NBA Previews

The Phoenix Suns and Los Angeles Clippers will look to leave a pair of disappointing defeats behind them when the Western Conference rivals meet Monday at Los Angeles. Despite a 121-115 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies in which they faded late, the Suns still have been playing better, with five victories in their past seven games following a disappointing 3-9 stretch. Now Phoenix hits the road in search of a little revenge after they fell

The Utah Jazz have only won six road games all season and lost by 29 points to Boston over the weekend, but that might not make the Milwaukee Bucks feel too confident when they host them on Monday night. Not only have the Bucks lost three of four games, but they dropped a 112-108 decision to the host Houston Rockets on Saturday night despite getting 48 points and 17 rebounds from Giannis Antetokounmpo. And they’ll

Mark Daigneault isn’t about to overreact to back-to-back losses, just like he wasn’t overreacting to his Oklahoma City Thunder’s five-game winning streak before that. “It’s hard in an 82-game season to react to two-game trends,” the Thunder coach said ahead of Oklahoma City’s game against the Wizards on Monday in Washington. “At the end of the day, we have a standard we want to play to. … I’ve just found that, if you start to

It’s been exactly two weeks between home games for the Miami Heat. On Monday night, the Heat will finally return home as they take on the Houston Rockets. “We’ve been on the road for a long time,” Heat center Bam Adebayo said. “It’s time to protect home court.” The Heat went 2-3 on their West Coast swing, wrapping it up with a 113-97 loss at Phoenix on Friday night. When that game was over, the

The Chicago Bulls and Charlotte Hornets each will have had a couple of days to rest before they meet Monday night in North Carolina for their second straight matchup. The Bulls won Friday night in Chicago, 104-91, to kick off the home-and-home series. Chicago has been struggling, with injuries partially to blame. Still, at 16-21, the Bulls have twice as many victories as the Hornets (8-25). Friday night’s game was a bright spot, and coach

The Boston Celtics will be seeking back-to-back victories over the Indiana Pacers when the teams meet Monday night in Indianapolis. The Celtics received 38 points, 13 rebounds and six assists from Jayson Tatum and led wire to wire in a 118-101 road victory against the Pacers on Saturday. The loss ended Indiana’s six-game winning streak. Tatum made a season-high eight 3-pointers and was 14 of 23 from the field. Jaylen Brown added 31 points in

The Golden State Warriors expect to welcome back Draymond Green, albeit in a non-playing capacity, when they host the Toronto Raptors on Sunday night in San Francisco. The NBA lifted Green’s indefinite suspension Saturday, formally giving him the green light to work out with the team after missing all practices — and 12 games — following a run-in with Jusuf Nurkic in a game against the Phoenix Suns on Dec. 12. Golden State, which was

Two months after they last met, the Los Angeles Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers will renew acquaintances Sunday in a clash of hallway neighbors that have been headed in opposite directions. The Clippers will enter on a five-game winning streak after barreling through a two-game road swing with victories over the Phoenix Suns and New Orleans Pelicans. Sunday is technically a road game as well. The 111-95 triumph over the Pelicans on Friday also was

The Phoenix Suns look to stay hot in Sunday’s finale of a six-game homestand when they welcome the visiting Memphis Grizzlies, who are on the second date of a three-game road swing. Memphis opened its trip on Friday with a 127-113 win over the Los Angeles Lakers. The Grizzlies held the Lakers to just 19 fourth-quarter points, while Desmond Bane and Ziaire Williams combined to score more in the period with 10 each than the