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The Bulls head into Madison Square Garden on Friday night for a 7:30 p.m. ET tip against the Knicks, with CHSN, MSG, and NBA TV carrying the game. Chicago is 29-47 and already out of the play-in race, while New York is 49-28 and still trying to sharpen its form heading into the postseason from the No. 3 spot in the East. The spot matters for New York because the Knicks are back home after an uneven road trip, and this is exactly the kind of game they are expected to handle cleanly. There is a real contrast here. New York just snapped a three-game skid with a 130-119 win over Memphis and has won four straight at home, while

Both clubs come into Friday at 5-1, and that gives this series a little more juice than a normal first-week matchup. Miami has won two straight and heads to Yankee Stadium after handling Colorado and Chicago at home, while New York returns from a 5-1 West Coast trip and opens at home after beating the Giants and Mariners. First pitch is set for 1:35 p.m. ET, and the game-time weather looks better than a raw “cool and cloudy” label suggests, with temperatures around 59 degrees at first pitch and conditions improving through the afternoon. The starting matchup is Eury Pérez against Will Warren, and the market has moved a bit toward Miami from the opener even with the Yankees still

This Friday matinee at Fenway Park feels like a reset game for both clubs. San Diego comes in at 2-4 after finally stopping its slide with a 7-1 win over the Giants on Wednesday, while Boston is 1-5 and opens its home schedule trying to snap a five-game losing streak after getting swept by Houston. First pitch is set for 2:10 p.m. ET, with MLB.TV carrying the stream. The weather is cool but not brutally cold, which matters a bit at Fenway. Forecasts for Boston have temperatures climbing into the mid-50s around first pitch with cloudy skies and little sign of a major weather problem during the game window. That should keep conditions playable, though still a little heavier than

Friday’s matchup at Rate Field is a little unusual because it doubles as Chicago’s home opener and a makeup game after Thursday’s opener was postponed by weather. Toronto comes in 4-2 and still looks like one of the steadier clubs in the AL through the first week, even after dropping a 2-1 extra-innings game to Colorado on Wednesday. The White Sox are 1-5, have lost two straight, and are trying to avoid letting a rough opening trip spill into the first game back home. First pitch is set for 2:10 p.m. ET, with the forecast sitting in the low 50s under mostly cloudy skies. The market is treating this like a clear Toronto edge, and that makes sense. Dylan Cease