NBA Previews

Two lengthy winning streaks will be on the line when the Golden State Warriors visit the Boston Celtics on Sunday afternoon. Boston defeated the Dallas Mavericks 138-110 on Friday night to record the team’s 10th consecutive win. Jayson Tatum scored a team-high 32 points in the victory. It was the 22nd time Tatum has scored at least 30 points in a game this season. Tatum had plenty of help, however, as six other Celtics players

Luka Doncic’s latest hot streak hasn’t translated to winning basketball for the Dallas Mavericks. Doncic has averaged 36.3 points, 9.5 rebounds and 11.8 assists over his past four games. Dallas, however, is just 1-3 during that stretch as it braces for Sunday’s meeting with the visiting Philadelphia 76ers. The Mavericks had rattled off seven straight wins before losing to the Indiana Pacers and Cleveland Cavaliers. After snapping its modest skid with a victory over the

The Orlando Magic get a soft spot in their schedule this week, a welcome sight for a playoff contender. Orlando will play the Eastern Conference’s three worst teams in succession, starting with Sunday’s meeting with the visiting Detroit Pistons. After playing Detroit, the Magic will hit the road to face the Charlotte Hornets on Tuesday before taking on the Washington Wizards on Wednesday as part of a three-game trip. On Sunday, Orlando can complete a

One night after the visiting Portland Trail Blazers ended a nine-game losing streak with a dominant win over the Grizzlies, the teams will meet again on Saturday in Memphis. Dalano Banton scored a season-high 19 points, Jabari Walker also had 19 and Duop Reath added 18 in Portland’s 122-92 win over the Grizzlies on Friday. The Blazers led by as many as 33 points in the second half. Jake LaRavia scored a career-high 21 points

The Miami Heat return home from a six-game road swing Saturday, looking to start a new winning streak when they host the sputtering Utah Jazz. Miami closed its lengthy road odyssey, split by the All-Star break, with a 103-97 loss Thursday to the Denver Nuggets. The defeat snapped a five-game winning streak and denied the Heat a perfect road trip. Despite the loss, Bam Adebayo said battling back from a 16-point first-quarter deficit can be

On Thursday, the Brooklyn Nets played with the mentality of a team facing an elimination game and delivered one of their best performances of a season. The Nets will attempt to display a similar type of performance when they play the second of two straight home games against the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday afternoon. Brooklyn is three games behind the 10th-place Hawks for the final play-in spot and can claim the head-to-head tiebreaker with another

The Los Angeles Clippers will search for answers in order to recover from their post All-Star-break funk when they host the Washington Wizards on Friday night. The Clippers have lost three of four games since the break, with the latest defeat coming in devastating fashion after they squandered a 21-point lead in the fourth quarter against the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday. The Clippers were rolling with a crisp offense and the return to the

The Milwaukee Bucks have won four consecutive games for the first time since the calendar turned to 2024. Milwaukee will look to match its second-longest winning streak of the season when it visits the Chicago Bulls on Friday night. The Bucks have won their past three games by an average of 23.7 points, including a home-and-home sweep of the Charlotte Hornets. Milwaukee won the road portion 111-99 on Thursday to finish off a four-game season

The Philadelphia 76ers, entering a Friday home game against the struggling Charlotte Hornets, are searching for ways to win games without reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Joel Embiid. Since Embiid went down with a left knee injury that necessitated surgery, the Sixers are 4-8. At this rate, they might wind up out of the top six spots in the Eastern Conference and compete in the postseason play-in tournament. Philadelphia is currently tied with the Orlando