With a 7-game slate on deck, tonight's NBA matchups promise high-stakes battles and opportunities for redemption. Here’s our breakdown.

The Clippers have their own home and are forging a new identity, but can Intuit Dome handle two teams showing up in their vehicles? It was a problem before.

While he finished the game, Brooklyn ruled him out for Wednesday's Los Angeles Clippers matchup. With Cam Thomas, Ben Simmons and D'Angelo Russell also sidelined, the Nets' offense reached historic lows during a 126-67 defeat, the worst in franchise history.

While the Los Angeles Lakers hope to land a skilled point guard and/or center, they may explore a trade for a valuable two-way wing. Landing a Portland Trail Blazers star stuck in a miserable ...

Lakers head coach J.J. Redick expects Anthony Davis to return to action after dealing with plantar fasciitis. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Portland Trail Blazers head to crypto.com Arena to face the Los Angeles in a Western conference matchup. The Trail Blazers are 11-21, which lands them in 13th place in the west. The Lakers are faring a bit better, with an 18-14 record, which lands them in seventh place.

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However, Johnson reinjured his ankle during the first half of the victory. While he finished the game, the Nets ruled him out for their last two matchups — a pair of losses to the Los Angeles Clippers and Lakers. Brooklyn listed the 28-year-old as questionable for Friday's Lakers matchup before ruling him out.

The Rockets defeated the Blazers, 125-103 as they won their fifth of their last six and move to 28-13 overall.The Blazers move to 13-28 on the year.

Chicago visits the Portland Trail Blazers after Nikola Vucevic scored 40 points in the Bulls' 125-123 loss to the Charlotte Hornets.

Davis started the day as probable to play before being downgraded to questionable a little less than an hour before tipoff and ruled out 30 minutes before the game.