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 two best teams in the NBA — the Cleveland Cavaliers and Oklahoma City Thunder — squared off in the first game in league history featuring clubs on 15 and 10 games winning streaks.
It was a battle of the #1 teams in each Conference when the Oklahoma City Thunder traveled to Cleveland for a highly anticipated matchup against the Cavaliers. Both teams entered the game with impressive win streaks, but ultimately the Cavaliers were victorious, putting an end to the Thunder’s 15-game win streak.
The Oklahoma City Thunder head to the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse to face the Cleveland Cavaliers in a non-conference matchup between the top two teams in the NBA. The Thunder are 30-5 overall, and 13-3 on the road, at the top of the Western Conference. The Cavs are 31-4 overall, and 18-1 at home, at the top of the Eastern Conference.
Eighty-four total points. Twenty-five assists on 33 field goals. Thirteen out of 16 players above 50% from the field. Ten 3-pointers on 22 attempts. More offens
The Cleveland Cavaliers prevailed over the Oklahoma City Thunder in a showdown of the teams with the two best records in the NBA.
Wednesday night's showdown between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Cleveland Cavaliers is chock full of enough fascinating matchups and overall basketball excellence to mark this as one of the season's can't-miss games.
The most-hyped game so far this season in the NBA didn’t disappoint. Cleveland beat Oklahoma City 129-122 on Wednesday night, with the Cavaliers — now winners of 11 straight — pushing the NBA’s best record to 32-4 and snapping the Thunder’s 15-game winning streak.
The two best teams in the NBA, the West-leading Oklahoma City Thunder and East-leading Cleveland Cavaliers, face off for the first of two meetings this month on Wednesday, Jan. 8 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland.
Both the Thunder and the Cavs have won at least 30 of their first 35 games, the only pair of teams to do so since the Lakers and Bucks in 1971-72.
In other games Friday, there was an upset in Boston as the reigning champion Celtics stumbled to a 114-97 loss to the Sacramento Kings.