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Leafs Look to Catch NHL Leading Lightning The top team in the NHL gets set to take on their Atlantic Division rivals. The Tampa Bay Lightning welcome the Toronto Maple Leafs to town Thursday night.  The Leafs have gone through some recent struggles that has led to a .500 record over their past 10 games. Meanwhile, the Lightning have continued with ...

Lakers and Thunder Both Struggling Thursday, January 17 at 9:30 PM ET Chesapeake Energy Arena Coverage: TNT — Line: Thunder 10; O/U 227. The Los Angeles Lakers visit the reeling Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday night. The Lakers snapped their two-game losing streak with a hard-fought 107-100 home win against the Bulls. The Thunder have lost four of their last ...

Celtics Looks to Get Back on Track at Home Just when the Toronto Raptors (33-12 SU, 20-25 ATS) were getting healthy, a key rotation player has hit the injured list ahead of Wednesday’s big matchup with the Boston Celtics (25-18 SU, 22-21 ATS). Fred VanVleet is listed as day-to-day with a hip/thigh contusion. TV: 8 p.m. ET, ESPN, TSN (Toronto), ...

Pistons and Magic Look to Make Playoff Push Wednesday, January 16 at 7:00 PM ET Little Caesars Arena TV: 7 p.m. ET, FS Florida (Orlando), FS Detroit, NBA League Pass LINE:Pistons -4; O/U: 208 The Orlando Magic visit the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday night. Both teams looking to stay in the Eastern Conference playoff race.  Magic and Pistons making playoff ...

Nuggets and Warriors are Top in West Right Now The Golden State Warriors battle the Denver Nuggets at Pepsi Center on Tuesday night. Both teams are starting to break away from the pack in the crowded Western Conference. Both are playing well heading into a showdown on Tuesday. The Warriors will try to take back the lead in the conference ...

Red Hot Harden Leads Rockets against Warriors Just when it looked like the season was getting away from them, the Houston Rockets (21-15 SU, 18-17-1 ATS) have won nine of their last 10 games. They are at 8-1-1 ATS in that span to take over first place in the Southwest Division. They’ll visit the top team in the Pacific, the ...

76ers are Banged up Heading into Portland The Philadelphia 76ers and the Portland Trail Blazers will meet on Sunday at Moda Center. The 76ers may be battling tonight without a key piece to their lineup. TV: 9 p.m. ET, NBCS Philadelphia, NBCS Northwest (Portland), Line: Portland -1.5; O/U: 223. Philadelphia could be without star center Joel Embiid when they continue ...

Warriors Look for Revenge in Back to Back Meetings The Golden State Warriors (23-13 SU, 14-22 ATS) came out of the holidays as the top team in the Pacific Division. They’re not playing like the juggernauts of recent memory though. They won’t have their big off-season acquisition ready for Saturday’s road game against the Portland Trail Blazers (20-15 SU, 17-18 ...

Jazz Looking to Get Back to .500 The Philadelphia 76ers and the Utah Jazz will meet on Thursday at Vivint Smart Home Arena. Both teams are coming off Christmas Day games with differing results. TV: 10:30 p.m. ET, TNT, NBCS Philadelphia, AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain (Utah) LINE: Jazz -4.5; O/U: 219.5. The Utah Jazz are starting to find their form. ...

Kings Look to Halt Thunder Streak The Oklahoma City Thunder and the Sacramento Kings will meet on Wednesday night at Golden 1 Center. The Thunder are marching up the win column lately. They have no trouble shoving some opponents out of the way on the way up – literally and figuratively. TV: 10 p.m. ET, NBATV, FS Oklahoma, NBCS California ...