The Portland Trail Blazers, winners of six of their last seven games, host the Phoenix Suns at 7 p.m. Saturday and again at the same time on Monday. The Blazers, 13th in the Western Conference, are just 5 1/2 games behind 10th-place Sacramento (24-23) with 34 games remaining on their schedule.

Pelicans register Butler interest. Brandon Ingram for Jimmy Butler? Miami lowered the asking price for Butler and that had New Orleans calling and kicking the tires on a "swap of

The Phoenix Suns and Golden State Warriors' Friday night game at Chase Center is being described as "the Jimmy Butler Bowl" by ESPN's Shams Charania.

Two teams widely rumored to be in the bidding for Jimmy Butler will attempt to demonstrate why they don't need the disgruntled superstar when the Phoenix Suns visit the Golden State Warriors on Friday night in San Francisco.

Kevin Durant's streak of 20-point outings came to an end on Friday, but the potency of the Phoenix Suns wasn't affected. Now, the Suns will seek another strong offensive performance on Saturday night when they visit the Trail Blazers for the first of two consecutive games in Portland.

The Phoenix Suns (24-22) play the first of back-to-back games to start a road trip at the Golden State Warriors (24-23) on Friday.