ESPN has made an update to its upcoming NBA telecast schedule: the Houston Rockets and early M.V.P. candidate James Harden will visit the Philadelphia 76ers and rookie sensation Joel Embiid on Friday, Jan. 27, at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN. The game will replace the previously scheduled Miami Heat at Chicago Bulls telecast.

NBA Countdown charged by Mountain Dew will preview the Rockets-Sixers telecast at 7 p.m. with host Michelle Beadle and analysts Jalen Rose and Chauncey Billups. ESPN NBA telecasts are also streamed on WatchESPN and the ESPN app.

Here is a link to ESPN’s and ABC’s most up-to-date NBA telecast schedule.

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