The two best teams of the season played in the NBA: top game between cleveland and oklahoma

The NBA regular season calendar gave fans a matchup between Cleveland and Oklahoma, who were coming into the game with two of the best teams in the Association, the Cavaliers with a 31-4 record and the Thunder riding a 15-game winning streak at 30-5.

The third team in the championship, Boston, has 27 wins.

And Cleveland won with a score of 129:122 in a possible rehearsal of the NBA finals. This is the 11th win in a row for the Cavaliers. The team became only the seventh in the history of the Association, who managed to win 32 times in the first 36 meetings.

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At the same time, the leader of the hosts, Donovan Mitchell, scored only 11 points, while the Thunder star Shai Gilges-Alexander recorded 31 points and 5 rebounds. Jarrett Allen led Cleveland with 25 points and 11 rebounds.

Already on January 16, the two best teams of the season will play on the floor of Oklahoma.

Cleveland – Oklahoma 129:122 (25:32, 37:27, 41:43, 26:20)

Cleveland: Allen (25 points + 11 rebounds + 6 assists)

Oklahoma: Gilges-Alexander (31 points + 5 rebounds + 4 assists)