Your Marquette In The NBA Playoffs Open Thread: April 28th Edition

The NBA Playoffs start today! Four of Marquette's alumni in the NBA are playing for playoff teams and all four of their teams start their series today. Hit the jump for the schedule and hit the comments to talk about the games!

First up: Jimmy Butler's Bulls finished tied for the best record in the NBA in this strike shortened season. They'll play the 76ers starting at noon Central time on TNT.

At 2:30 Central, Steve Novak, the NBA's best three point shooter this season, and the New York Knicks take their talents to South Beach to start their series with Dwyane Wade's Miami Heat. You can watch this game on ABC.

Rounding out Marquette's involvement is Lazar Hayward's Oklahoma City Thunder hosting the defending champion Dallas Mavericks at 8:30pm Central on ESPN.

If you care about non-Marquette series, you can also watch the Magic play the Pacers at 6pm on ESPN.