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How scorching starts this season by the Cleveland Cavs and Oklahoma City Thunder combined to create a historic NBA showdown Wednesday night.

The Oklahoma City Thunder had their franchise-best 15-game win streak snapped in a 129-122 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday. A historic matchup of the league's best two teams delivered. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander finished with an efficient 31 points.

Wednesday's tilt between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Oklahoma City Thunder was the game of the year to this point. And if this is what June's NBA Finals are going to look like, we're in for a real treat.

The NBA-leading Cavaliers improved to 32-4 with their 11th consecutive win while the West-leading Thunder fell to 30-6. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Cavaliers got the best of the Thunder. Darius Garland zoomed past Cason Wallace and Evan Mobley flicked a floater above Isaiah Hartenstein for critical buckets down the stretch. OKC had its historic 15-game win streak snapped in a 129-122 loss while Cleveland extended its win streak to 11 in a row.