Starting Lineups: Nov. 12
A typically busy Wednesday in the NBA brings nine games to the table, with the Phoenix Suns hosting the Brooklyn Nets, Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers heading to the land of Brow to take on Anthony Davis's New Orleans Pelicans, and an Eastern Conference finals rematch between the LeBron-less Miami Heat and injury-depleted Indiana Pacers.
Here are tonight's projected starting lineups.
Detroit Pistons at Washington Wizards, 7:00 p.m. ET
| Position | Pistons | Wizards |
|---|---|---|
| PG | Brandon Jennings | John Wall |
| SG | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | Garrett Temple |
| SF | Josh Smith | Paul Pierce |
| PF | Greg Monroe | Nene |
| C | Andre Drummond | Marcin Gortat |
Utah Jazz at Atlanta Hawks, 7:30 p.m. ET
| Position | Jazz | Hawks |
|---|---|---|
| PG | Trey Burke | Jeff Teague |
| SG | Alec Burks | Kyle Korver |
| SF | Gordon Hayward | Thabo Sefolosha |
| PF | Derrick Favors | Paul Millsap |
| C | Enes Kanter | Al Horford |
*Hawks G/F Thabo Sefolosha will start with DeMarre Carroll and Mike Scott out
Oklahoma City Thunder at Boston Celtics, 7:30 p.m. ET
| Position | Thunder | Celtics |
|---|---|---|
| PG | Reggie Jackson | Rajon Rondo |
| SG | Jeremy Lamb | Avery Bradley |
| SF | Lance Thomas | Jeff Green |
| PF | Serge Ibaka | Jared Sullinger |
| C | Steven Adams | Kelly Olynyk |
*Celtics PG Rajon Rondo returns to the lineup
Indiana Pacers at Miami Heat, 7:30 p.m. ET
| Position | Pacers | Heat |
|---|---|---|
| PG | Donald Sloan | Norris Cole |
| SG | Solomon Hill | Dwyane Wade |
| SF | Chris Copeland | Luol Deng |
| PF | Luis Scola | Shawne Williams |
| C | Roy Hibbert | Chri Bosh |
Orlando Magic at New York Knicks, 7:30 p.m. ET
| Position | Magic | Knicks |
|---|---|---|
| PG | Elfrid Payton | Shane Larkin |
| SG | Evan Fournier | Iman Shumpert |
| SF | Tobias Harris | Carmelo Anthony |
| PF | Channing Frye | Quincy Acy |
| C | Nikola Vucevic | Samuel Dalembert |
*Knicks PF Quincy Acy returns to starting lineup; G/F Tim Hardaway returns to bench
Los Angeles Lakers at New Orleans Pelicans, 8:00 p.m. ET
| Position | Lakers | Pelicans |
|---|---|---|
| PG | Jeremy Lin | Jrue Holiday |
| SG | Kobe Bryant | Eric Gordon |
| SF | Wesley Johnson | Tyreke Evans |
| PF | Carlos Boozer | Anthony Davis |
| C | Jordan Hill | Omer Asik |
Portland Trail Blazers at Denver Nuggets, 9:00 p.m. ET
| Position | Trail Blazers | Nuggets |
|---|---|---|
| PG | Damian Lillard | Ty Lawson |
| SG | Wesley Matthews | Arron Afflalo |
| SF | Allen Crabbe | Wilson Chandler |
| PF | LaMarcus Aldridge | Kenneth Faried |
| C | Robin Lopez | Timofey Mozgoc |
*Trail Blazers F Nicolas Batum remains out with knee contusion
Brooklyn Nets at Phoenix Suns, 9:00 p.m. ET
| Position | Nets | Suns |
|---|---|---|
| PG | Deron Williams | Eric Bledsoe |
| SG | Bojan Bogdanovic | Goran Dragic |
| SF | Joe Johnson | Marcus Morris |
| PF | Kevin Garnett | Markieff Morris |
| C | Brook Lopez | Miles Plumlee |
Houston Rockets at Minnesota Timberwolves, 10:00 p.m. ET
| Position | Rockets | Timberwolves |
|---|---|---|
| PG | Isaiah Canaan | Zach LaVine |
| SG | James Harden | Kevin Martin |
| SF | Trevor Ariza | Andrew Wiggins |
| PF | Donatas Motiejunas | Thaddeus Young |
| C | Dwight Howard | Nikola Pekovic |
*Rockets PG Isaiah Canaan and F Donatas Motiejunas to start in place of injured PG Patrick Beverley and F Terrence Jones.