Nightly Hoops: NBA updates & highlights from Dec. 1

Marcus Smart delivers a pinpoint bounce pass to Jake LaRavia, who emphatically slams it home.

Sunday’s a fun day of NBA action

Pacers vs. Grizzlies (

Live on NBA League Pass

)

Magic vs. Nets (

Live on NBA League Pass

)

Heat vs. Raptors (

6 ET, Live on NBA Leagues Pass

)

Pelicans vs. Knicks (

6 ET, Live on NBA League Pass

)

Celtics vs. Cavaliers (

6 ET, Live on NBA TV

)

Thunder vs. Rockets (

7 ET, Live on NBA League Pass

)

Lakers vs. Jazz (

8 ET, Live on NBA League Pass

)

Spurs vs. Kings (

9 ET, Live on NBA League Pass

)

Mavericks vs. Trail Blazers (

9 ET, Live on NBA League Pass

)

Nuggets vs. Clippers (

10 ET, Live on NBA League Pass

)

Pinpoint pass

The Grizzlies have a 120-110 lead halfway through the fourth in a balanced team effort, as seven players have scored in double figures.

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The Celtics were the first team to put one in the loss column of the previously 15-0 Cavaliers, and tonight they’ll square again with the top spot in the East on the line. Cleveland comes into the contest losers of two straight, while Boston is red-hot having won seven in a row. However, the Celtics will be without Jaylen Brown (illness) and Derrick White (foot). 

The top two teams in the West also collide, with the 15-4 Thunder hosted by the 14-6 Rockets. Houston has won eight of their last 10 games, while Oklahoma City has won four straight games, and both teams boast two of the top defenses in the NBA. 

The early games will see two of the other hottest teams in the NBA in action, the Grizzlies and Magic. Both teams have won five straight contests and currently sit as the No. 3 seed in their respective conferences. Memphis will be working to keep their streak going when they host the Pacers and the Magic will be tasked with taking down the Nets in Brooklyn.