MEN’S BASKETBALL: LeBron James and the LA Lakers face the New Orleans Pelicans tomorrow morning in the first of the NBA’s play-in tournament qualifiers.

The victors will go straight into a last 16 match-up with defending champions Denver.

Steph Curry’s Golden State Warriors face Sacramento in tomorrow’s other Western Conference play-in fixture, before Miami meet Philadelphia and Atlanta play Chicago in the Eastern Conference’s play-ins on Thursday.