In a 134-114 blowout win against the Cleveland Cavaliers, Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault revealed what led to his team’s emphatic 30-2 run in the first half. This led to a 43-point second quarter for the Thunder Thursday,

What Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault had to say about Isaiah Joe's career-high eight threes in Friday's win

The Oklahoma City Thunder and the Cleveland Cavaliers went head to head on Wednesday night in a historic regular season matchup. The Thunder came into the game on a 15-game win streak (excluding their NBA Cup final loss to the Milwaukee Bucks,

Because of that, Jalen Williams has gone under the radar as a defender. The efficient scoring sticks out, but the 23-year-old is a plus-defender who's helped OKC withstand several injuries throughout the season. Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault broke down where Williams has improved the most on that side of the ball.

After the Celtics jumped ahead in the first half, the Thunder put on a defensive masterclass in the final two quarters. Oklahoma City held Boston to just 27 points in the second half, winning the game 105-92, and setting a franchise record with their 15th win in a row.

Kyrie Irving scored 25 points, Spencer Dinwiddie and P.J. Washington Jr. added 16 apiece and the Dallas Mavericks beat Oklahoma City 106-98 as Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander missed his first game of the season.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the Thunder’s MVP candidate, is an All-Star lock. Williams — who is second on the team in points and assists, third in rebounds and is a versatile cog in their top-ranked and historically disruptive defense — is their only other true candidate. That might be Williams’ simplest case.

How Branden Carlson stole the spotlight in the Oklahoma City Thunder's 134-114 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The team announced that power forward Chet Holmgren will be re-evaluated in three to five weeks as he continues to recover from a right iliac wing fracture, which is a fracture on the right side of his pelvis. His initial timeline was eight to 10 weeks.

The Oklahoma City Thunder suffered a 106-98 loss to the Dallas Mavericks. The rare defeat had plenty of caveats for both sides. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was a late scratch with a wrist sprain. He joined Chet Holmgren and Isaiah Hartenstein in street clothes. Dallas was without Luka Doncic and Dereck Lively II.

Alexander, the NBA’s leading scorer at 31.6 points per game, missed his first game of the season Friday night against the Dallas Mavericks with a sore right wrist.