The Thunder locker room has seen existential dread. Playoff losses to Dallas brought it closest. Wednesday’s 129-122 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers wasn’t that. Wednesday was the first time in a while that OKC was outplayed in a meaningful fourth quarter.

The Oklahoma City Thunder had their franchise-best 15-game win streak snapped in a 129-122 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday. A historic matchup of the league's best two teams delivered. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander finished with an efficient 31 points.

Right now, the Cleveland Cavaliers are the league’s best team. Hands down. Get in line. They’ve passed all the tests, knocking off the league’s hottest team, the Oklahoma City Thunder, 129-122, in what easily lived up to the hype as the league’s biggest game of the season to date.