Tonight's Bulls game against the Spurs must be very important. How do we know this? Because it's on national TV as the first game of TNT's Thursday night doubleheader; it's the last Bulls game before the All-Star break. (In fact, tonight's games are the last NBA games, period, before the All-Star break.) There's also some college basketball involving local teams.
↵↵6 p.m., Big Ten Network: College basketball, Minnesota at Penn State.
↵↵6 p.m., NHL Network: Kings at Rangers.
↵↵7 p.m., TNT: NBA, Bulls vs. Spurs at the United Center. This game is not on local TV -- national only for tonight.
↵↵8 p.m., ESPN2: College basketball, DePaul at Providence. Remember when DePaul used to be good?
↵↵8 p.m., Big Ten Network: College basketball, Iowa at Northwestern. This is a game the Wildcats really need to win if they want to make their case for the NCAA tournament.
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