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Tonight's match-ups include:

7:00 PM ET -- Chicago Bulls at Charlotte Hornets
7:30 PM ET -- Indiana Pacers at Detroit Pistons
8:00 PM ET -- Orlando Magic at New Orleans Pelicans
8:30 PM ET -- Toronto Raptors at Dallas Mavericks
10:00 PM ET -- Memphis Grizzlies at Sacramento Kings

Feel free to discuss each game on Twitter @bballnewsdaily - This should be a great night in the basketball world!

Hoston Rockets - Not So Bad Harden

The Houston Rockets have overcame their 'bad' start to the season with a slim victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder Monday night at the Toyota Center.

James Harden led his team with 37 points, quieting the critics with his performance, shooting 12-of-26 from the field, including 4-of-12 from behind the arc, and 9-of-11 from the free throw line. Harden also contributed with five rebounds, three assists, three steals, and two blocks in 38 minutes of action. 

Harden was assisted from his new fellow backcourt teammate Ty Lawson, who recently joined the Rockets this past offseason. Lawson Finished the game with his first double-double on the year, scoring 14 points and delivering 11 assists. 

Dwight Howard put the game away at the free throw line, after Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook missed their 3-point attempts during the fourth quarter with less than 44 seconds to go in the game. 

Durant and Westbrook continue to prove they are a dynamic duo, as Durant scored a team-high 29 points, while Westbrook barley missed a triple-double of 25 points, 11 assists, and eight rebounds.

The Rockets will take on Victor Oladipo and the Orlando Magic Wednesday, Nov. 4 at home. The Magic have been playing exceptionally well this season, showing they are a force to be reckoned with, including a loss to the Thunder, but forcing double overtime. 

Orlando Magic - Fournier, Nicholson unlikely to recieve contract extensions

Evan Fournier

The Orlando Magic not expected to sign Evan Fournier or Andrew Nicholson to contract extensions. They will both enter restricted free agency next summer. 

TNT's David Aldridge reports that the Magic are unlikely to sign Nicholson to a contract extension. Similarly, a deal for Fournier is also unlikely, Marc Spears of Yahoo Sports reports.

The Magic have the opportunity to sign Nicholson and Fournier to extensions by Monday's 5 p.m. ET deadline since both players are former first-round picks entering the last year of their rookie-scale contracts.

Falling out of the rotation towards the end of last season, Andrew Nicholson has only made one four-minute appearance in three games this year. 

Evan Fournier, on the other hand, who played for the Denver Nuggets, has delivered a Sixth Man role for the Magic since being acquired in a trade for Arron Afflalo last summer. Fournier set career highs last season of 12 points, 2.6 rebounds, and 2.1 assists along with 37.8 percent shooting from being the arc in 28.6 minutes performing mostly as a point or shooting guard. 

Both Andrew Nicholson and Evan Fournier were drafted 19th and 20th, in the 2012 NBA Draft.