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.

The Cavs beat the Thunder, 129-122, in an epic battle between the two best teams in the NBA. That third quarter? It was special, man. The two teams combined for a whopping 84 points. There wasn't a ton of foul-baiting. Nobody shot 50 3-pointers. There wasn't any controversy. Just a whole lot of bucket-getting across the board.