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Division leaders are set to square off Sunday afternoon when Kawhi Leonard and the Los Angeles Clippers pack their bags for the frigid Midwest to take on Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks in a premiere cross-conference battle. Adding to the intrigue of this heavyweight bout is the fact that both squads enter the matchup running hot. LA has come out victorious in six of its last eight games and covered the closing NBA odds five times. The Bucks bounced back from their longest losing s... 

The Brooklyn Nets are proving that they are much more than just the big three. Getting contributions up and down the roster, the Nets finished off a perfect 5-0 road trip with wins over the LA clubs and extended their run to seven by taking down Sacramento for the second time in a week. They look to continue their assault on the top spot in the Eastern Conference with a primetime showdown against Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday.... 

We’re not used to seeing the current version of the Milwaukee Bucks lose five games in a row. They made sure the slide didn’t reach six with a win over OKC and looked a lot like the team that finished with the best overall record in the league the previous two seasons with a dismantling of Sacramento. The Bucks continue their eight-game homestand with a matchup against the New Orleans Pelicans in the first game of a TNT doubleheader on Thursday looking to avenge an earlier loss in the Big Easy.... 

If you still believe the Boston Celtics can win the NBA title now is the time to make a wager on a futures bet. Losers in five of their last seven games, the Celtics saw their odds to win the Larry O’Brien Trophy tumble as they hit the .500 mark. We keep waiting for and expecting them to snap out of their funk and it just hasn’t happened. Maybe it never will. After finishing off their back-to-back set with the Hawks, Boston opens a three-game road trip Sunday in the Big Easy against the New Orleans Pelicans. ... 

HDTV sets around the world will be tuned into ABC on Saturday night when LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers square off against Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat. This will be the first skirmish between these teams since the Lake Show took the Heat down in six games in the NBA Finals. Since starting this extended seven-game Western Conference road swing out with a dub in Houston, the Heat have gone on to lose against the Jazz, Clippers and Warriors. They’ll also have less tread on the tires with it the third game played over a four day stretch, while the Lakers will have only laced ‘em up twice; the last coming at home against the Brooklyn Nets. LA has however proven to be a bit more susceptible at home than on the road and will be forced to go at Miami without the services of Anthony Davis. Still, you can expect LBJ and the boys to be laying a handful of points come Saturday night. ... 

Any time the Los Angeles Lakers play a team from the Eastern Conference we can say it’s a possible NBA Finals preview. Guess what, with the Brooklyn Nets paying a visit on Thursday we have a possible Finals preview. However, we could be missing some star power in this matchup. LA’s Anthony Davis is nursing a sore Achilles while Brooklyn’s Kevin Durant sat out a few games with a tight hamstring. The Nets are on the backside of a five-game, nine-day road trip and are still trying to incorporate their big three into the lineup, they just haven’t had them all on the court at the same time that often. ... 

The teams have battled it out in the Eastern Conference the last few seasons and they’ll go at it again on Thursday when the Toronto Raptors visit the Milwaukee Bucks in the first game of a TNT doubleheader. Despite losing the final three games on a recent six-game road trip, the Bucks are still second in the Eastern Conference and look to make up ground during an eight-game homestand. The clubs are finishing up a two-game set and playing for the third time this season following Milwaukee’s win and cover last month.... 

Getting the nationally televised treatment on Saturday night will be the Brooklyn Nets and Golden State Warriors which will have online sportsbooks on notice with Kevin Durant making his return to the west coast. The Dubs will undoubtedly take to their home hardwood determined to avenge the ugly 26-point defeat it suffered to the Nets way back on opening night. If Stephen Curry is to do his part matching what the Nets’ Big Three brings to the court, he’ll need his teammates to rise to the occasi... 

The Dallas Mavericks currently bring up the rear of the Southwest Division standings with an overall record of 11-14 SU and a losing mark for NBA bettors at 10-15 ATS. That won’t be the case much longer, and I highly suggest you buy the Mavs to win the title, conference and division right now with the odds of doing so the longest they’ll be all season! The roster has gotten healthier in recent weeks, and it’s shown in the win/loss column as a result. The New Orleans Pelicans currently sit a game... 

Climbing out of the hole they put themselves in isn’t going to be easy for the Miami Heat as they open a seven-game Western Conference road swing with a matchup against the Houston Rockets on Thursday night. The return of Jimmy Butler should help, but the Heat have dealt with a massive amount of injuries and COVID-related issues leaving them as a longshot to repeat as Eastern Conference champions. Heck, unless they have a big run they might not even make the postseason, that’s how bad the season has been so far. ... 

A good one is set to go down in the Association at online sportsbooks in primetime Saturday night when Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors travel to Big D to oppose potential NBA MVP Award winner Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks. Both teams find themselves situated at the bottom of their respective division standings, so the backend of this two-game series should be highly competitive to say the least. With Dallas finally just putting an end to its horrific six-game winless and cover... 

The Los Angeles Clippers return home from an extended six-game Eastern Conference road swing looking to get back in the good graces of NBA bettors after losing to the trio of Kevin Durant, James Harden and Kyrie Irving last time out. It won’t be easy though with Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics looking to take down another Western Conference foe after going into Golden State and ousting the Warriors to kick off a five-game road trip of their own. These teams played to a pair of epic skirmishe... 

The first home game following a lengthy road trip is always the most difficult. At least that’s what they say. The Los Angeles Lakers will test that theory on Thursday when they host the Denver Nuggets in a rematch of last season’s Western Conference Final. The Lakers are coming off a seven-game road trip that saw them suffer consecutive defeats for the first time this season. The setbacks also dropped them from their perch at the top of the Western Conference standings.... 

One of the greatest rivalries in the NBA is renewed in prime time when the Los Angeles Lakers visit the Boston Celtics on Saturday. By winning the title last season the Lakers matched the Celtics for the most championships in league history with 17. The clubs have nearly as many titles between them as the rest of the league. The teams have paired off in the NBA Finals a record 12 times with the last coming in 2010, and there’s a chance this season we get the Finals matchup we came close to seein... 

Losers of three straight both SU and ATS and unable to take to the hardwood because of COVID-19 protocols earlier in the week, the New Orleans Pelicans will attempt to get the train back on the tracks when they play in front of the hometown cardboard cutouts for the second of their extended five-game homestand. But after squaring off against another train wreck in the Washington Wizards last time out, things will get much tougher on Friday night when Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks... 

The Los Angeles Clippers have a lot of work to do to make up for last season’s playoff failure. They’ve done a nice job so far sweeping a recent homestand to extend their winning streak to seven in a row matching the Lakers for the best record in the NBA. The Clips look to continue their winning ways on the road when they take on the Miami Heat Thursday night in the second game of a six-game road swing.... 

The NBA best Los Angeles Lakers put their perfect 7-0 road record on the line when they visit the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night to open a seven-game road trip in what could be a preview of the NBA Finals. The Bucks overcame a slow start to the season to regain a familiar spot atop the Eastern Conference standings. Reigning two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo and former MVP LeBron James go head to head for the only time in the first half of the season schedule looking to settle their differenc... 

COVID has done a number on the NBA schedule with the Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers among the teams hindered most by the virus and the NBA’s safety protocols. The teams are scheduled to meet on Wednesday as long as things work out in a positive way. Philly’s game with OKC on Sunday was postponed after the Sixers came up short of having the required minimum number of players available. The Celtics were wishing that was the case for them after they got whacked by Knicks. We hope to see all ... 

Can the Golden State Warriors return to their championship form from just a few years ago? Probably not, but they are much better this season than they were during last season’s debacle. The return of Steph Curry has a lot to do with that, and he’ll attempt to get the Dubs a win over the new bully in the West when the Warriors take on LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night in the second game of a TNT doubleheader.... 

The Brooklyn Nets don’t often get in the cross hairs of the NBA’s media partners. That changed when the club went all in mortgaging the future for a run at immediate gratification. Swinging a deal for disgruntled James Harden gives the Nets a Big Three along with Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. But can those players thrive with only one basketball? The Nets will show off their new look against one of the top teams in the league when they host the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday.... 

The New Orleans Pelicans haven’t been on the road that much in the early part of the season. They’ll more than make up for it over the next few weeks. The Pels were to open a seven-game road trip in Dallas on Monday, but that game was postponed due to COVID concerns. So, they headed to SoCal to take on the two Western Conference favorites. They finish off their stay in LA with a matchup against the West leading Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night in the second of what is now a six-game roadie.... 

Not only will teams have to get by an opponent every night, they must also deal with the inevitable COVID protocols that have already dominated the NBA headlines. The Miami Heat and Philadelphia 76ers will test their own depth when they get together on Thursday night. The Sixers won seven of their first eight games before COVID and injuries showed up, reducing the roster to seven healthy players. The results weren’t good with consecutive losses to Brooklyn and Denver. Still, the Sixers entered t... 

We knew at some point COVID would catch up to a player, either through a positive test or contact tracing. It couldn’t have come at a worse time for the Brooklyn Nets, who must take on the Philadelphia 76ers Thursday without Kevin Durant. Facing quarantine because of exposure to a COVID-positive individual, Durant is expected to miss at least four games. The Nets had a hard time winning with KD in the lineup losing two straight and four of five before the hammer fell, and the prospects of winnin... 

An early season Western Conference showdown has the Los Angeles Clippers taking on the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday. Following their win over Phoenix the Clips forged a three-way tie atop the conference standings while the Dubs used an explosive night from Steph Curry to reach .500. All five teams in the Pacific Division enter the week at .500 or better and all are in the top eight of the conference standings. It’s way too early, but it looks like this may be the best division in the NBA m... 

Before the arrival of Lob City, the Los Angeles Clippers had a dark past. There were a lot of losses involved and some not so pretty. But the franchise reached a new low over the weekend losing its first game of the season in record style. The Clips trailed by 50 points ... at halftime and ended up losing 124-73 to Dallas, the worst setback in team history. We expected to see some unusual things at the start of the season given the circumstances, but that had to be the most unexpected occurrence...