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Live Updates: Celtics vs. Knicks, Warriors vs. Lakers on Prime

Live updates, highlights and scores across the NBA for this Thursday slate

NBA.com Staff

What We Know About Thursday’s Games

Knicks Host Celtics on Prime: This could be a potential second-round playoff series, with Boston sitting second in the East with a 54-25 record and New York ranked third with a 51-28 record. Boston has won five of their last seven games against New York.

Warriors-Lakers Close the Night on Prime: Los Angeles has fallen to fourth place due to all the injuries, and they’re tied with the Houston Rockets at 50-29. Golden State is locked into the Play-In Tournament, sitting 10th with a 37-42 record.

Rockets Host the Sixers on League Pass: We just mentioned that Houston is tied with LA at 50-29, but the Rockets sit fifth due to the tiebreaker. They enter this matchup winning seven straight games. The Sixers are eighth in the Eastern Conference with a 43-36 record, and they still have a chance to climb up since the Atlanta Hawks are in fifth with a 45-35 record.

9:14 PM / April 9, 2026

Rockets Lead Sixers at the Half, 73-56

Houston got out to a 35-26 lead after the first quarter and added to that with a 38-30 second quarter.

The Rockets are shooting 57 percent while holding the Sixers to 49 percent shooting.

Kevin Durant leads Houston with 17 points, three rebounds and three assists.

Tyrese Maxey leads Philly with 15 points and three assists.

See the second half on League Pass:

8:58 PM / April 9, 2026

Knicks Lead Celtics at the Half, 54-53

New York shot 48 percent from the field while holding Boston to 39 percent shooting.

Jayson Tatum leads the Celtics with 10 points. nine rebounds and four assists.

JalenBrunson leads the Knicks with 16 points and two assists.

See the second half on Prime

8:39 PM / April 9, 2026

Pacers Lead Nets at the Half, 65-37

These teams are resting most of their players, but Indiana came to play.

The Pacers shot 52 percent from the field while holding the Nets to 31 percent shooting.

They also out-assisted the Nets, 20-5.

Obi Toppin leads Indiana with 14 points, seven rebounds and two assists off the bench.

See the second half on League Pass. 

8:23 PM / April 9, 2026

Raptors Lead Heat at the Half, 69-50

Toronto outscored Miami in that second quarter, 37-24.

The Raptors have shot 19-for-21 from the free-throw line while the Heat have hit just 3-for-7.

Brandon Ingram leads Toronto with 23 points, four rebounds and four assists.

Bam Adebayo leads Miami with 12 points, eight rebounds and three assists.

 

8:10 PM / April 9, 2026

Bulls Lead Wizards at the Half, 52-51

There were four ties and four lead changes in the closing minutes of that half.

Chicago shot 43 percent while Washington shot 40 percent.

Leonard Miller leads the Bulls with 13 points, seven rebounds and two assists.

Leaky Black and Bub Carrington lead Washington with nine points apiece.

7:54 PM / April 9, 2026

Raptors Lead Heat After Q1, 32-26

Toronto did not commit a turnover in that opening frame while holding Miami to zero free throws. Talk about discipline!

Brandon Ingram leads Toronto with 10 points, three rebounds and two assists.

Tyler Herro leads Miami with seven points.

See the rest on League Pass.

7:39 PM / April 9, 2026

Bulls Lead Wizards After Q1, 32-24

Chicago shot 48 percent from the field and 40 percent from 3-point range while holding Washington to 33 percent from the field and 20 percent from long range.

Patrick Williams and Tre Jones lead the Bulls with eight points and two assists apiece.

Bub Carrington leads Washington with six points.

See the action on League Pass

 

7:27 PM / April 9, 2026

Knicks Host Celtics on Prime

In the highlight game of the night, we have New York and Boston going to battle.

The Celtics sit second in the Eastern Conference while the Knicks are in third.

Boston has won five of their last seven games over NY.

See the action on Prime.

7:02 PM / April 9, 2026

Starters Announced in 7ET Games

We have the Wizards hosting the Bulls and the Raptors hosting the Heat starting shortly.

See the Wizards-Bulls here on League Pass and the Raptors-Heat here on League Pass.

Toronto is clinging on to the six-seed in the East, with the Orlando Magic 0.5 games behind and the Philadelphia 76ers one game back.

 

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