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Cade Cunningham\u2019s Pistons take on the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder to open our ESPN doubleheader.<\/p>\n
What we know about Wednesday\u2019s games:<\/p>\n
Our ESPN doubleheader features Thunder-Pistons (7:30 ET<\/a>) and Celtics-Nuggets (10 ET<\/a>). FEBRUARY 25 \/\/ 6:30 ET<\/p>\n Watch out for the Celtics<\/p>\n The Celtics’ best plays from the last 10 games.<\/p>\n Joe Mazzulla\u2019s Boston Celtics are 9-1 in their last 10, as they incorporate new arrival Nikola Vu\u010devi\u0107 into a multifaceted group featuring a variety of breakout players.<\/p>\n Mazzulla\u2019s Celtics are third in net rating (+8.0), second in offensive rating (120.0), third in second chance points (17.4), second in shooting percentage on drives (52.5%), first in pull-up points per game (31.1) and first in screen assists per game (9.9).<\/p>\n Neemias Queta, Hugo Gonz\u00e1lez, Jordan Walsh, Ron Harper Jr. and Luka Garza have all found new roles in the NBA this season, but the Celtics are still flowing, as they form a coherent supporting cast behind Kia MVP candidate Jaylen Brown (29.2 ppg), Payton Pritchard and Derrick White, posting the second-best net rating by a bench in the league (3.6).<\/p>\n They get the third-greatest percentage of their points from 3-pointers (40.1%) while shooting the second-best percentage in the league in the paint (71.7%) \u2014 classic modern offense.<\/p>\n The Celtics keep the ball hopping, maintain near-immaculate spacing, and know their roles intimately.<\/p>\n Brown and Pritchard win one-on-one matchups and create advantages; White fills the gaps; Queta and Vu\u010devi\u0107 finish around the rim; Gonz\u00e1lez, Walsh and Harper Jr. provide defensive hustle and 3-point shooting.<\/p>\n FEBRUARY 25 \/\/ 5:45 ET<\/p>\n Welcome to a six-game night in the NBA! Jamal Murray and the Nuggets take on the Celtics in the second half of tonight\u2019s ESPN doubleheader.<\/p>\n Our slate tonight is headlined by an ESPN doubleheader featuring four of the best teams in the Association! We\u2019ve got Thunder-Pistons (7:30 ET<\/a>) and Celtics-Nuggets (10 ET<\/a>).<\/p>\n Here\u2019s tonight\u2019s complete schedule:<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cade Cunningham\u2019s Pistons take on the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder to open our ESPN doubleheader. What we…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310361,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[4155,79950,155527,85,46,144046,141612,102929,54072,105],"class_list":["post-310360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-4155","tag-cade-cunningham","tag-february-25","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-jamal-murray","tag-jaylen-brown","tag-nba-live-blog","tag-nikola-jokic","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nDonovan Mitchell, Evan Mobley, Draymond Green and Chet Holmgren are out. James Harden is questionable. Jamal Murray is probable. Scottie Barnes is available.<\/p>\n
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