NBA’s Two-Game Slate Pairs Suns with Magic, Warriors with Heat

The NBA had just two games scheduled for Thursday: Phoenix at home to Orlando, followed by Golden State hosting Miami.

The Suns–Magic game was listed for 9 p.m. Eastern Time. The Warriors–Heat game was scheduled an hour later, at 10 p.m. Eastern Time. The source provides the fixtures and start times, but no results.

Phoenix and Orlando first on the schedule

Phoenix’s home meeting with Orlando was the earlier of the two games.

The schedule identifies the Suns as the home side and the Magic as their opponents. With only two games listed for Thursday, their meeting accounted for half of the NBA programme that day.

No final score or account of the action is provided for Phoenix–Orlando. The available information establishes when and where the teams were due to meet, rather than how the game unfolded.

Golden State and Miami follow

Golden State’s home game against Miami was scheduled to begin one hour after Phoenix–Orlando.

The Warriors were listed as the home team, with the Heat as their opponents. As with the earlier fixture, the source gives a scheduled start but does not report a score or result.

The timing means viewers following both games would have seen the Phoenix–Orlando tip-off first, then the Golden State–Miami tip-off an hour later.

What follows from the two-game schedule

These were the only two NBA games listed for Thursday: Suns against Magic, then Warriors against Heat. Both were home fixtures for the first-named teams.

The schedule sets out the order of play, but not what happened after either tip-off. Without results in the source, neither matchup can be reported here as a win or a loss.