The Portland Trail Blazers have recovered from a season-worst, five-game losing streak with back-to-back victories. Portland aims to continue the momentum on Saturday when it visits the struggling Charlotte Hornets, who have lost nine of their past 11 games.

The Cleveland Cavaliers are facing a challenging road stretch on the horizon, but first look to remain scorching hot at home when they finish a four-game stay at Quicken Loans Arena against the Utah Jazz on Saturday. The Cavaliers have claimed 10 straight at home to highlight their 16-1 stretch after Thursday's 121-112 win over the Los Angeles Lakers.

Carmelo Anthony was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder in September with the assumption they would compete for a championship, but he and his new team have fallen well short of that expectation through 28 games. The Thunder have started to find their groove in December, however, and will try to find enough energy to give Anthony a happy homecoming Saturday when he returns to New York for the first time since the trade when they face the Knicks.

Erik Spoelstra looks to become the winningest coach in franchise history when the Miami Heat host the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday. Spoelstra picked up win No. 454 on Friday to move into a tie with current team president Pat Riley atop the Heat's victory list.

The soaring Houston Rockets strive to stretch their winning streak to 13 games when they host the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday. Houston delivered a 124-109 trouncing of the San Antonio Spurs on Friday, marking its 10th double-digit win during the impressive stretch of victories.

The Minnesota Timberwolves are at their best when Karl-Anthony Towns is dominating in the frontcourt, and he is hot lately. Towns will try to lead the Timberwolves to back-to-back wins when they host the Phoenix Suns on Saturday.

Kawhi Leonard has been sharp in limited minutes since his return earlier this week, but his contributions have been mostly for naught as the San Antonio Spurs have dropped consecutive games for the first time since a four-game slide early in the season. The Spurs will be without their two-time All-Star on Saturday as he sits out the tail end of a back-to-back against the visiting Dallas Mavericks.

Kyrie Irving and Al Horford have been the catalysts for the Boston Celtics' strong start, but they'll need to find some more support when the team begins a two-game road trip at the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday. Irving and Horford combined for 54 points while the other three starters went a collective 5-for-18 from the floor, and Boston shot 40.7 percent overall in Friday's 107-95 home loss against Utah.