1) New Orleans will face the San Antonio Spurs this Friday night (7:30 p.m., Bally Sports, 100.3 FM) at the AT&T Center in San Antonio. The Southwest Division matchup represents a major swing in the race for a play-in berth, because a New Orleans win gives it a 2.5-game cushion on San Antonio, while a loss reduces that gap to just a half game (and would mean the Spurs have clinched the tiebreaker, up 3-0 in the season series). Relevant scoreboard watching you may want to track over the rest of Week 22:
Friday
LA Lakers (29-40) at Toronto, 6:30 p.