Author: Clément Bichon

Phoenix Suns – Denver Nuggets: a heavyweight test at the Footprint Center The Footprint Center hosts a make-or-break West standings clash Tuesday night. Phoenix welcomes Denver. Both teams are starving for a direct playoff berth. Arizona is fighting to crawl out of the play-in zone. Colorado wants home court for round one. Phoenix’s structural inability…

Cleveland Cavaliers – Orlando Magic: Orlando’s urgent must-win at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse hosts a high-stakes clash Tuesday night. Cleveland are locking down a top-four spot in the Eastern Conference. Orlando, meanwhile, are in freefall. Their direct route to the playoffs needs an immediate response. The team that wins the physical battle in…

New York Knicks – New Orleans Pelicans: trench warfare at Madison Square Garden New York hosts a nasty interconference scrap tonight. Standings put these teams on a direct collision course. Tactics weirdly mirror each other. Defense will set the tone. The pace looks glacial. Physicality around the rim will shave away any theoretical gap. New…

Charlotte Hornets – Sacramento Kings: urgency vs self-sabotage at Spectrum Center The Spectrum Center hosts two teams with opposite missions tonight. Charlotte are hunting a direct playoff spot. Sacramento look intent on digging themselves deeper. The visitors will crank the pace and that’ll open the game up. Charlotte’s need for wins guarantees they’ll attack. A…