The Cleveland Cavaliers and the Oklahoma City Thunder both came into the season with high expectations and are having some trouble getting all of their star pieces on the same page. The Thunder look like they are turning a corner and will try to stretch their winning streak to four in a row when they visit the fumbling Cavaliers on Saturday.

The Atlanta Hawks woke up Friday morning in a rare place – outside of the bottom spot in the NBA standings – and look to continue their improved play of late Saturday at home against the Chicago Bulls. The Hawks have won just 13 games all season but four of those triumphs have come in their past 10 games, including a pair of last-minute thrillers this week in Monday’s 102-99 victory over San Antonio and in Wednesday’s 94-93 win over New Orleans.

The Charlotte Hornets will try for their first three-game winning streak since before Thanksgiving when they host the Miami Heat on Saturday. After an impressive 11-point win at Detroit, the Hornets returned home to spank the Washington Wizards 133-109 on Wednesday in the return of head coach Steve Clifford, who missed 21 games due to health reasons.

The New Orleans Pelicans have two All-Star starters in their frontcourt but are just two games above .500 entering Saturday's home contest against the Memphis Grizzlies. Anthony Davis and DeMarcus Cousins are hoping to get their team in position to make a strong playoff push with the season past the midway point.

The Philadelphia 76ers' hot stretch pushed them into the eighth spot in the Eastern Conference halfway through the season. The Sixers will try to leapfrog another team in the standings when they host the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday.

The two best teams in the Western Conference square off on Saturday, when the Golden State Warriors visit the Houston Rockets. The Warriors matched a franchise record with their 14th consecutive road victory on Wednesday, a stretch that includes a 124-114 victory at Houston on Jan. 4.

The Toronto Raptors see themselves as possible Eastern Conference champions, and they aim to continue their strong play when they visit the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday. Toronto stands second in the East after winning eight of its last 11 games and outclassing longtime Western Conference stalwart San Antonio on Friday.

The Los Angeles Clippers look to extend their season-best winning streak to seven games when they visit the Utah Jazz on Saturday. Los Angeles has won 12 of its past 15 games despite dealing with significant injury issues throughout the campaign.

A return home is turning things around for the Portland Trail Blazers, who pulled off wins in the first two of their three-game homestand after dropping three in a row on the road. The Trail Blazers will try to make it a clean sweep of the homestand when they host the slumping Dallas Mavericks on Saturday.