The Detroit Pistons will try to follow an impressive homestand with a successful road trip, which begins Monday against the Cleveland Cavaliers. After averaging 74.5 points in a pair of road losses to begin last week, the Pistons knocked off the Los Angeles Lakers at home by 14 points and then completed a sweep of their three-game season series against Toronto with a 110-107 triumph at Little Caesars Arena on Sunday.

The Utah Jazz are hitting their stride as they get set for the final few weeks of the regular season and are trying to move up in the Western Conference. The Jazz will try to push their winning streak to four straight when they open a four-game road trip by visiting the Washington Wizards on Monday.

The Denver Nuggets swept a three-game homestand but didn't make things easy on themselves with a pair of last-second victories. Things won't get much easier when the Nuggets begin a four-game road trip on Monday, starting with a trip to see the Boston Celtics.

The Toronto Raptors have dropped four of their last seven games to fall off the pace in the race for the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference, but they can look forward to a rather favorable stretch run. A day after falling on the road to red-hot Detroit, the Raptors look to pick up the pieces at home against the last-place New York Knicks on Monday.

The Oklahoma City Thunder look to recover from two straight losses and will have to do it without former MVP Russell Westbrook on the floor when they host the Miami Heat on Monday night. Westbrook, who scored a season-low seven points in Saturday’s 110-88 loss to Golden State, picked up his 16th technical of the season and faces a one-game league suspension.

The San Antonio Spurs are the hottest team in the NBA with wins in eight straight games as they attempt to push their way up the crowded standings in the Western Conference. Sitting on top of the standings in the West are the Golden State Warriors, who visit the Spurs on Monday after taking the first two stops of a four-game road trip.

Point guard Elfrid Payton looks to become the third player in NBA history to post five consecutive triple-doubles when his New Orleans Pelicans visit the Dallas Mavericks on Monday night. Payton is averaging 14.8 points, 13.3 assists and 12.5 rebounds during the run to become the fifth NBA player to string four triple-doubles together and can join Russell Westbrook along with Michael Jordan as the only players with at least five in a row.

The Phoenix Suns are finishing an otherwise difficult season with some much-improved play of late and have a heavy dose of home games to finish it out, beginning with Monday's matchup against the Chicago Bulls. Winners of six of their last 10 contests, the Suns play seven of their next nine at home - including five versus sub-.500 teams.

The Portland Trail Blazers and the Indiana Pacers are fighting for homecourt advantage in the first round of the playoffs in their respective conferences, and both are losing ground of late. Each team will be trying to bounce back from a loss when the Trail Blazers host the Pacers on Monday.