The Indiana Pacers (21-18) are playing their best basketball of the season so a worthy opponent is the best team in the NBA -- the Cleveland Cavaliers (33-4) -- in a home-and-home series with the trip to Indianapolis on Tuesday.

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It’s Wednesday, January 8, and the best teams in the NBA tip off tonight in Cleveland as the Oklahoma City Thunder (30-5) ride into town to take on the Cavaliers (31-4).

However, the basketball —and gambling — communities do recognize just how outstanding the Oklahoma City Thunder are. They have a better point differential this season than the Cavaliers (+12.1 to +11.8) and are on a 15-game winning streak that features wins against the Celtics, Knicks, the healthy Mavs, and the Pacers.

The NBA-leading Cavaliers improved to 32-4 with their 11th consecutive win while the West-leading Thunder fell to 30-6. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Jarrett Allen scored 25 points, Evan Mobley added 21 and the Cleveland Cavaliers ended Oklahoma City’s 15-game winning streak by beating the Thunder 129-122 in a marquee meeting between the NBA’s top

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How scorching starts this season by the Cleveland Cavs and Oklahoma City Thunder combined to create a historic NBA showdown Wednesday night.