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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 Tampa Bay Lightning return home for a three-game series, starting with Saturday afternoon’s clash with Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers, and hope to continue the trend from Thursday’s win in Chicago. Against the Blackhawks and phenom Connor Bedard, they righted the ship a bit, getting a third-period goal from Victor Hedman and earning a split in the season series with the Central Division club in a 4-2 win. The victory was much needed,

The Ottawa Senators know they didn’t play to their standards in their opening game of the Global Series in Stockholm, Sweden. They’ll look to rectify that when they close out their overseas trip against the Minnesota Wild on Saturday. The Senators were on the verge of steamrolling the Detroit Red Wings in their opener Thursday, jumping out to a 3-0 lead in the first period before adding another just over a minute into the second.

If the Nashville Predators hope to crawl out of the Central Division basement before Thanksgiving, a good time to start would be Saturday afternoon against the visiting Chicago Blackhawks. The Predators and Blackhawks are tied for the fewest points in the Central (10). Nashville sits in last place because it has played one more game than Chicago. Only the San Jose Sharks have fewer points (seven) throughout the NHL. Bringing up the rear has been

The rebuilding Philadelphia Flyers seek their fourth consecutive victory with a home matchup versus the defending Stanley Cup champion Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday afternoon. After a maddening loss to the then-winless San Jose Sharks, the Flyers concluded their four-game road trip with victories over the Anaheim Ducks, Los Angeles Kings and Carolina Hurricanes. Goaltender Carter Hart returned after a five-game absence due to an illness and an injured back to make 31 saves in

The Anaheim Ducks will look to bounce back from their worst defeat of the season when they open a four-game homestand against the Florida Panthers on Friday night. The Ducks come in off a 8-2 loss against the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday in the second game of a back-to-back that began with a 3-2 victory at Nashville. Anaheim allowed five goals in the final period against Colorado. “We just didn’t have a good game,” Ducks

Something special came to life in South Florida last season, and the good times are carrying over at Florida Atlantic. The No. 10 Owls and coach Dusty May will take the court Saturday, hosting Bryant in the second annual Boca Raton MegaBowl. Following their Final Four appearance last season, the Owls have felt the surge of enthusiasm grow in the coastal community’s university, which is known more for fall Saturdays on the gridiron when current

A pair of power-conference teams projected to finish near the bottom of their respective leagues bring perfect records to Sioux Falls, S.D., on Saturday afternoon as Nebraska faces Oregon State. Nebraska (4-0) is off to its best start in five years after winning four home games by an average of 23.5 points. The most recent win, 84-63 over Stony Brook on Wednesday, saw the Cornhuskers move closer to full strength with the return of forward