NBA Previews

The Brooklyn Nets will look to make some headway in their attempt to move into a spot in the NBA postseason when they square off against the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday in Austin, Texas. The game is the second of a two-game stint in the Texas capital for the Spurs as a part of their annual regional outreach initiative. San Antonio dropped the first contest of the set in Austin to the Denver Nuggets

Teams at opposite ends of the NBA standings will meet Sunday evening when the Boston Celtics visit the Washington Wizards. Boston (52-14) will look to improve on the league’s best record. The Celtics extended their winning streak to four games by beating the visiting Phoenix Suns 127-112 on Thursday. The Wizards (11-56) have lost three in a row, 19 of their past 21 and own the worst record in the NBA. For the Celtics, Jaylen

With a chance to create some distance from the Play-in Tournament seeding, the Orlando Magic look to complete a two-game sweep of the free-falling Toronto Raptors when they return home Sunday. Orlando (39-28), the fifth seed in the current Eastern Conference standings, enters play winners of two straight, including Friday’s 113-103 win in Toronto. On pace for their first postseason appearance since 2020 and best record since the 2010-11 season, the Magic have benefited from

The Miami Heat turned up their defensive intensity Friday in a much-needed victory and will seek back-to-back road wins over the Detroit Pistons on Sunday afternoon. The Heat used a 15-0 run in the third quarter to take control of Friday’s matchup and emerged with a 108-95 win. They snapped a four-game losing streak in the process. “I thought there was a professionalism to the approach (Friday),” Miami coach Erik Spoelstra said. “Now we have

The Denver Nuggets came out of last month’s All-Star break with a renewed focus, which is bad news for the rest of the league. Denver (47-20) has won five straight heading into a road matchup against the Dallas Mavericks (38-29) on Sunday. The Nuggets are 11-1 since the All-Star break and hold the top seed in the Western Conference with 15 games to play. Dallas saw its four-game win streak come to an end with

The Phoenix Suns will try to close out a winning Eastern Conference road swing when they visit the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday. Milwaukee, which is 2-3 since March 6, seeks consecutive wins for the first time since it won its sixth straight game on March 4. Forward Khris Middleton is set to return from a left ankle sprain as the Bucks try to get back on track. On Thursday, the Bucks (43-24) rallied to outscore

The Minnesota Timberwolves will finish off a six-game road trip when they visit Salt Lake City for a pair of games against the Utah Jazz. The Timberwolves, who haven’t played since their huge come-from-behind win against the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday, first play the Jazz (29-37) on Saturday night. The teams will play a second game at the Delta Center on Monday night. Coming into the two-game matchup, Minnesota (45-21) finds itself 1.5 games

The New Orleans Pelicans are surging with just one month left in the regular season. And Zion Williamson is leading the way. The Pelicans (40-26) have won five of their past six games, including a 112-104 home victory against the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday night. Williamson had 34 points, seven rebounds and four assists, and in the past four games he has averaged 29.3 points, 8.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists. Williamson and the Pelicans

The Philadelphia 76ers will look to snap a two-game losing streak when they host the Charlotte Hornets on Saturday night. After falling 106-79 to the New York Knicks on Tuesday, the Sixers lost 114-105 to the Milwaukee Bucks two days later. Tyrese Maxey led the Sixers (36-30) with 30 points against the Bucks, while Tobias Harris added 15, Cameron Payne 13 and Kyle Lowry 12. The Sixers continued to struggle without reigning Most Valuable Player