Without its two top options in the front court, the Thunder committed to the small-ball vision, and Cleveland had no answer whatsoever. The Thunder overpowered the Cavs with energetic defense and elite shotmaking all over the floor.
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Stiles Points: OKC Thunder Dominate Cavs With Ability to Adapt
Cavaliers vs. Thunder rematch doesn't live up to hype as OKC crushes Cleveland: Takeaways
The first Cavaliers-Thunder matchup was one of the games of the year, Cleveland winning at home. The rematch was less exciting, OKC winning a blowout.
Thunder avenge loss to Cavaliers, 134-114, in rematch of league’s top teams
The Cleveland Cavaliers may have arrived in Oklahoma City as the league’s best team, but after being thoroughly trounced by the Thunder 134-114, the same can no longer be said. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander continued to make his MVP case with a dazzling 40 points and eight assists in just 29 minutes.
Oklahoma City Thunder star Chet Holmgren will be reevaluated in three-to-five weeks amid a pelvic fracture injury suffered in November, the team
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For Cleveland, it was death by a thousand cuts. The Thunder topped that 30-2 run with back-to-back pick-six turnovers — with the demoralized Cavs barely bothering to jog back on the second one — shortly after a technical foul on Cavs coach Kenny Atkinson for intercepting a ref on the sideline and screaming “Call the f—ing foul!”
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NBA Twitter couldn't believe what the Thunder did to the Cavaliers in 134-114 winThe Oklahoma City Thunder stamped their most impressive victory of the season with a 134- 114 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday.
Only three more quarters stand between the Thunder and the win they were favored to collect coming into this evening. They have a bit of a cushion as they currently lead the Cavaliers 32-14. The Thunder entered the matchup having won three straight and they're just three quarters away from another.
Oklahoma City has been forced into playing small without its starting bigs, but their returns shouldn’t eliminate small ball. Over the course of the 2024-25 sea
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They brace for it, watch film of the potential fatalities. A fortunate few have escaped. But all endure pain, customary when you step onto the pale hardwood in Oklahoma City. Slow, 48-minute death — just three quarters if the damage is done like it has been three times this past week — by 1,
When the top two teams in the NBA square off, it's expected to be a marquee event. Suffice it to say, Thursday's matchup between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Cleveland Cavaliers did not live up to the billing as OKC ran off to a 134-114 victory that wasn't nearly as close as even that lopsided score would indicate.
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