Wednesday night’s game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Oklahoma City Thunder will be more than just the best matchup so far this NBA season. It will also be one of the best matchups in league history.
The Cavaliers have been the top team in the Eastern Conference all season. They jumped out to an impressive 15-0 start, and have lost just four times since. They’ll come into the contest riding a 10-game winning streak, the second-longest current mark in the league.
Cavaliers & Thunder Set To Make NBA History
The distinction for longest active winning streak belongs to the Thunder. They’ve won each of their last 15 dating back to December 3rd, and are already pulling away from the other teams out West. Despite not being at full strength for much of the way, they’ve gotten off to a 30-5 start to the year.
The two will meet in what could very well be an NBA Finals preview on Wednesday. The combined winning percentage of the two sides (.871) will make it the second-best combined winning percentage of two teams going head-to-head in NBA history. It will also be the first ever meeting between teams on 10 and 15-game winning streaks.
The East’s best vs. the West’s best.
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The top spot on that list belongs to the 2016 Golden State Warriors and San Antonio Spurs. That matchup featured teams with records of 40-4 and 38-6, combining for an .886 winning percentage, which is the best ever. Those record-setting Warriors were dominant in the contest, winning by a score of 120-90, on their way to a 73-9 record, the best mark ever.
The Cavaliers vs Thunder matchup is actually tied for second place. Back in 1972, the 39-3 Los Angeles Lakers took on the 35-8 Milwaukee Bucks, who had a combined winning percentage of .871 as well.
Cleveland will be the home team on Wednesday night, where they have lost just one game so far this season. They will be favored in the matchup, with the line currently sitting at -2.5.
