Starting Lineups: Feb. 25
A typically jam-packed Wednesday night NBA slate sees 24 teams in action, with marquee matchups pitting the Eastern Conference-leading Atlanta Hawks against the Dallas Mavericks (who are down three starters), the Los Angeles Clippers against the Houston Rockets (in what would be a first-round playoff matchup if the season ended today), and the San Antonio Spurs against the Portland Trail Blazers (neither of whom has won a game since the All-Star break).
Here are Wednesday's projected starting lineups:
Miami Heat at Orlando Magic, 7 p.m. ET
Heat
- PG: Goran Dragic
- SG: Dwyane Wade
- SF: Luol Deng
- PF: Udonis Haslem
- C: Hassan Whiteside
Magic
- PG: Elfrid Payton
- SG: Victor Oladipo
- SF: Tobias Harris
- PF: Channing Frye
- C: Nikola Vucevic
New York Knicks at Boston Celtics, 7:30 p.m. ET
Knicks
- PG: Jose Calderon
- SG: Langston Galloway
- SF: Tim Hardaway
- PF: Jason Smith
- C: Louis Amundson
Celtics
- PG: Marcus Smart
- SG Avery Bradley
- SF: Evan Turner
- PF: Brandon Bass
- C: Tyler Zeller
Knicks PG Shane Larkin (strep throat) will not play
Knicks SF Lance Thomas (groin) will not play
Celtics C Kelly Olynyk (ankle) remains out
Dallas Mavericks at Atlanta Hawks, 7:30 p.m. ET
Mavericks
- PG: J.J. Barea
- SG: Monta Ellis
- SF: Richard Jefferson
- PF: Dirk Nowitzki
- C: Bernard James
Hawks
- PG: Jeff Teague
- SG: Kyle Korver
- SF: DeMarre Carroll
- PF: Paul Millsap
- C: Al Horford
Mavericks PG Rajon Rondo (suspension) will not play
Mavericks PF Amar'e Stoudemire (rest) will not play
Mavericks SF Chandler Parsons (ankle) remains out
Mavericks C Tyson Chandler (hip) will not play
Charlotte Hornets at Chicago Bulls, 8 p.m. ET
Hornets
- PG: Mo Williams
- SG: Gerald Henderson
- SF: Michael Kidd-Gilchrist
- PF: Cody Zeller
- C: Al Jefferson
Bulls
- PG: Aaron Brooks
- SG: Jimmy Butler
- SF: Mike Dunleavy
- PF: Pau Gasol
- C: Joakim Noah
Los Angeles Clippers at Houston Rockets, 8 p.m. ET
Clippers
- PG: Chris Paul
- SG: J.J. Redick
- SF: Matt Barnes
- PF: Spencer Hawes
- C: DeAndre Jordan
Rockets
- PG: Jason Terry
- SG: James Harden
- SF: Trevor Ariza
- PF: Terrence Jones
- C: Donatas Motiejunas
Rockets PG Patrick Beverley (illness) will not play
Rockets SF Kostas Papanikolau (ankle) will not play
Philadelphia 76ers at Milwaukee Bucks, 8 p.m. ET
76ers
- PG: Isaiah Canaan
- SG: Robert Covington
- SF: Luc Richard Mbah a Moute
- PF: Nerlens Noel
- C: Henry Sims
- PG: Michael Carter-Williams
- SG: Khris Middleton
- SF: Giannis Antetokounmpo
- PF: Ersan Ilyasova
- C: Zaza Pachulia
76ers SF Jerami Grant (back) expected to play
76ers SG Jason Richardson (knee) will not play
Bucks SG O.J. Mayo (rest) will not play
Washington Wizards at Minnesota Timberwolves, 8 p.m. ET
Wizards
- PG: John Wall
- SG: Garrett Temple
- SF: Otto Porter
- PF: Nene
- C: Marcin Gortat
Timberwolves
- PG: Ricky Rubio
- SG: Kevin Martin
- SF: Andrew Wiggins
- PF: Kevin Garnett
- C: Nikola Pekovic
Wizards SG Bradley Beal (leg) remains out
Wizards SF Paul Pierce (knee) will not play
Timberwolves SG Gary Neal (ankle) will play
Brooklyn Nets at New Orleans Pelicans, 8:30 p.m. ET
Nets
- PG: Deron Williams
- SG: Markel Brown
- SF: Alan Anderson
- PF: Joe Johnson
- C: Mason Plumlee
Pelicans
- PG: Tyreke Evans
- SG: Eric Gordon
- SF: Quincy Pondexter
- PF: Dante Cunningham
- C: Omer Asik
Nets SF Bojan Bogdanovic (ankle) will not play
Nets PG Jarrett Jack (hamstring) will play
Pelicans PF Anthony Davis (shoulder) remains out
Pelicans SF Ryan Anderson (knee) remains out
Phoenix Suns at Denver Nuggets, 9 p.m. ET
Suns
- PG: Brandon Knight
- SG: Eric Bledsoe
- SF: P.J. Tucker
- PF: Markieff Morris
- C: Alex Len
Nuggets
- PG: Ty Lawson
- SG: Gary Harris
- SF: Danilo Gallinari
- PF: Darrell Arthur
- C: Jusuf Nurkic
Nuggets SF Wilson Chandler (thigh) will not play
Nuggets PF Kenneth Faried (thumb) will not play
Los Angeles Lakers at Utah Jazz, 9 p.m. ET
Lakers
- PG: Jordan Clarkson
- SG: Wayne Ellington
- SF: Ryan Kelly
- PF: Carlos Boozer
- C: Robert Sacre
Jazz
- PG: Dante Exum
- SG: Joe Ingles
- SF: Gordon Hayward
- PF: Derrick Favors
- C: Rudy Gobert
Lakers SG Nick Young (knee) will not play
Memphis Grizzlies at Sacramento Kings, 10 p.m. ET
Grizzlies
- PG: Mike Conley
- SG: Courtney Lee
- SF: Jeff Green
- PF: Zach Randolph
- C: Marc Gasol
Kings
- PG: Ray McCallum
- SG: Ben McLemore
- SF: Rudy Gay
- PF: Jason Thompson
- C: DeMarcus Cousins
Grizzlies SG Vince Carter (foot) remains out
Kings PG Darren Collison (hip) will not play
Kings PF Reggie Evans (knee) will not play
San Antonio Spurs at Portland Trail Blazers, 10:30 p.m. ET
Spurs
- PG: Tony Parker
- SG: Danny Green
- SF: Kawhi Leonard
- PF: Tim Duncan
- C: Aron Baynes
Blazers
- PG: Damian Lillard
- SG: Wesley Matthews
- SF: Nicolas Batum
- PF: LaMarcus Aldridge
- C: Robin Lopez