Jim McCormick breaks down Sunday's NBA games and offers his top fantasy streamers as well as his favorite bets and DFS plays.

There may not be any football on the first Sunday of February, but there is a loaded NBA slate that features 10 games, including a potential Western Conference

The Dallas Mavericks (19-29) hope to stop a three-game losing streak when they visit the Houston Rockets (29-17) at 8:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, January 31, 2026 at Toyota Center. Th

The Athletic NBA staff offered up bold predictions for every team heading into the 2025-26 season. Three months later, some of those look spot on, while others might have been too bold. Here’s a progress report on each prediction — from the great to the “Huh?” (Stats are entering Thursday’s games.)

LeBron James’s case to earn his record 22nd straight selection, plus which players are locks to make the field vs. tough calls in each conference.

The Rockets have the league’s best record (13-2) in interconference games and are the only Western Conference team with more February games against the East (seven) than they have against the West (five). Five of their first seven post-break games are in Eastern Conference arenas.

There hasn’t been much different of late in the NBA Power Rankings Watch. Not for the Mavericks, at least. They collected a handful of wins, and followed it with a free fall of losses. The kind of thing a lottery team tends to do.

SportsLine's Mike McClure, a daily Fantasy pro with more than $2 million in winnings, gives optimal NBA DFS lineup advice for Thursday, Jan. 29