Normally, TNT has a marquee doubleheader each week in the NBA on Thursday night. However, this Thursday is a light schedule because of the All-Star break so the network gets two excellent games on Tuesday.

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The opener is Boston Celtics at Philadelphia 76ers, probably the Eastern Conference’s best rivalry, with the Sixers as 5.5-point favorites. Easily could be a playoff preview. The 76ers got much better at the trade deadline in landing the best player on the Los Angeles Clippers, Tobias Harris, and adding some bench depth from the Orlando Magic in Jonathan Simmons by finally giving up on former No. 1 overall pick Markelle Fultz.

Boston stood pat at the trade deadline, and everyone pretty much knows why: The Celtics are keeping all their assets to make a mega-offer this summer for Anthony Davis.