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It looks like that little slump the Golden State Warriors recently experienced is over. Losers of five straight games, the Dubs fell off the pace in the Western Conference and were briefly overtaken by Memphis for the second-best record in the NBA. Golden State found a groove since, though, winning three straight by double figures, including Saturday’s victory over defending champion Milwaukee. The Dubs get another Eastern Conference heavyweight on this homestand with the Boston Celtics visiting... 

No Chris Paul no problem for the Phoenix Suns, who continue to win games despite the absence of their All-Star point guard. Paul is likely done for the remainder of the regular season, but the Suns have built a big enough lead in the overall standings winning 53 games before any other club has passed 45. The Suns close the week with a matchup against the struggling Los Angeles Lakers, who recently dropped a game to the worst team in the Western Conference. While the play-in tournament is a possibility for LA, their preseason aspirations of a NBA title have long since disappeared. The Lakers have dropped their last five games to the Suns, including a pair of double digit home losses this season. ... 

Former NBA champions and league MVPs take to the hardwood in Saturday’s primetime matchup when the Milwaukee Bucks tangle with the Golden State Warriors. Two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo has the defending champs angling for a top seed in the Eastern Conference and he got the better of another two-time winner Steph Curry scoring 30 points in Milwaukee’s 118-99 payout victory in January. The Bucks have won three of the last four meetings in the series and enter on a hot streak averaging over 128... 

Both teams are feeling the effects of the COVID schedule. The Golden State Warriors and Denver Nuggets met on Monday in a rescheduled affair won by the Nuggets 131-124. The Dubs played with a trimmed down roster that left Steph Curry, Klay Thompson and Andrew Wiggins on the bench to get some rest in the first game of a back-to-back. Those players are expected to be back in the lineup when the clubs meet again in the Mile High City on Thursday. Denver won the first three games of the season serie... 

A rematch of last season’s NBA Finals hits the hardwood on Sunday when the Phoenix Suns visit the Milwaukee Bucks. The Bucks earned their first title in 50 years knocking off the Western Conference champs in six games, which included winning the last four. Phoenix hadn’t lost four games in a row the entire season before the Finals. While Chris Paul would have been a good choice for MVP had the Suns won the series, he’ll miss this game with a hand injury that has him on the shelf for likely the r... 

The dysfunctional Los Angeles Lakers will overshadow the recent struggles of the Golden State Warriors when the Pacific Division rivals meet in primetime on Saturday. LA suffered its third straight loss since the All-Star break but at least they put up a fight in their 109-104 setback to Dallas. That came a few days after the team was booed off the court in an embarrassing loss to the Pelicans. Once feared, especially in their home arena, the Lakers are in danger of missing the postseason after ... 

It doesn’t look like either team is poised to win an NBA championship and just reaching the playoffs would be a huge accomplishment. But tuning into the Los Angeles Lakers against the Los Angeles Clippers matchup would be worth it for all the drama. The Lakers are sinking faster than the Titanic and were even booed off the court in their most recent setback, a 125-93 pounding at the hands of the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday. That came a few days after they dropped a close one to the Clips, 105... 

The Golden State Warriors are the second-best team in the NBA, and they have been very good at home this season. Golden State is 26-6 in the Chase Center coming into Sunday night’s game with the Dallas Mavericks. Dallas is currently just two games over .500 on the road, but the Mavericks have turned a corner in recent weeks. They are up to fifth in the Western Conference standings, and they have won six of their last seven games. ... 

Things are looking up for the Brooklyn Nets entering the second half of the NBA season. They rid themselves of a guy who didn't want to play in Brooklyn in a trade that brought them former No. 1 overall draft pick Ben Simmons. A potential change to COVID mandates in New York could also allow Kyrie Irving to play home games. And just recently they won a bidding war on free agent Goran Dragic. Oh, and there's the return of Kevin Durant on the horizon giving the Nets plenty of reasons for optimism heading into the second half. A national television audience will get to see the new-look Nets battle the defending champion Milwaukee Bucks in primetime on Saturday.Saturday's game between the Brooklyn Nets and Milwaukee Bucks will air live on ABC with tip off at 8:30 p.m. ET from Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, WI. BookMaker.eu will have betting options for every game on the NBA schedule.... 

The Los Angeles Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers are battling for playoff positioning in the Western Conference. They’re just not where they hoped they’d be at the start of the season. At least the Clippers have an excuse being without their top two players. Kawhi Leonard hasn’t played a game while Paul George was shelved around Christmas. Still, the Clips hold a slight edge over the neighborly rivals and carry a five-game winning streak over LeBron and Co. into Friday’s showdown.... 

The Boston Celtics were one of the hottest teams in the NBA ahead of the All-Star break having won nine in a row and 11 of 12 before losing to Detroit in their final game of the first half. It’s been a wild season for the Celtics, who look to keep their recent stretch of strong play going with a visit to Atlantic Division rival Brooklyn Nets as both teams open the post-break portion of their schedule on Thursday. And speaking of wild how about the Nets? They’ll look much different in the second ... 

For the second straight year it’s Team LeBron vs. Team Durant in the NBA All-Star game with KD unable to participate due to injury. This is also the fifth year of the current format that has team captains selecting their roster through a schoolyard type draft. As leading vote-getters LeBron James and Kevin Durant were tabbed as captains. James has enjoyed plenty of success as captain in the current format picking the winning roster in each of the last four years. The captains picked their teams ... 

With one burden lifted and traded away, maybe the Philadelphia 76ers can now concentrate on playing basketball. Ben Simmons never played a game this season but he still impacted the Sixers. When the club came to the realization that he wouldn’t play for them ever again, they started to perform much better on the floor. Now with Simmons gone and James Harden coming over, Philly traded one headache for another. They are playing well with wins in eight of their last 11 games entering the week just ... 

It hasn’t been the best of times for New York’s basketball teams with the Brooklyn Nets and New York Knicks combining to win just one of 17 games ahead of their matchup on Wednesday night in the opener of an ESPN doubleheader. You don’t often see a championship favorite struggle the way the Nets have leading to a big change in their roster makeup. The Nets dropped their 11th consecutive game, 115-111 to Miami on Saturday after dealing James Harden in a major roster shakeup. They’re still in a be... 

The Boston Celtics and Atlanta Hawks are currently on opposite sides of the play-in tournament bracket. Boston is in seventh place in the Eastern Conference with a 31-25 record as of Friday morning, and they are a game behind the Toronto Raptors. Meanwhile, the Atlanta Hawks are two games under .500 and only have a one-game lead on Washington for the final postseason berth. With just one week left to go before the All-Star Break, both teams are looking to better their playoff position.... 

This is not the season that the Los Angeles Lakers were expecting after trading for Russell Westbrook. The Lakers were the Western Conference favorites after trading for the future Hall of Fame guard, but they have not lived up to the part with a 26-30 record that has them in ninth place in the conference. They are five games behind Denver for the No. 6 seed, and there’s a decent chance they don’t make the playoffs despite all their talent. The Golden State Warriors can continue to set them back... 

We will see a rematch of last summer’s NBA Finals on Thursday night in Phoenix when the Suns host the Milwaukee Bucks. Phoenix got out to a 2-0 series lead over Milwaukee at home, but those were the last two games that the Suns would win. Milwaukee went on to win the next four games to win the city its first NBA title in a half-century. These teams could be on a collision course to meet once again, as Phoenix currently leads the Western Conference and Milwaukee is in second place in the East.... 

The Atlanta Hawks and Dallas Mavericks are both playing a lot better after tough starts to the season. Atlanta has won eight of its last ten games coming into Friday night’s tilt with Toronto, while Dallas is 13-5 since New Year’s Eve. Trae Young and Luka Doncic are two of the brightest young stars in the league, and they will be forever linked after the draft day trade between these teams in 2018.
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It’s been a disappointing season for both the New York Knicks and Los Angeles Lakers. Both teams made the playoffs last year, but both teams could miss the postseason in two months. The Knicks and Lakers currently have losing records, and... 

The NBA best Phoenix Suns open a four-game Eastern Conference road swing with the surging Atlanta Hawks in the first game of the NBA on TNT Thursday doubleheader. The Suns became the first team to win 40 games knocking off the Spurs on Sunday for their 10th straight victory. It’s their second double-digit winning streak of the season to go along with their team record 18-game run earlier in the season. The best road team in the Association, the Suns put their eight-game road winning streak on th... 

The NBA All-Star Teams were announced on Thursday night, and to no one’s surprise both the Brooklyn Nets and Golden State Warriors are represented. Kevin Durant was the favorite to be named NBA MVP before suffering a sprained MCL that has sidelined him for the last two weeks, while Golden State was the only team that had two starters named to the All-Star Te... 

For a change there is some good news on the horizon for the Los Angeles Lakers. The team is expecting to have Anthony Davis back in the lineup during their current six-game road trip and his presence could be a factor in slowing down scorching hot Joel Embiid when LA takes on the Philadelphia 76ers in the opening contest of TNT’s Thursday doubleheader. The Sixers jumped back into the thick of the Eastern Conference race with a recent seven-game winning streak. They closed last week knocking off ... 

Two of the top teams in the NBA conclude a home-and-home series on ESPN when the Phoenix Suns visit the Utah Jazz on Wednesday. The teams met for the first time this season on Monday in Arizona with that game being the second of a road back-to-back for the Jazz following Sunday’s loss to Golden State. Utah has fallen off the pace for the league’s best overall record by losing seven of nine while going 1-7-1 ATS. The Suns enter the week having won six straight and own the NBA’s best record at 36-... 

Two hot teams get together on Thursday in the first game of TNT’s NBA doubleheader. With a roster as close to complete as it’s been all season, the Dallas Mavericks are winning games. They knocked off Oklahoma City on MLK Day for their third straight success and ninth in 10 games. This is more what we expected from Dallas after last season ended in a first-round playoff failure. The NBA-best Phoenix Suns picked up where they left off last season and look like a strong contender to return to the ... 

The Los Angeles Clippers had perhaps their biggest win of the season just over a week ago, rallying from a huge second half deficit to beat the Denver Nuggets. The clubs square off again on Wednesday, this time in the Mile High City. If the previous two games are any indication we could be in for a close one. The teams split the first two meetings, both in LA, with the games decided by a total of five points. The Clips are trying to keep their heads above water while Paul George remains sidelined. They lost two straight after beating the Nuggets and are just 4-8 SU and 5-7 ATS in 12 games since George was shelved with an injury. ...