NBA: Watch Dallas Mavericks at Philadelphia 76ers live on BBC One
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Joel Embiid (left), who became the first centre to lead the league in scoring since Shaquille O’Neal 22 years ago, is in doubt to play following an injury
The Philadelphia 76ers face the Dallas Mavericks at the Wells Fargo Centre in a key game on Wednesday, which you can watch on the BBC (00:30 BST Thursday).
The 76ers sit third in the NBA's Eastern Conference, while the Mavericks are eighth in the Western Conference.
The top six in the conferences automatically qualify for the play-offs, but places seven to 10 try to qualify through the play-in tournament.
Every game is critical for Dallas to remain in contention for the play-ins.
Philadelphia's Joel Embiid is on the verge of winning his second consecutive scoring title and possibly his first NBA MVP award but he sat out with a sore right calf in the 76ers' 116-111 defeat by the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday.
The Mavericks, who were on a four-game losing streak, come into this game having returned to winning ways with a 127-104 victory over the Indiana Pacers.
In a bid to boost their push for the play-offs, Dallas signed Kyrie Irving in a trade from the Brooklyn Nets last month to team him up with Luka Doncic, who is the NBA's second leading scorer behind Embiid.
The BBC will broadcast live NBA basketball games for the remainder of the 2022-23 season.
Six regular season games, two play-off games, one Conference Finals game and one NBA Finals game will be shown.
All games will be live on BBC One, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app in the UK.
There will also be selected highlights and an end-of-season review show.
Remaining NBA games to be shown live on the BBC
Wednesday 29 March - Dallas Mavericks at Philadelphia 76ers (starts 00:30 BST on Thursday)
2 play-off games (play-offs to be held between 15 April and 8 May)
1 Conference Finals game (matches played between 14 May and 17 May)
1 NBA Finals game (finals start on 1 June and ends 18 June)