With the East crown there for the taking, only the 11-2 Detroit Pistons are more than four games above .500 a month into the season. Behind them are the only other two semi-serious teams in the conference, the 8-4 New York Knicks and the 9-5 Cleveland Cavaliers.

The Los Angeles Lakers got a painful wakeup call on Wednesday. They entered the contest with the Oklahoma City Thunder having won six of their last seven games, but they were annihilated in that one. OKC won, 121-92, and it wasn't even that close.

The NBA is expanding its investigation into the gambling scheme still rocking professional basketball. According to new reporting from The Athletic, investigators hired by the league are now asking multiple teams,

While even the best teams will have detractors, Oklahoma City seems to be building a large fanbase amongst the youth.

The Charlotte Hornets are 4-9 and showing no evidence of being a playoff team now or in the immediate future, despite having a young core of players that, on paper, looks like a potential nucleus of a future contender.

-The Nuggets grab a road win against the Timberwolves. Denver rode a 68-52 second half to this comeback victory. This marks their seventh-straight victory, despite missing two starters in this game. Nikola Jokić had yet another triple-double in that victory.

The Tennessee Volunteers are in the middle of their season, as they are taking on the Rice Owls in their fourth game of the season. This game will be played on