This isn’t the first season when Jarrett Allen and Evan Mobley have played together for the Cleveland Cavaliers, but it’s easily their best year yet. They have become a monstrous, sometimes unstoppable pair that anchors the team’s frontcourt and helps them achieve so much success.
Jarrett Allen collected 25 points and 11 rebounds to lift the host Cleveland Cavaliers to a 129-122 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday in a battle of the top two teams in the NBA.
The Thunder (30-6) are fresh off their first loss in over a month. The Cleveland Cavaliers snapped OKC's franchise-best 15-game win streak on Wednesday. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 31 points. Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen each had a 20-plus-point double-double.
Amid the constant debate over NBA ratings, Wednesday's game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Oklahoma City Thunder showed that audiences will still tune in for big games.
The Thunder have now signed center Branden Carlson to a 10-day contract. Carlson who is 7ft tall adds in paint presence with his stature, and he’s not new to the Thunder. Carlson appeared in seven games for the Thunder this season after originally being signed on November 16.
Cleveland: In a highly anticipated matchup between the NBA's top two teams, the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder 129-122. The win extended Cleveland's streak to 11 consecutive games and improved their league-leading record to 32-4.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault credited Cavs’ Jarrett Allen for his dominating performance leading Donovan Mitchell and the team in Wednesday’s loss. Following one of the more entertaining games between two small-market teams, a reporter asked Gilgeous-Alexander about its significance.
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. It was the first time in NBA history that a team with a winning streak of at least 15 games faced a team with a streak of at least 10 straight wins.
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