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Old School Meets New School
The Oklahoma City Thunder is running out of time to prove itself an upper echelon team. There were grand expectations placed upon the team after the offseason acquisitions of Paul George and Carmelo Anthony, but Oklahoma City is closer to .500 then to contender status. The Thunder will aim to turn it on down the stretch, which could start this week at home against the Los Angeles Lakers....
The rivalry gets renewed once again. The two superpowers in the NBA will meet up again early next week when the Cleveland Cavaliers host the Golden State Warriors in a regular season affair. The game is more important to Cleveland as it is jockeying for positioning in the Eastern Conference....
The Los Angeles Clippers are hanging around in the playoff race but could use some upset victories to gain some ground on teams ahead of them like the Pelicans and Nuggets. Los Angeles is at home later this week but faces a powerful foe in the Houston Rockets....
While most of the teams in the NBA still have realistic playoff hopes, it’s looking grim for a pair of teams in the Western Conference basement. The Los Angeles Lakers will hit the road this week for a game against the Memphis Grizzlies....
The Minnesota Timberwolves have surprised many observers as they sit fourth in the Western Conference more than midway through the regular season. They would love to stay there to get home court advantage in the playoffs. The closest team below them is the Portland Trail Blazers, and these teams will match up in a critical game this week....
The Milwaukee Bucks have some pretty good home wins this season, but this one would take the cake. The Eastern Conference playoff hopeful would give a treat to their fans if they can find a way to knock off the defending champion Golden State Warriors this week....
The Houston Rockets scored 90 points by halftime the last time they faced the Phoenix Suns, cruising to an easy win. This time could be harder, because they won’t have MVP candidate James Harden at their disposal. Houston must hit the road for this contest and is looking for every win it can muster as it jockeys for position in a muddle Western Conference playoff race....
The rivalry between the Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs used to be a good one. But while San Antonio has stayed among the best teams in the NBA, the Lakers have fallen off. Los Angeles was hoping to show some progress this season but has slid to the worst record in the Western Conference....
It seems like the Toronto Raptors’ best chance at knocking off the Cleveland Cavaliers in the playoffs will be by earning home court advantage in the regular season. Toronto is currently a couple of games ahead of Cleveland for the No. 2 seed and could take another step toward that goal when the teams face off in a critical regular season showdown this week....
The Los Angeles Clippers are hanging around in the playoff race, and if they can sneak in, Wednesday’s matchup may be a harbinger of things to come. If Los Angeles can grab the No. 8 seed it would likely face off with the Golden State Warriors in the first round of the postseason....
The Minnesota Timberwolves have turned the corner in their development and seem to be a shoo-in as a playoff team in the Western Conference after a nice start. They will aim to make a statement with a home this week over fellow conference power the Oklahoma City Thunder. While neither team is in the stratosphere that the Warriors, Rockets and Spurs preside, they are on that next tier....
The Memphis Grizzlies have been in a rut since star point guard Mike Conley went down due to injury. He is close to returning but it’s unknown if he will be back in time to face the Washington Wizards this week. If so, it will be a huge boost for a group which has fallen to among the worst records in the NBA....
The Miami Heat and New York Knicks are close to each other and on the bubble for Eastern Conference playoff spots, and based on their talent level, could stick around there all year. Each team would love to pick up a win when they face off in a regular season matchup down in Miami this week....
The matchup between the top two teams in the Eastern Conference was going to be a good one anyway. There could be just a bit more intrigue with Isaiah Thomas ready to play after healing all season from a hip injury. Thomas led the Boston Celtics to the conference finals last season before his team was eliminated by the Cleveland Cavaliers. The teams swapped superstar guards in the offseason with disgruntled Kyrie Irving heading to Beantown. The Cavs have done well without IT, but he could be what turns them into East champs once again....
The Golden State Warriors have their superstar back. The Houston Rockets just lost theirs. A titanic clash has lost some of its luster because James Harden won’t be available when the Western Conference’s two top teams face off this week....
Just when it started to look like the Oklahoma City Thunder had figured out how to play with their Big Three, they slipped up with a pair of losses following a season-best six-game winning streak. It’s still a big improvement for a team that entered the season with high expectations after acquiring Carmelo Anthony and Paul George to play alongside reigning MVP Russell Westbrook. OKC looks to get back in the win column against a struggling Los Angeles Lakers club that returns home after dropping its last seven outings....
The Oklahoma City Thunder was expected to be one of the better teams in the Western Conference this year, and they are slowly but surely climbing up the standings. The Thunder is now fifth in the West and hoping to at least end up in fourth to get home court advantage in the first round of the postseason....
The Portland Trail Blazers have been one of the better home court teams over the past several years, something that has kept them in contention for the playoffs. But this year the Moda Center has been a house or horrors and the Blazers will take on the Philadelphia 76ers looking to end a six-game home losing skid. Both teams will be well rested with each having multiple days off since their last game, but the Sixers are travelling across the country for the Western Conference swing of a season-long five-game road trip....
The likely competition to dethrone the three-time defending champions in their respective conferences, the Houston Rockets and Boston Celtics will meet for the first time on Thursday. Boston owned the NBA’s best record for a good portion of the season thanks to their 16-game winning streak, but things have settled down for the Celtics, who split their last 10 games as they try to hold off the Cavs and Raptors. Houston dropped consecutive games to the LA teams despite getting 51 points from James Harden in each contest....
The Minnesota Timberwolves languished in the lottery for so long, but have picked up their play this season and have the fourth-best record in the Western Conference. If they can keep it up they will finally be heading back to the playoffs....
Every time James Harden returns to Oklahoma City, it’s a reminder that the Thunder gave him away too soon. Harden’s career blossomed after a trade to the Houston Rockets and he will return to his old team on Christmas Day with a group that is looking like one of the best in the NBA....
The Philadelphia 76ers would take a big step forward in their much-maligned rebuilding process if they can make the playoffs this season. In order to do so they will need to leapfrog a few teams along the way. One in their sights is the New York Knicks, so the 76ers would love to pull a game closer with a win when these teams face off this week....
The Boston Celtics have flown out to the top of the Eastern Conference more than a third of the way through the season, but teams like the Cavaliers and Raptors aren't far behind. Boston will aim to keep the pedal on the metal in a big Christmas Day game when they face off against the Washington Wizards....
The old rivals meet again. The Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors have been the class of the NBA for the past three seasons, as they are the only teams to win a title in that stretch. They are looking like two of the best teams in the NBA once again as they prepare for a huge Christmas Day clash in Oakland....
It’s official. The Houston Rockets are championship contenders. A hot start has been followed up by a lot more winning and the team led by James Harden and Chris Paul is looking like a legitimate threat to Golden State’s spot atop the NBA. Houston has won 14 straight games and has the best record in the NBA, and will aim to pick up another win at home this week against the Los Angeles Clippers....
