NBA schedule 2013: Bulls, Celtics take ESPN stage on Friday night

The suddenly hot Chicago Bulls will take on the Boston Celtics in the early ESPN game on Friday night, while Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder will bring the league's longest winning streak into Dallas for a matchup against the Mavericks in the late game.

Other big matchups around the NBA include a meeting between the Rockets and Pacers and a clash between the Warriors and Spurs in San Antonio.

The Bulls have recorded wins in six of their last eight games, and Carlos Boozer has been doing his part to help the squad. He's hardly a perfect fit for Tom Thibodeau's system, but Boozer has upped his scoring and rebounding production in recent weeks to offset his defensive deficiencies. The bald-headed big man from Duke has posted an impressive double-double average of 24.0 points and 10.8 rebounds per game over eight contests in the month of January. Boozer is coming off a very impressive 36-point, 12-rebound game against Toronto on Wednesday, so it will be interesting to see how Kevin Garnett and Co. handle him on Friday night.

Stephen Curry (ankle) won't be available to the Warriors, so it's up to Jarrett Jack to help Golden State avoid their 28th consecutive loss to the Spurs in a road game. It's not just a road issue for the Warriors, as they've dropped 16 straight games to San Antonio in the head-to-head series.