The Boston Celtics, still without Jayson Tatum, are lurking in the Eastern Conference and have won five in a row and 10 of their last 12 games.

An NBA insider shut down former NBA center Kendrick Perkins after the latter linked All-Star center Anthony Davis to the East.

SportsLine's model simulated Minnesota vs. Phoenix 10,000 times and revealed its top NBA picks today

Here's the full NBA schedule, for Dec. 9, including game times, TV channels, scores, odds and how to stream.

Rick Carlisle is on the brink of a major milestone in NBA coaching history. He is set to achieve his 1,000th career win, becoming the 11th coach to do so.

Welcome to the Monday NBA DFS slate. It’s been a good start to the season. If you’re going to play NBA DFS, you have to keep in mind lineup announcements and stay tuned for late swapping. That is going to be the easiest way to stay ahead of the field and in the money.

• Key matchup: Bam Adebayo on Paolo Banchero. With Wagner out, the offense is going to run through Banchero quite a bit. That means the ball can get stuck. If Adebayo avoids foul trouble, we could see a real traffic jam on offense for Orlando.

The NBA has issued a $35,000 fine to Orlando Magic guard Desmond Bane for forcefully throwing the ball at an opponent “in an unsportsmanlike manner.” The sequence happened on a transition play with 6:13 left in the fourth quarter of Sunday's road loss to the New York Knicks.