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Mixed Emotions

Rashard Lewis spent the first nine years of his career with the Seattle SuperSonics before joining the Orlando Magic in the offseason.

With his former team floundering and considering a move to Oklahoma City after the season, Lewis makes his first - and possibly final trip - to Seattle on Wednesday with mixed emotions.

Defensive Effort Needed

The San Antonio Spurs have built one of the strongest franchises in the NBA by becoming one of the league's stingiest defensive teams. Lately, however, that signature characteristic of their game has been noticeably absent.

After having their five-game win streak snapped because of another uncharacteristically poor defensive effort, the Spurs look to avoid their first back-to-back defeats of the season Wednesday when they host the high-scoring Washington Wizards.

Not Down For Long

The last time the Phoenix Suns lost a game, they responded with eight straight wins.

Phoenix will try to rebound from its first loss in three weeks when it hosts the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night.

Lakers Take on Sonics

The Los Angeles Lakers enjoyed the first half of their six-game stretch against the Eastern Conference much better than the second.

Los Angeles tries to end a three-game losing streak on Tuesday night when it hosts a Seattle SuperSonics team that has dropped four straight.

Sixers Head to Milwaukee

The Milwaukee Bucks look to move to 7-0 at home for the first time in 17 years and extend their overall win streak to six Tuesday when they meet the Philadelphia 76ers.

Milwaukee (7-4) remained perfect at home with a 97-95 victory over Dallas on Saturday and will now be looking to win its first seven games at the Bradley Center since opening 18-0 there in the 1990-91 season.