Cooper Flagg and the Dallas Mavericks host the Denver Nuggets in the second half of our ESPN doubleheader.
Enjoy the best of Wednesday’s slate with the NBA.com live blog, featuring all of the meaningful moments, performances, observations, news, notes and highlights.
What we know about Wednesday’s games:
Our ESPN doubleheader features 76ers-Cavaliers (7 ET) and Nuggets-Mavericks (9:30 ET).
Today’s is the last day to submit ballots for the 2026 All-Star Game starters. Every vote counts triple with your NBA ID. Tap to vote before polls close at 11:59 p.m. ET.
Joel Embiid, Paul George and Aaron Gordon are probable. Jamal Murray and Kawhi Leonard are questionable. Lauri Markkanen and Josh Giddey are out.
JANUARY 14, 2026 // 7:15 ET
Cavs in their flow early
Watch Evan Mobley pirouette through the lane and find Darius Garland in the corner before Jarrett Allen cleans up on the glass. Few bigs can move that smoothly.
Cavs 19-10 with 6:10 to go in the first quarter on ESPN.
Fro work.
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JANUARY 14, 2026 // 6:15 ET
Jazz-Bulls brings back memories
Utah and Chicago run it back tonight (8 ET), after putting together a 150-147 double-overtime thriller on Nov. 16.
The matchup always brings back memories of the 1997 and 1998 NBA Finals, where the Bulls defeated the Jazz to clinch the last two titles of their 1990s dynasty.
“For us to beat them twice, I think that says a lot about our team because they were a great team,” Michael Jordan later said of the Jazz, as he was enshrined into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009. “They could have easily beaten us twice.”
JANUARY 14, 2026 // 6:00 ET
Welcome to a seven-game night in the NBA!
We have an ESPN doubleheader tonight featuring Cavaliers-76ers (7 ET) and Nuggets-Mavericks (9:30 ET). Lock in to see some electric guards, as well as the No. 1 rookie on the latest Kia Rookie Ladder, Cooper Flagg.
Here’s tonight’s complete slate: