NBA Basketball Matchup: Heat vs Thunder
The Miami Heat are playing well right now and head into this mid-season epic on a 4 game winning streak.
The Miami Heat are playing well right now and head into this mid-season epic on a 4 game winning streak.
The Sacramento Kings had been on their best run of the year, winning three in a row before falling to Utah Thursday night. The last time these two teams hooked up Sacramento got rolled losing by 26 points and Golden State holds the advantage on the season 2-1.
The New Jersey Nets come slumping into Atlanta on a 4 game losing streak.
As this is being written the Boston Celtics are leading Milwaukee and if they hang on they will be entering this contest just a half a game behind the division leading Philadelphia.
Milwaukee was one of the most active teams around the trade deadline. The Bucks got rid of the injured Andrew Bogut, but they picked up Monta Ellis.
After suffering a long losing streak the Knicks are back on track and they have won 4 straight. However, they only have a 1/2 game lead over the red-hot Milwaukee Bucks for the 8th and last playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
The Los Angeles Cippers head into their Wednesday night showdown with Oklahoma CIty playing pretty good basketball (winning 3 of 4 going into Tuesday night).
It is just another lost season for the Toronto Raptors. With forward Andrea Bargnani out for a big chunk of the year this team has been struggling big time to score points.
Memphis had a great run in the postseason last year. The team started slowly this year, but they have rebounded nicely to get to 25-18 on the season.
The Magic are coming off a tough loss to the Miami Heat where they only scored 81 points and tonight face a Bulls’ team that has the league’s 2nd ranked defense.
While the Mavs have won 3 straight games, including an impressive win over the Spurs in their last game, they have lost 7 straight on the road.
After playing well heading into the All Star break the Mavs have hit the skids, as they have lost 2 straight and 7 of their last 10 games.
The New Orleans Hornets knew this season would be a write off as soon as they decided to jettison point guard Chris Paul.
Memphis has quietly been one of the hottest teams in the NBA over the last few weeks.
The Jazz (19-19) have won 8 of their last 9 games facing the 76ers (23-17), they have won 2 straight, and they already beat the 76ers in Utah earlier this season.
The New Jersey Nets are enjoying another lost season. By the time you read this there could be some trades that have dramatically changed the look of the roster, but assuming that doesn’t happen what you see is a team with one really good player, one better than average player and a host of injured players – and not much else.