Cavaliers Top Thunder in Wednesday's Blockbuster Matchup

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00:00A finals preview question mark last night in Cleveland between the Cavaliers and the Oklahoma

00:06City Thunder. The only two NBA teams so far this season that have already reached the 30-win

00:12benchmark. Entering last night OKC 30 and 5 straight up the regular season mark. On the other

00:19side the Cavaliers 31 and 4. The two best teams in the association with some more history at stake

00:27last night as well. OKC entered on a 15-game regular season win streak. Cleveland on the other

00:34side had won 10 consecutive games of regular season action. The first time we had ever seen

00:40that sort of matchup in the history of the NBA. So we knew we were in for a good game and that's

00:48exactly what we got. In a high scoring affair in the land the Cavs outlast the Thunder 129-122. DRS

00:56Cleveland covers as a two and a half point home favorite because of an 84 point between the two

01:02sides. Third quarter a total pushes to the over of 230 and oh the Cavs still the NBA's best at 32

01:12and 4 and also the NBA's best cover team 26 and 10 against the number now this season.

01:19Hit in full stride and I guess some people were probably looking at this game saying well I hope

01:22you know the Cleveland Cavaliers aren't peaking too early because it's really how you're playing

01:26at the end of the season and into the playoffs. We understand that and injuries do happen but a

01:30team in the NBA that is 32 and 4 is impressive and also how about the NBA in the month of January

01:35having a big monster game midweek and we're not resting players or players being injured. You got

01:40full tilt from both sides here and a great basketball game as we said entering into the

01:44fourth quarter with a one point margin. It ends up 129-122 superstars across the board playing well.

01:49We talked about SGA and his 31 points which is mandatory that he winds up between 27 and 32

01:54points. It's pretty astonishing but even with Donovan Mitchell not playing a good basketball

01:58game Cleveland's depth here coming to the surface and showing how good this basketball team can be.

02:02Ben and I did take a look at this game as the preview yesterday and said you know what

02:06let's Cleveland Cavaliers numbers like to win the Eastern Conference and a 10-1 price to win

02:10the NBA championship. It's kind of crazy as they sit at 32 and 4 you figure there'd be runaway

02:14favorites right now to win it but that's not how the NDA is handicapped but that was a game where

02:18you were getting a full punch from OKC and you handled your business on your home court and by

02:23the way Ben when you talk about home court advantage entering into the playoffs how about

02:2719-1 for the Cavaliers. That's pretty good.