The Golden State Warriors escaped the worst of the possible outcomes from Kevin Durant's knee injury on Tuesday night, but they will still be without one of their superstars for an extended period. The Warriors will be without Durant, who was diagnosed with a bone bruise and an MCL sprain in his right leg, for at least the next four weeks, beginning with a visit to the Chicago Bulls on Thursday.

The Charlotte Hornets are starting to pull themselves out of a lengthy funk with wins in two of the last three games and will try to make it three of four when they visit the Phoenix Suns on Thursday. The Hornets suffered through a stretch of 12 losses in 13 games before heading to the West Coast, where they managed to outlast the Sacramento Kings and Los Angeles Lakers.

Russell Westbrook can match Wilt Chamberlain (1967-68) for the second-most triple-doubles in a season when the Oklahoma City Thunder visit the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday. Westbrook has rolled off four consecutive triple-doubles to join Chamberlain (31) and Oscar Robertson (41 in 1961-62) as the only players to record 30 or more in a season.