On another note, the Minnesota Timberwolves and Oklahoma City Thunder have dropped nine and seven straight games respectively.<\/p>\n
In the Eastern Conference, everything starts and ends with the Boston Celtics, winners of a whopping 14 straight games in the BetUS Sportsbook.<\/p>\n
The C\u2019s host Utah and visit Atlanta before coming home for winnable games against Chicago and New York.<\/p>\n
The Cleveland Cavaliers had their 11-game winning streak broken by the Hawks on Saturday but should bounce back nicely against Minnesota before visiting Denver to close their upcoming week.<\/p>\n
Three Eastern Conference teams, (Atlanta, Detroit and New York) enter the new week riding two-game winning streaks while both, Indiana and Charlotte have dropped six consecutive contests and New Jersey, three straight.<\/p>\n
Big Games of the Week<\/h2>\n
Tuesday 12-16: Denver at Houston
\nWednesday 12-17: Boston at Atlanta, San Antonio at New Orleans
\nThursday 12-18: San Antonio at Orlando, Phoenix at Portland
\nFriday 12-19: Utah at Detroit, Cleveland at Denver
\nSaturday 12-20: Lakers at Orlando, Toronto at San Antonio, Denver at Phoenix<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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