The Indiana Pacers are looking to sweep a three-game homestand when they host the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday. The Pacers are creeping up the Eastern Conference standings with wins in nine of their last 13 games and overcame a fourth-quarter deficit in a 105-96 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Monday.

The Los Angeles Lakers have posted two four-game winning streaks this month and look to start a new one when they visit the Orlando Magic on Wednesday. Los Angeles' latest stretch of four wins a row ended Sunday, when it fell 123-111 to Toronto in the second contest of its five-game trip.

The most interesting part of the season for both the Charlotte Hornets and the Atlanta Hawks could come at the trade deadline next week, but at least one of the Southeast Division rivals still plans to make a move up the standings. The Hornets will try to take advantage of the lowly Hawks when they visit Atlanta on Wednesday.

The Philadelphia 76ers once again struggled without All-Star center Joel Embiid, who is expected back in the lineup in finale of a four-game road trip at the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday. Embiid sat out the second half of a back-to-back Monday in Milwaukee and watched his teammates make 2-of-26 3-pointers in a 12-point loss.

All-Star power forward Kevin Love will be sidelined with a broken hand when the Cleveland Cavaliers host the Miami Heat on Wednesday. Love suffered a non-displaced fracture of the fifth metacarpal on his left hand in the first quarter of Cleveland's 125-114 loss to Detroit on Tuesday.

The Boston Celtics return home from an uneven road trip to try to snap a three-game home losing streak when they host the New York Knicks on Wednesday. A 111-110 win at Denver on Monday allowed the Celtics to finish the trip with a 2-2 record and a one-game lead over Toronto in the Eastern Conference.

The Portland Trail Blazers have settled into a groove and look to notch their seventh victory in the past eight games when they host the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday. Portland stands a season-best six games above .500 after registering a 104-96 road victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday.

Two teams looking to snap lengthy slides will square off when the Phoenix Suns host the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday. The Suns are returning home after watching their losing streak hit five straight with setbacks at Houston and Memphis while the Mavericks are kicking off a four-game road trip and trying to end a four-game slide.