With a playoff spot locked up, the Utah Mammoth will look to extend their winning streak to six when they wrap up a three-game homestand against the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday afternoon.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — When the topic of the Boston Celtics’ stranglehold on the Eastern Conference came up on Wednesday’s episode of First Take, Stephen A. Smith, Chris ‘Mad Dog’ Russo and Brian Windhorst erupted into the kind of debate that makes you want to pull up a chair and grab some popcorn.

Kevin Durant scored 29 points and the Rockets extended their winning streak to eight games with a 113-102 win Thursday night over the 76ers, who were missing Joel Embiid after he had an appendectomy.

CJ McCollum scored 29 points and the Atlanta Hawks used a big third quarter to blow out the Cavaliers, 124-102, on April 10, clinching a playoff spot and the Southeast Division title. The Hawks had not won

Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones look at the top-six in the NBA's Eastern Conference and react to the Los Angeles Sparks making major moves.

The Detroit Pistons have returned to prominence, clinching the Eastern Conference title and a playoff spot after years of adversity.

The Cleveland Cavaliers find themselves in striking distance of the New York Knicks for the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference. With three games remaining in

The Avalanche remain Stanley Cup favorites while the Tampa Bay Lightning draw volume to win the Eastern Conference.