NBA Schedule 2018-19: Ranking MLK Day games by watchability

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day is an important day for the NBA and its players. This season, we will get three exciting national televisiongames to celebrate.

Every year, to celebrate the greatness of one Martin Luther King Jr., the NBA fills the schedule with a slew of gram games. Like Christmas Day, many fans glue themselves to the couch on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to watch basketball all day.

This season, the NBA has given us three intriguing nationally televised contests — all aired on TNT.

To kick off the day, the New Orleans Pelicans will face the Memphis Grizzlies. Following that up, we will see the Houston Rockets take on the Philadelphia 76ers. Then, it will be the Golden State Warriors against the Los Angeles Lakers.

All three of these games should be fun, but which one looks like the best matchup?

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