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The Utah Jazz are looking forward to a long stretch of home games after playing a league-high 25 road games during the first half of their slate. The Orlando Magic would just like to go home. The weary Magic complete a six-game excursion that includes stops in all four time zones when they visit the Jazz on Wednesday in Salt Lake City. Continue to Article

January 08, 2019 4:25:pm EST

The Chicago Bulls, on a four-game losing streak, begin a five-game road swing Wednesday night when they face the Trail Blazers in Portland. "We're going West, and it's a totally different place," Chicago guard Zach LaVine told reporters. "Portland has the two-headed monster at guard with CJ (McCollum) and Damian (Lillard). Continue to Article

January 08, 2019 3:31:pm EST

The Minnesota Timberwolves expected much more out of this season. But the drama surrounding Jimmy Butler before his Nov. 12 trade to Philadelphia, and dropping six of seven games during one stretch in December, eventually cost coach and president of basketball operations Tom Thibodeau his job. Thibodeau was fired Sunday after the Timberwolves blew out the Los Angeles Lakers at home for their second consecutive victory. Continue to Article

January 07, 2019 3:53:pm EST

D'Angelo Russell is on a roll, and so are the Brooklyn Nets. Russell scored 28 points, DeMarre Carroll had 20 points off the bench and the Nets beat the Chicago Bulls 117-100 on Sunday for their third straight victory. Jarrett Allen added 19 and six rebounds as the Nets improved to 12-3 in their last 15 games, matching their best 15-game stretch since moving to Brooklyn in 2012. Continue to Article

January 06, 2019 7:38:pm EST

Cavaliers will reportedly sign Cam Payne fresh off being released by Bulls originally appeared on nbcsportschicago.com Cam Payne was released by the Bulls following the Justin Holiday trade on Thursday, but he has already found another home in the NBA. Shams Charania reported that the Cavaliers will sign Payne to a 10-day contract. Payne seemed pleased with his release with a since-deleted tweet when word had hit that was likely to be released following the Holiday trade. Continue to Article

January 06, 2019 5:51:pm EST