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NBA-best Cavs win 11th in a row to end 15-game Thunder streak
In a historic showdown seen as a possible NBA Finals preview, Jarrett Allen scored 25 points to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers over Oklahoma City 129-122 on Wednesday.
The NBA-leading Cavaliers improved to 32-4 with their 11th consecutive win while the visiting Western Conference-leading Thunder fell to 30-6 with their club-record 15-game win streak snapped.
"It felt like a battle all night," Allen said. "We were scoring. They were scoring, getting stops on both sides. We knew at the end of the night it was coming down to which team had more effort."
On a night when Cavs star Donovan Mitchell scored only 11 points on 3-of-16 shooting, Cleveland's big men took command.
Allen topped scorers while adding 12 rebounds, six assists and three steals while working with Evan Mobley, who had 21 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists.
They became the first Cavaliers teammates to each register 20 points, 10 rebounds and five assists in a game since LeBron James and Dwyane Wade in 2017.
"We were willing to try it," Allen said of the two-man inside tandem. "We're learning to grow together. It was a learning curve. Stuff like that just doesn't happen overnight, but Evan and I are willing to work together and try to find the best thing that works."
Seven players scored in double figures for Cleveland, including Darius Garland with 18 points, reserve Max Strus with 17 and 15 off the bench from Ty Jerome.
"Everybody is ready to play," Allen said. "Everybody is willing to make the next pass to the open man and we have a bunch of shooters on this team who can knock down shots."
It was only the third game in NBA history featuring two clubs on win streaks of 10 or more games and the first time since the Los Angeles Lakers beat Portland in 2000.
It was only the second time in NBA history there was a game involving teams that won 30 or more of their first 35 games, the other being the Lakers and Milwaukee in the 1971-72 campaign.
Oklahoma City entered 11-0 against the Eastern Conference and Cleveland entered 10-0 against the Western Conference, marking the first time since conferences were established in 1970 that teams met with such big runs against the opposite conference.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the Thunder with 31 points while Jalen Williams added 25 for Oklahoma City, which hosts a rematch on January 16.
The Cavs, who won their first 15 games this season for the second-best start in NBA history, put the most accurate-shooting NBA club against the league's top defense.
Mitchell missed his first seven shots but slammed in a dunk with 12 seconds remaining in the second quarter to give Cleveland a 62-59 half-time lead.
Mitchell's second basket came on a three-pointer with 32 seconds remaining in the third quarter to give the Cavs a 103-102 edge entering the fourth.
He was 2-of-13 from the floor after the third quarter, the first period in the NBA this season where both teams scored 40 or more points.
The game remained tight into the final minutes, with the Cavs ahead 125-122 after 30 lead changes.
Mobley's driving floater gave the Cavs a 127-122 lead with 67 seconds remaining and Garland sank a driving layup with 27 seconds left to produce the final margin.
"We have the best record, but in games like this you want to prove yourself, not just to everybody, but to ourselves," Mitchell said.
- Sixers, Knicks win -
Tyrese Maxey scored 29 points to lead host Philadelphia over Washington 109-103 and Malik Beasley scored 23 points to lead Detroit's 113-98 victory at Brooklyn.
Karl-Anthony Towns and O.G. Anunoby each scored 27 points to lead the New York Knicks over visiting Toronto 112-98 while Cameroonian Pascal Siakam scored 26 points to power Indiana over visiting Chicago 129-113.
Deni Avdija scored 26 points to spark Portland's 119-100 victory at New Orleans.
T.Wright--AT