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NBA TV’s Center Court will feature a Western Conference double-header schedule Tuesday night.
The Rockets and Grizzlies open the evening’s coverage at 8 p.m. ET. Houston (26-12) sit in fourth in the West while Memphis (18-22) sits eighth in the West. Tuesday night’s opening game is rounding out to be an interesting game. The statistics in the game favor the visiting Rockets, despite Memphis being on a five-game winning streak.
Houston is 15-8 in conference play and 12-8 on the road. Memphis meanwhile, is 10-12 at home. By comparison, the Grizzlies have struggled just as much on the road this season, going 8-10 so far while Houston has gone 14-4 on the road. Both teams are 7-3 in their last 10 games, so this matchup could go either way in the bigger picture.
The second of the evening’s games will pit the Dallas Mavericks and Golden State Warriors against one another starting at 10:30 p.m. ET. The last-place Warriors (9-32) will play host to the Mavs (24-15), who sit sixth in the conference.
Golden State is 6-13 at home so far this season while the Mavericks are 12-5 on the road versus their 12-10 home record. The Warriors come into Tuesday night’s in the midst of an eight-game losing skid, while the Mavs are on a hgih after winning their most recent game.
Dallas is 5-5 in its last 10 games. Golden State, by comparison, is 2-8 in its last 10 games.
Brian Anderson will have the call on the Houston/Memphis game. He will be joined by analyst Greg Anthony for additional commentary. Reporter Dennis Scott will be in Memphis for even more headlines.
Casey Stern will anchor NBA TV’s studio coverage of both games throughout the evening. Stern will be joined by Isiah Thomas, Candace Parker and Grant Hill for additional commentary.
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