Week 8 of the 2017-18 NBA season

Highlights include:

- Kawhi Leonard is expected to make his season debut as the Houston Rockets and the San Antonio Spurs meet for the first time since last season's Western Conference Semifinals. The Rockets are riding a 9-game winning streak, while the Spurs have won four in a row.

- Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers and Karl-Anthony Towns of the Minnesota Timberwolves are scheduled to go head-to-head on Tuesday, 9:30am PHT. Embiid and Towns are two of five NBA players averaging at least 20 points and 10 rebounds per game this season.

- The Dallas Mavericks and the San Antonio Spurs face each other on Wednesday, December 13 (8:30 a.m. PHT)  and Sunday, December 14 (8:30 a.m. PHT). The games feature three of the NBA's four winningest active players in the regular season: Dirk Nowitzki (882), Tony Parker (836) and Manu Ginobili (739).

- December 13 marks the anniversary of the highest-scoring game in NBA history. Detroit defeated Denver 186-184 in triple overtime. 

- LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers is one triple-double away from tying Larry Bird (59) for the sixth highest total in NBA history