The Detroit Pistons host the Toronto Raptors on Friday night at The Palace of Auburn Hills. The Raptors come to town with the best record in the Eastern Conference, while the Pistons are near the bottom of the standings, and are riding their worst single-season home losing streak in nearly 50 years.
The Cleveland Cavaliers host the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday evening at the Quicken Loans Arena in Ohio. The Raptors will be looking for revenge five days after losing to the Cavaliers on their home court on Friday.
The Los Angeles Clippers host the Phoenix Suns at the Staples Center on Monday evening. Cappers Picks provides free NBA Basketball handicapping tips all season long.
The Sacramento Kings host the Toronto Raptors at Sleep Train Arena in California on Tuesday night. Both teams have enjoyed fine seasons thus far, but both are coming off disappointing losses, and will look to bounce back in this inter-conference showdown.
The Toronto Raptors host the Dallas Mavericks on Friday night at the Air Canada Centre. Both teams have enjoyed hot starts to the year, and both have used dynamite offenses to do so.
The San Antonio Spurs host the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday night in Texas. This game pits a pair of regular-season conference champions from a year ago against one another, but only one of the two teams have been able to re-find that form this season.
The Toronto Raptors host the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday evening at the Air Canada Centre in Ontario. The Grizzlies are coming off a statement win, while the Raptors have done a fine job of defending their home court.
The Sacramento Kings host the New Orleans Pelicans at Sleep Train Arena in California on Tuesday night. The Kings are coming off a win over the San Antonio Spurs, and look to win their fourth game in a row over the Pelicans.
The Phoenix Suns host the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday evening at the US Airways Center in Arizona. The Suns have been scoring points in bunches but have had trouble at the defensive end, while the Nets have been able to score at will themselves, which should lead to a shootout on Wednesday.
The Memphis Grizzlies host the Los Angeles Lakers at the FedExForum in Tennessee on Tuesday evening. The Grizzlies will look to get back into the win column after suffering their first defeat of the season, while the Lakers hope to just get into the win column with a little more consistency, and now look to build off their first win of the season.
This season has to be a huge disappointment for the Pistons. In an Eastern Conference that is not very good they still couldn’t crack the playoffs even though they made significant adjustments to the team in the offseason.
The Denver Nuggets began their season with three straight losses, but they’ve begun to turn it around with back-to-back wins against the Detroit Pistons and Houston Rockets. The Utah Jazz started 2012 with a win over the Dallas Mavericks, but they quickly dropped three of their next four contests. Both teams are 2-3 on the year, and both teams face off on ESPN Friday night.
The Los Angeles Clippers are one of the teams out West vying for conference supremacy this year, but they’ve had an inconsistent start to begin the 2012-13 season. The Portland Trail Blazers are a young group looking to win off of energy and excitement, and they’ll play host to the Clippers Thursday night on TNT.
The San Antonio Spurs and the Los Angeles Clippers are considered legitimate contenders in the Western Conference, but it is the Spurs who have started their season perfect with a 4-0 record, while the Clippers have dropped back-to-back games against fringe playoff teams this season.
The Philadelphia 76ers made a monumental move this summer sending Andre Iguodala out West in exchange for Andrew Bynum, who is arguably the best big man in the game behind Dwight Howard. The only problem? Bynum’s yet to play a single minute.
The Los Angeles Lakers have started their season in underwhelming fashion following the incredible offseason that brought Dwight Howard and Steve Nash to town. Winless through two games, the Lakers are now set to host the team that shares the same building, the Los Angeles Clippers. This rivalry hasn’t always been headline-worthy on the national stage, but with both teams fighting for contention this year, their contest Friday night will be the primetime matchup on ESPN.
