Warriors-Cavaliers highlights busy Martin Luther King Day NBA schedule

Martin Luther King Day brings us a nearly full slate of NBA games, highlighted by perennial Finals foes Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers meeting in Cleveland, and Chris Paul leading the Houston Rockets in his first game against his old team, the Los Angeles Clippers.

Eleven games in all are on the docket for Monday, beginning with the Detroit Pistons hosting the Charlotte Hornets at 12:30 p.m. ET. That is one of two NBA TV games on the day, with TNT broadcasting three games nationally.

The Warriors and Cavaliers have met in each of the last three NBA Finals, with Golden State capturing two of the three titles. On Monday they meet in Cleveland (8 p.m., TNT), where the Cavs are 15-4 this season.

The Warriors won 99-92 at home against the Cavs on Christmas, in a game Golden State was without Stephen Curry. Since returning from a left ankle sprain, Curry has averaged 33.3 points in six games on 50.7 percent shooting from three-point range.

Paul was nursing an adductor strain and was sidelined when the Rockets hosted the Clippers on Dec. 22 in Houston. This time the point guard — averaging 18.6 points and 9.2 assists this season — is back in Los Angeles (10:30 p.m., TNT), where he played for the Clippers during the best six-year run in the history of the franchise.

Elsewhere the Los Angeles Lakers try for a fifth straight win since LaVar Ball said the players quit on coach Luke Walton. The Lakers are in the middle of a three-game trip, facing the Memphis Grizzlies (5:30 p.m., TNT).

12:30 p.m. ET: Hornets at Pistons (NBA TV)

1 p.m.: Raptors at 76ers

2 p.m.: Bucks at Wizards

3 p.m.: Spurs at Hawks (NBA TV)

3 p.m.: Knicks at Nets

3:30 p.m.: Heat at Bulls

5:30 p.m.: Lakers at Grizzlies (TNT)

8 p.m.: Warriors at Cavaliers (TNT)

8 p.m.: Kings at Thunder

9 p.m.: Pacers at Jazz

10:30 p.m.: Rockets at Clippers (TNT)