The Cleveland Cavaliers’ season of inconsistency recently came off its highest high and is now trying to avoid a long low. The Cavaliers will try to pull out of a two-game slide when they host the Charlotte Hornets on Monday. Cleveland looked like it was headed for the top of the Eastern Conference during an eight-game winning streak but back-to-back road losses exposed some holes in the defense.

After a rare instance of being celebrated on the road, Kobe Bryant hopes to resume the role of enemy when the Los Angeles Lakers try to sweep a three-game road trip Monday against the Indiana Pacers. The Lakers look to extend their season-best three-game winning streak. The injury-riddled Pacers have dropped eight straight overall and are 2-9 against Western Conference teams.

The Philadelphia 76ers aren’t destined to win many games this season, which makes letting an 18-point lead slip away in the fourth quarter feel extra painful. Philadelphia will try to recover when it hosts the Boston Celtics on Monday, two nights after letting the Memphis Grizzlies escape town with an overtime victory. The Celtics are also struggling and have lost three straight games after falling to the New York Knicks on Friday.

Two surging Eastern Conference contenders clash when the Atlanta Hawks host the Chicago Bulls on Monday. The Hawks look to bounce back after having their nine-game winning streak snapped Saturday at Orlando, while the Bulls aim for their fourth straight win. Atlanta is third in the East, one game ahead of the Bulls, but has lost six straight meetings with Chicago dating to Dec. 22, 2012.

The Orlando Magic and the Toronto Raptors are both coming off thrilling wins, but the Magic have at least gotten a chance to catch their breath. The Raptors will try to ride the momentum of an overtime victory when they host Orlando in the second of a back-to-back on Monday. Toronto is traveling back from New York after Kyle Lowry’s 21-point, 11-assist effort secured it a 95-90 overtime victory over the Knicks on Sunday.

The Milwaukee Bucks are three wins shy of last season’s total already and look to continue that progress when they begin a four-game Western road swing against the Phoenix Suns on Monday. The Bucks managed only 15 victories in 2013-14 and stand in playoff position in Eastern Conference after beating the Los Angeles Clippers 111-106 on Saturday at home. The Suns are allowing 108.2 points during a five-game losing streak, including a 112-88 drubbing at Oklahoma City on Sunday.

The San Antonio Spurs and Portland Trail Blazers ran into hiccups last week but regrouped over the weekend and each will try to continue those winning ways when they meet Monday in Portland. The Spurs are coming off a stretch of five games against losing teams but only managed a 3-2 record. The Trail Blazers lost to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday then fell to the Chicago Bulls two nights later before finishing their five-game road trip with a win Saturday over the Indiana Pacers.

The lowly Detroit Pistons try to finish off a three-game sweep of a Western road swing when they visit the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday. Detroit recorded wins over the Phoenix Suns and Sacramento Kings to start the trip and will be attempting to snap a seven-game losing streak against the Clippers. While the Pistons have won consecutive games for the first time this season, Los Angeles has lost back-to-back games for the initial time this season.