Southwest Division opponents square off when the Dallas Mavericks (24-22) welcome in the Houston Rockets (30-14) at American Airlines Center, tipping off on Saturday, February 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM ET. It's the third matchup between the clubs this year.

The Celtics will need to play well at home to prevent another deflating loss to a team they should beat on paper.

The Thunder split their four games since beating Cleveland in a rematch of the league’s top two teams. They’ll likely get back on track Sunday at Portland after a rare home loss to Dallas in the second of a back-to-back. OKC is 20-3 at home.

The Celtics finished their road trip 3-1 after knocking off the Mavericks on Saturday night behind a big third quarter from Derrick White.

DALLAS — Jayson Tatum scored 24 points, Derrick White added 23, including Boston’s first 11 of the third quarter, and the Celtics beat the Dallas Mavericks 122-107 on Saturday night in the first meeting between the teams since the NBA Finals.

As if facing the defending NBA champions on the road was not enough, the visiting Houston Rockets must also contend with the development that the Boston Celtics' Derrick White appears to have broken out of his shooting slump when the teams plays Monday night.

The Celtics have nine games remaining before the All-Star break, beginning with Monday night’s home matchup against the Houston Rockets at TD Garden. Included in that span are road games against Boston’s top two Eastern Conference challengers: at Cleveland on Feb. 4 and at the New York Knicks on Feb. 8.

Boston Celtics star Kristaps Porziņģis feels the team has lacked the same sharpness it displayed last year, when it conquered the Dallas Mavericks in the

The Portland Trail Blazers host the Oklahoma City Thunder for a Northwest Division battle on Sunday evening. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Thunder-Trail Blazers prediction and pick.

The NBA champion Boston Celtics dominated the Dallas Mavericks in a Finals rematch on Saturday as the Houston Rockets took the Cleveland Cavaliers down a peg and Victor Wembanyama ended a "priceless" week in Paris with a defeat.