Amid their 3-point shooting woes, the Orlando Magic are reportedly a dark horse to add Brooklyn Nets forward Cameron Johnson to their Paolo Banchero-led core.

The rebuilding Blazers lost five straight before going on their four-game winning streak. Read more at straitstimes.com.

As the Oklahoma City Thunder near the season's midway point, it's clear they're on a path toward a potentially special campaign.

Tipoff is at 7 p.m. ET at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. OKC is favored by 11.5 points in the latest 76ers vs. Thunder odds, per SportsLine consensus, and the over/under is 218.5 points. Before entering any Thunder vs. 76ers picks, you'll want to see the NBA predictions from the model at SportsLine.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the Thunder’s MVP candidate, is an All-Star lock. Williams — who is second on the team in points and assists, third in rebounds and is a versatile cog in their top-ranked and historically disruptive defense — is their only other true candidate. That might be Williams’ simplest case.

The Knicks and Nuggets are surging, while the Warriors watch their window close. Meanwhile, the Cavs and Thunder have their business on lock.

If the Phoenix Suns fail to make significant progress, they'll continue to be involved in trade rumors. With the franchise playing mediocre basketball, a 6-foot-11 superstar forward may get shipped to the Oklahoma City Thunder to help accelerate the Suns’ rebuild.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander on Sunday led the scoring with 27 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder got back to winning ways with a 127-101 defeat of the struggling Brooklyn Nets. Gilgeous-Alexander — who missed Friday’s defeat to Dallas with a wrist injury — added 10 assists and four steals to his points tally in a wire-to-wire home victory for the Western Conference leaders.

Kyrie Irving reacts to PJ Washington's continued success against the Thunder as the Mavericks secure a crucial win.

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The Indiana Pacers have won 15 of their last 20 games, and are surging up the Eastern Conference standings. Behind the Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics, the New York Knicks, Milwaukee Bucks, and Pacers comfortably make up the second tier of Eastern Conference contenders.

The 2014 Pacers are a great example, they land No. 23 on this list. The Pacers were dynamite through the first 41 games, going 33-8. They started to stumble a bit before the All-Star game. They were fine in February and then went 8-10 in March.