Nightly Pulse: NBA news & top plays from March 11th

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Tuesday’s NBA schedule

Wizards vs. Pistons (

7 ET, Live on NBA League Pass

)

Cavaliers vs. Nets (

7 ET, Live on NBA League Pass

)

Bucks vs. Pacers (

7:30 ET, Live on TNT/truTV/Max

)

Clippers vs. Pelicans (

8 ET, Live on NBA League Pass

)

3️⃣Stories

Cleveland will be going for their 15th straight win tonight when they travel to Brooklyn to face the Nets. The Cavaliers continue to compile rare feats. With a win tonight, the Cavs would become just the 6th team in NBA history with two separate 15+ win streaks and the 2nd team since 2000, joining the 2006-07 Suns. They recently became the

second team in NBA history to win 14 straight games while scoring 110-plus points in each, joining the 1985-86 champion Celtics.

The No. 4 and No. 5 seeds in the East will battle when the Bucks take on the Pacers on TNT, truTV, and streaming on Max. These two teams are separated by one game, with Milwaukee currently leading the season series, 2-0, and holding the tiebreaker. With a Pacers victory, these squads would be tied, each sharing a 36-28 record, while a Bucks win would create a two-game gap and give Milwaukee a tighter grip on home court in the first round, especially since they’d be guaranteed to hold the tiebreaker over Indiana. 

The Pistons will return home after a four-game road trip and host the Wizards. Detroit has a firm grasp on the No. 6 seed in the East, with a five-game lead on the No. 7 Hawks, but maybe more importantly for Detroit, they’re within one game of the No. 4-seeded Bucks. With a win tonight by Detroit and a Pacers loss, they would move up to the No. 5 spot, while wins by the Pacers and Pistons this evening would push all three teams into a virtual tie. However, Milwaukee and Indiana would hold a slightly better win percentage than Detroit due to having played one less game and having one less loss.