Welcome to a nine-game night in the National Basketball Association, featuring Myles Turner’s return to Indiana (7 ET) and a Texas-sized showdown between the Mavericks and Rockets (8 ET).

If the Thunder and reigning MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander are to make good on their dynastic ambitions, they don’t just need to eclipse the Nuggets and Nikola Jokic, the Rockets’ Big 3 of Kevin Durant, Alperen Sengun and Amen Thompson, and the Cavaliers ...