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.

However, the basketball —and gambling — communities do recognize just how outstanding the Oklahoma City Thunder are. They have a better point differential this season than the Cavaliers (+12.1 to +11.8) and are on a 15-game winning streak that features wins against the Celtics, Knicks, the healthy Mavs, and the Pacers.

Ben Pfeifer details everything you need to know about the OKC Thunder vs. Cleveland Cavaliers and why the game might be an NBA Finals preview.

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.

The Cleveland Cavaliers can officially lay claim for the title of the NBA's top team. For now. The Cavs defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder 129-122 on Wednesday in a matchup that lived up to its billing of the best in the East meeting the best in the West.

The Cleveland Cavaliers did not enter the 2024-25 season with high expectations from pundits; it seems as though they’ve plateaued as a middle of the pack playoff team in the Eastern Conference, and not too many were high on them considering that they did not make too many moves in the offseason to up their

Oklahoma City and Cleveland swapped the lead back and forth 30 times during the game, and combined for 84 points in a breathless third quarter that Windhorst singled out for prais

For years, NBA fans have complained about the state of the game. The three-point shooting, flopping, poor officiating, and players who do not play defense – or do not play at all – have driven the fans away from the game.