NBA

Cleveland Cavaliers at Oklahoma City Thunder

· National Basketball Association
23-19, 9-9 Away

vs

34-7, 20-2 Home
Regular Season Series

Series starts 1/19

Matchup Prediction

Thunder: 75.5%
Cavaliers: 24.5%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Statistics

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W1 Streak W4
117.5 Points Against 108.1
6-4 Last Ten Games 8-2
120.1 Points Per Game 121.3
47 Field Goal % 49
36 Three Point % 36
44.4 Rebounds Per Game 43.9
28.6 Assists Per Game 25.7
5.1 Blocks Per Game 5.7
8.8 Steals Per Game 10.3
0.6 Team Turnovers Per Game 0.6
14.2 Total Turnovers Per Game 12.3
Oklahoma City Thunder Oklahoma City Thunder Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Isaiah Hartenstein, C Out Jan 14
Luguentz Dort, G Day-To-Day Jan 14
Nikola Topic, G Out Oct 30
Thomas Sorber, C Out Sep 5
Cleveland Cavaliers Cleveland Cavaliers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Sam Merrill, G Day-To-Day Jan 14
Darius Garland, G Day-To-Day Jan 14
Dean Wade, F Out Jan 13
Max Strus, G Out Jan 6
Chris Livingston, F Out Jan 4

Cavaliers Last 5

Date OPP Result
@ IND W 120-116
@ MIN L 131-122
vs MIN W 146-134
vs UTAH L 123-112
@ PHI W 133-107

Thunder Last 5

Date OPP Result
vs CHA L 124-97
vs UTAH W 129-125 OT
@ MEM W 117-116
vs MIA W 124-112
vs SA W 119-98

Game Information

Paycom Center

Location: Oklahoma City, OK
Capacity:

2025-26 Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Detroit 28 10 .737 - L1
Cleveland 23 19 .548 7 W1
Chicago 19 21 .475 10 W1
Milwaukee 17 23 .425 12 L2
Indiana 9 32 .220 20.5 L1

2025-26 Northwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Oklahoma City 34 7 .829 - W4
Denver 28 13 .683 6 W3
Minnesota 27 14 .659 7 W2
Portland 19 22 .463 15 L2
Utah 14 26 .350 19.5 L1
Full Standings

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