Oklahoma City came into Wednesday night with the best defense in the NBA this season. Cleveland put up 129 points on it.
Wednesday night will give NBA fans a chance to see the two strongest teams in the league square off as the Cleveland Cavaliers battle the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Cavaliers are the top team in the East,
This isn’t the first season when Jarrett Allen and Evan Mobley have played together for the Cleveland Cavaliers, but it’s easily their best year yet. They have become a monstrous, sometimes unstoppable pair that anchors the team’s frontcourt and helps them achieve so much success.
NBA 2K25's January player ratings update highlights Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Victor Wembanyama, and Evan Mobley with standout boosts.
Mobley's Cavaliers are dominating and Barnes' Raptors are languishing, but both still offer reasons to dream of more.
The Thunder have now signed center Branden Carlson to a 10-day contract. Carlson who is 7ft tall adds in paint presence with his stature, and he’s not new to the Thunder. Carlson appeared in seven games for the Thunder this season after originally being signed on November 16.
Amid the constant debate over NBA ratings, Wednesday's game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Oklahoma City Thunder showed that audiences will still tune in for big games.
The Thunder (30-6) are fresh off their first loss in over a month. The Cleveland Cavaliers snapped OKC's franchise-best 15-game win streak on Wednesday. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 31 points. Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen each had a 20-plus-point double-double.
The Cleveland Cavaliers prevailed over the Oklahoma City Thunder in a showdown of the teams with the two best records in the NBA.
The 15-game winning streak of the Oklahoma City Thunder came to a conclusion, falling to the top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference.
This is a potential NBA Finals preview (Oklahoma City beat the other big threats out of the East in Boston and New York last week). It’s also a showdown of the best offense in the NBA in the Cavaliers, against the Thunder’s best defense in the league. That’s the headline for this game.