NBA Tonight: 76ers vs Cavaliers and Thunder vs Nuggets Headline Thursday's ESPN Doubleheader

Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic — file photo

The NBA serves up a two-game Thursday slate tonight, with both games on ESPN: the Cleveland Cavaliers visit the Philadelphia 76ers at 7 p.m. ET, followed by the Denver Nuggets at the Oklahoma City Thunder at 9:30 p.m. ET. Both are home openers for the 76ers and Thunder — and both home teams won on the road on opening night.

Philadelphia opened its season with a statement win over the Knicks in New York, while Oklahoma City beat San Antonio 116-104 in a rematch of last season's Western Conference finals, with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander dropping 32 points. The Thunder-Nuggets rematch is the night's marquee game: Denver will want revenge, and Nikola Jokic against OKC's frontcourt is must-watch basketball after Wembanyama was held to 12 points on 1-of-13 shooting on opening night.

For viewers in Pakistan, the games tip off at 4 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. Friday morning. The league's first official injury reports for both games had not been filed at preview time, so lineups could still change before tip-off.

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