The Toronto Raptors will try to complete a perfect three-game road trip and keep the pressure on in the race for first place in the Eastern Conference when they visit the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday. The Raptors rolled through the first two on the trip by nearly identical scores, first knocking off New Orleans 127-104 and then coasting past Miami 125-104 on Sunday.

The Washington Wizards and the Sacramento Kings are both on the outside of the playoff picture in their respective conferences, but both still have plans to challenge for a spot. The Wizards will try to shake off a pair of tough road losses when they return home to host the Kings on Monday.

The Detroit Pistons have surged past Brooklyn in the Eastern Conference playoff race and can try to put some distance between the two squads when they visit the Nets on Monday. A 131-108 rout of the Chicago Bulls on Sunday was the fifth straight victory for the Pistons and their 12th in the last 14 games.

The Houston Rockets barely kept alive their winning streak Sunday at Dallas and will try to stretch the run to nine in a row when they open a four-game homestand against the Charlotte Hornets on Monday. Chris Paul blocked Jalen Brunson's potential game-winning shot before the buzzer to cap the Rockets' 94-93 victory over the Mavericks.

The Oklahoma City Thunder surrendered their perch as the No. 3 team in the Western Conference and are on the verge of surrendering homecourt advantage in a potential first-round playoff series if they can't pull out of a recent funk. The Thunder will try to fend off one of the teams chasing them in the standings when they visit the Utah Jazz on Monday in the finale of a four-game road trip.

The Boston Celtics are coming together on the West Coast and are looking for a four-game sweep of the California trip when they visit the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday. The Celtics fumbled through losses in five of six games before hitting the road and knocking off Golden State, Sacramento and the Lakers in the first three stops of the trip.