With Kevin Durant to miss at least four weeks with a sprained MCL and a bone bruise on his left leg, the Golden State Warriors have signed Matt Barnes as a potential fill-in, it was announced Thursday.

Durant suffered a hyperextended left knee Tuesday night at Washington, and the Warriors quickly reached out to Barnes, sources told ESPN.

It may be remembered as the night the Cavs got their groove back.

Tonight, two teams came into Quicken Loans Arena in need of a win. The Cavaliers had lost six of their last nine games, and their lead in the Eastern Conference was down to just two games over the Celtics. The Pistons, winners of four of their last five, are locked in a tight playoff race down at the other end of the conference.

Houston even rested some starters in the fourth quarter of this blowout.

The Rockets toyed with the Lakers for the vast majority of the night, holding a double digit lead for most of the game before stepping on the gas in the third quarter and blowing the Lakers off the floor 139-100.

OKC dished 30 assists during a much-needed road victory; Westbrook gains triple-double #33

Behind a potent second-half display, in a contest much closer than indicated by the final score, the Oklahoma City Thunder overcame a scrappy Brooklyn Nets homestand 122-104.

Thanks to a monstrous fourth quarter from Skal Labissiere, the Sacramento Kings have their first consecutive wins of the post-Boogie era.

Heading into Phoenix and resting more of their veterans, we were not sure what to expect from the Sacramento Kings. Even though the Phoenix Suns are a bad team, the Kings had lost eight of their last nine games.

When the defending champion Cleveland Cavaliers lost Andrew Bogut for the remainder of the season due to a fractured tibia just 58 seconds into his debut, they were left searching for a suitable replacement who is both capable and eligible for this year’s playoff run and title defense. Now, it seems they have found their man.

Following their first three game losing streak since 2015, the Warriors finally bounced back...sort of.

Don’t call it a tale of two halves: it was more of a sandwich.

Tuesday night, the Golden State Warriors sandwiched a rancid second and third quarter with a sharp offensive first quarter and a delicious fourth quarter. That resulted in a tense, stressful 106-104 victory at Oracle.

The MVBeard lived up to his billing in leading Houston over Cleveland at the Toyota Center.

James Harden racked up 38 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists, and the Rockets used a big third quarter to rebound from a less-than-stellar first half and defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers 117-112.