Three First Place Teams See Action Monday

The NBA schedule tonight consists of six games with three first place teams seeing action. Indiana, the top team in the Eastern Conference, is home to Denver. The Pacers, who are coming off a loss yesterday to Orlando, have won six of their last 10 games and are 39-11.

The Spurs continue to lead the Southwest Division but have fallen on hard times of late. They have split their last 10 games and are now three games in front of Houston, which has won eight of 10. Tonight the Spurs are in Detroit to face the Pistons, who will have a new coach as Maurice Cheeks was fired yesterday. The Houston Rockets are playing at Minnesota.

The Raptors remain the top team in the Atlantic Division with a record of 26-24. They lead the Nets by 2½ games and this evening are home to the Pelicans.

The rest of tonight's schedule has Boston at Milwaukee and Golden State at home to Philadelphia.