NBA Previews

The Miami Heat bring a seven-game winning streak to Chicago for a Saturday matchup with the slumping Bulls. The catalyst behind Miami’s longest surge since the 2017-18 season: a complementary style. “We’re playing together basketball and we’re competing on the other end, getting stops and running in transition,” Heat center Bam Adebayo said. Chicago can relate in part despite a three-game skid that includes consecutive home losses to Miami’s in-state counterpart, the Orlando Magic. After

The New Orleans Pelicans shook off a five-game losing streak with impressive home wins against the Dallas Mavericks and the Denver Nuggets. They’ll try to continue their momentum when they play the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night in the fourth game of a six-game homestand. The Pelicans had their most productive offensive game of the season in a 131-110 victory against the Mavericks on Tuesday and had three players score more than 20 points in

The Charlotte Hornets have addressed at least one potential distraction now that Miles Bridges is back in action. There is still the matter of the Hornets getting their act together in terms of winning games, something that has been troublesome so far this season. It’s not likely to get any easier for Charlotte, which has a home game Saturday night against the surging New York Knicks. Before Friday, Bridges hadn’t played an NBA game in

The New York Knicks have found a winning groove since their last appearance in the NBA’s in-season tournament. But the Washington Wizards will return to the in-season tournament battling the same malaise in which they’ve been mired all season. The Knicks and Wizards are slated to resume Group B play in the in-season tournament Friday night, when New York visits Washington in a battle of longtime rivals. Both teams were off Thursday after playing Wednesday

The Philadelphia 76ers will look to halt a two-game skid when they battle the host Atlanta Hawks in the NBA in-season tournament on Friday. Following an eight-game winning streak, the Sixers fell twice at home: to the Indiana Pacers in the in-season tournament and then 107-97 to the short-handed Boston Celtics on Wednesday without Jaylen Brown and Kristaps Porzingis. The Sixers are 1-1 in the in-season tournament heading into Atlanta. Both teams are part of

The Charlotte Hornets will have a different personnel makeup when they take the court Friday night. They’re hoping for better results as well. The game is expected to mark the return of forward Miles Bridges when the Hornets take on the visiting Milwaukee Bucks. Bridges is eligible to return for the Hornets after more than a year away due to an NBA-imposed suspension regarding a domestic violence case. “He has got himself in good shape

Oklahoma City Thunder will catch the Golden State Warriors without Draymond Green and possibly without Stephen Curry when the clubs duel in an early-season rematch Thursday night in San Francisco. Green on Wednesday was suspended for five games for his aggressive role in pulling Minnesota’s Rudy Gobert away from a Klay Thompson-Jaden McDaniels scuffle early in the Timberwolves’ 104-101 win on Tuesday. Green, Thompson and McDaniels were ejected just 1:43 into the contest. The Warriors

The Suns are expected to have stars Kevin Durant, Devin Booker and Bradley Beal on the floor together for the first time this season when Phoenix plays host to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday. Minnesota has won seven straight and is playing less than 24 hours after beating the Golden State Warriors 104-101 in San Francisco on Tuesday night in an NBA in-season tournament game. The Wolves improved to 2-0 in the tournament’s five-team West

With De’Aaron Fox back in the fold, the Sacramento Kings visit the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday, looking to solve what has ailed them on the road in the early part of the season. Fox returned from a five-game absence Monday to score 28 points with six assists in 36 minutes of a 132-120 home victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers. But outside of its own building, Sacramento is just 1-3 and on a three-game road