The Toronto Raptors look to extend their season-high winning streak to 10 games when they visit the Detroit Pistons on Friday. Toronto continued its winning ways by prevailing 115-109 over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday in the opener of a brief two-game road swing.

Kyrie Irving and the Brooklyn Nets are still dealing with the emotions connected with the death of Kobe Bryant but are at least back in the win column after toppling the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday. The Nets will try to make it back-to-back victories when they host the Chicago Bulls on Friday.

James Harden is in a deep shooting slump and the Houston Rockets star will try to regain his form when the Houston Rockets host the Dallas Mavericks on Friday. Harden was just 5-of-18 shooting for 18 points in Wednesday's 125-112 road loss to the Portland Trail Blazers and is just 69-of-210 (32.9 percent) from the field over his past 10 appearances.

Zion Williamson is enjoying the first winning streak of his NBA career and will try to make it three in a row when the New Orleans Pelicans host the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday. The No. 1 overall pick continues to increase his minutes after sitting out the first 44 games following knee surgery and was up to 30 in the Pelicans' 125-111 win at Cleveland on Tuesday.

The Milwaukee Bucks aim to stretch their winning streak to 10 games when they host the Denver Nuggets on Friday. Milwaukee has won by 20 or more points on five occasions during the stretch, which is their second-best streak of the season behind a 18-game run from Nov. 10-Dec. 14.

The Oklahoma City Thunder are winners of six of their last seven games and began the two-game road trip by earning a 120-100 victory at Sacramento on Wednesday. The Thunder will try to sweep the trip when they visit a confident Phoenix Suns' squad on Friday.

It promises to be a somber Friday night at Staples Center in Los Angeles when the Lakers host the Portland Trail Blazers in their first contest since the death of basketball icon Kobe Bryant. Memorials outside the facility and tributes inside the venue will be part of the scene as the Lakers honor Bryant and the eight others who were tragically killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday.