Today’s NBA slate features the Toronto Raptors facing the Orlando Magic in this highly anticipated clash of Eastern Conference rivals. The tip is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. pt/7:30 p.m. ET (5:30 p.m. MST) on Friday,

It’s been just under a year since former-Dallas Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison traded Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers — which sold for an estimated $10 billion to businessman Mark Walter — for Anthony Davis and now the superstar Slovenian basketball player returns to Dallas for a bittersweet homecoming at the beginning of

-The Knicks grab a narrow win over the Sixers in an AWS NBA Rivals Week game. There were 10 lead changes in the Philly-NY matchup, with the Knicks narrowly holding off the Sixers, 112-109. New York out-rebounded Philadelphia, 53-37, while outscoring them in second-chance points, 26-4.

The 2nd half ended up being a major struggle and the wheels really fell off. Lauri struggled a bit to shoot in this first game back and the Jazz were also missing young Most Improved Player candidate Keyonte George (rest) and tank commander Jusuf Nurkic (undisclosed illness).