Another week of NBA betting action is in the books, and Bang the Book takes a look at the hot and the not from the week that was.

The Cleveland Cavaliers own the best record in the NBA and have rallied off 9 straight wins over the last 3 weeks. The Cavaliers who also own one of the best home records in the NBA (20-3) host the Miami Heat tonight in their 3rd straight home game in what is a long 8 game home stand in Cleveland. The Cavaliers have racked up 4 straight impressive victories by at least 10 points or more. However, before that they just barely held of Miami in a close 92-91 outcome in a game that featured brilliant performances by both team’s superstars in Lebron James and Dwayne Wade.

The Los Angeles Clippers host in-town rival and reigning NBA Champions in the Los Angeles Lakers for a heavily anticipated showdown Wednesday night. The Lakers have strung together 9 straight wins over the Clippers sweeping all meetings over the last two seasons. However, the Clippers will seek to put a halt to that streak this Wednesday and finally break out of the Lakers shadow. Earlier this year, the Lakers recorded their most recent victory against the Clippers in a 99-92 win in the season opener. Kobe Bryant led all scorers with 33 points in that meeting and is always a big factor any team he hits the floor.

The San Antonio Spurs host the Miami Heat Thursday night in one of the final games before the New Year. The Spurs are playing well having won 6 of their last 7 games and coming off an impressive victory over Minnesota on Tuesday 117-99. The Heat will embark on back to back road games that will be capped off with their trip to San Antonio. The Heat will actually battle New Orleans tonight before meeting up with the streaky Spurs on Thursday. On the season, Miami is coming on strong as well. The Heat jumped out to 4-6 start before rallying back well above the .500 mark at 16-12. Miami has also put together a nice run winning 5 of their last 6 games. Considering both teams have been playing very well, it should be a rather interesting out of conference battle that takes place this Thursday night.