tempting. But a battle of top-ranked defenses should be the best game as the Pacers take on the 76ers in Philadelphia. Indiana is off to a 6-2 start and right behind Chicago in the Central Division. It will be facing a Philadelphia team off to a 5-2 start, its best since winning the first 10 games of the 2000-01 season – when

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Tonight’s best game: San Antonio at Oklahoma City

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Out of the six games tonight, the best features the Spurs’ visit to the Thunder on NBA-TV as both clubs try to end somewhat shameful streaks. San Antonio remains a perfect 6-0 at home after defeating Denver 121-117 last night, but is still searching for its first road victory of the season. Oklahoma City has had no trouble winning on the road, proving so yesterday with a 98-95 victory over Houston, but are losers of six straight to San Antonio. The Spurs catch

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Tonight’s best game: Denver at San Antonio

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A pair of first-place teams who figure to be upwardly mobile in the next edition of Mark Heisler’s power rankings meet  Saturday night in San Antonio when the Spurs host the Denver Nuggets. Neither team has a top 20 scorer, a top 20 rebounder or a top 10 assist man. However, both have established themselves as one of the league’s better teams in the early going. The Spurs are fourth in Heisler’s rankings. They have won two in a row, including Thursday’s demolition

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Tonight’s best game: LA Lakers at Portland

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The good news for LA: Andrew Bynum is back and playing out of his mind, recording the first 20-20 game of his career two nights ago against Houston. Now the bad: The Lakers are heading to the Rose Garden, where Kobe Bryant’s career record is 6-23. Tonight’s best game is in Portland, where the LA Lakers make their first, and only, visit of this season at 10:30 ET in the second game of a nice doubleheader on TNT. Preceding that matchup, Atlanta hosts

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Tonight’s best game: Indiana at Miami

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Dwyane Wade is doubtful tonight vs. Indiana

An action-packed night in the NBA is chock full of options with 12 games, but the best game tonight is in Miami at 7:30 EST, as the Pacers take their “talents” and their 4-1 to South Beach. “Talents” is in parenthesis because of the cupcake schedule the Pacers have played. Tonight they finally face a legitimately tough opponent. In a packed 66-game season, it will be the rare game with both teams

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