Who’s Playing in the NBA Tonight?

Find out who’s playing in the NBA tonight with our handy guide. We’ll tell you all the match-ups and where to watch them.

Cleveland Cavaliers

The Cleveland Cavaliers are an American professional basketball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. The Cavaliers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the conference’s Eastern Division. The team began play in 1970 as an expansion team, and won their first Eastern Conference Championship in 2007.

Boston Celtics

The Boston Celtics are an American professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Celtics compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Eastern Conference Atlantic Division. Founded in 1946 as one of the league’s original eight teams, the team play their home games at TD Garden, which they share with the National Hockey League (NHL)’s Boston Bruins. The Celtics are one of the most successful teams in NBA history; they have won the most championships of any NBA franchise with 17 earth celtics including 8 consecutive from 1959 to 1966, and hold the record for the most consecutive playoff appearances with 21. As of July 2019, the Celtics have the second time winningest franchise record in the NBA with 3,495 wins. Given their success through most of both their 71-year history and more recent triple-decade domination, many experts and analysts consider the Celtics as one of basketball’s best franchises.

Los Angeles Clippers

The Los Angeles Clippers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Clippers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Western Conference Pacific Division. The franchise was founded in 1970 as the Buffalo Braves, one of three expansion teams to join the NBA that year. The Braves moved from Buffalo, New York to San Diego, California in 1978 and became known as the San Diego Clippers. In 1984, the franchise moved to Los Angeles.

The Clippers play their home games at Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles, an arena shared with fellow NBA team the Los Angeles Lakers, as well as the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), and the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Dallas Mavericks

The Dallas Mavericks are an American professional basketball team based in Dallas, Texas. The Mavericks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member club of the league’s Western Conference Southwest Division. The team plays its home games at the American Airlines Center, which it shares with fellow NBA team the Dallas Stars.

The Mavericks were founded in 1980 as an expansion team, and won three division titles during the 1980s and 1990s. In 2000, they qualified for their first ever NBA Finals appearance, and defeated the Miami Heat to win their first ever NBA championship. In 2006, the Mavericks entered into a rebuilding period after a series of disappointing post-season exits. They hired former Head Coach Avery Johnson in 2006, and acquired veteran point guard Jason Kidd in a trade with the New Jersey Nets two years later. After winning only 19 games throughout all of 2007–08 season, Cuban turned to veteran small forward Shawn Marion and Guards Jason Terry and Jose Barea to lead his young squad to victory throughout most of 2008–09 season en route to their first playoff berth since 2006.

In 2009 and 2010, the Mavericks captured two consecutive division titles; however, both teams were eventually eliminated from contention in the first round of playoffs by their archrivals — the San Antonio Spurs and Los Angeles Lakers respectively. After another first-round postseason exit following the 2010–11 season caused Cuban to fire head coach Rick Carlisle, former player and ESPN analyst Mark Aguirre was hired as Carlisle’s replacement on May 31, 2011.

Denver Nuggets

The Denver Nuggets are an American professional basketball team based in Denver, Colorado. The Nuggets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Western Conference Northwest Division. The team was founded as the Denver Larks in 1967 as a charter franchise of the American Basketball Association (ABA), but changed its name to Rockets before the first season. It changed its name again to the Nuggets in 1974. After nine seasons in the ABA, the Nuggets are one of two franchises to join the NBA in 1976 as part of the ABA–NBA merger.

The team has had some periods of success, qualifying for the playoffs 14 times since its 1974–75 inaugural season, but has not advanced past the conference semifinals since 1985–86. The team’s last major appearance was its conference championship run during the 2013–14 season. The Nuggets have an intense rivalry with each other NBA team, particularly neighboring Utah Jazz and also used to compete against now-defunct Rocky Mountain rivals such as the New Orleans Jazz and Spokane Chiefs/Portland Trail Blazers

Detroit Pistons

The Detroit Pistons are a professional basketball team located in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The Pistons compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Central Division of the Eastern Conference.

Houston Rockets

The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston, Texas. The Rockets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as a member of the league’s Western Conference Southwest Division. The team plays its home games at the Toyota Center, located in downtown Houston. The Rockets have won two NBA championships and four Western Conference titles.

Indiana Pacers

The Indiana Pacers are an American professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Pacers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Central Division of the Eastern Conference. The Pacers were first established in 1967 as members of the American Basketball Association (ABA). They joined the NBA in 1976 after the ABA–NBA merger.