{"id":615390,"date":"2026-02-21T08:06:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T08:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/615390\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T08:06:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T08:06:19","slug":"cleveland-puts-road-win-streak-on-the-line-against-oklahoma-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/615390\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleveland puts road win streak on the line against Oklahoma City"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> (36-21, third in the Eastern Conference) vs. Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> (43-14, first in the Western Conference)<\/p>\n

Oklahoma City; Sunday, 1 p.m. EST<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: Cleveland hits the road against Oklahoma City looking to prolong its five-game road winning streak.<\/p>\n

The Thunder have gone 23-7 in home games. Oklahoma City ranks fifth in the league with 34.3 defensive rebounds per game led by Chet Holmgren<\/a> averaging 6.8.<\/p>\n

The Cavaliers are 17-10 in road games. Cleveland is ninth in the Eastern Conference giving up just 115.3 points while holding opponents to 46.0% shooting.<\/p>\n

The Thunder make 48.6% of their shots from the field this season, which is 2.6 percentage points higher than the Cavaliers have allowed to their opponents (46.0%). The Cavaliers average 14.6 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.3 more makes per game than the Thunder allow.<\/p>\n

The teams meet for the second time this season. The Thunder won 136-104 in the last matchup on Jan. 19.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Holmgren is averaging 17.4 points, 8.7 rebounds and 1.9 blocks for the Thunder. Isaiah Joe<\/a> is averaging 14.5 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

James Harden<\/a> is scoring 24.7 points per game and averaging 4.8 rebounds for the Cavaliers. Sam Merrill<\/a> is averaging 2.7 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Thunder: 6-4, averaging 112.9 points, 44.4 rebounds, 25.4 assists, 9.1 steals and 4.9 blocks per game while shooting 45.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 106.4 points per game.<\/p>\n

Cavaliers: 9-1, averaging 122.9 points, 44.0 rebounds, 29.6 assists, 10.4 steals and 4.9 blocks per game while shooting 51.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 107.8 points.<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Thunder: Ajay Mitchell: out (abdomen), Jalen Williams<\/a>: out (hamstring), Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: out (abdomen), Thomas Sorber<\/a>: out for season (knee).<\/p>\n

Cavaliers: Evan Mobley: out (rest), Max Strus<\/a>: out (foot).<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cleveland Cavaliers (36-21, third in the Eastern Conference) vs. Oklahoma City Thunder (43-14, first in the Western Conference)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156982,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[7,366,193,78812,1624,364,560,872,1407,6,12,179,1166,954],"class_list":{"0":"post-615390","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba-draft","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-chet-holmgren","10":"tag-cleveland-cavaliers","11":"tag-event_preview","12":"tag-isaiah-joe","13":"tag-jalen-williams","14":"tag-james-harden","15":"tag-max-strus","16":"tag-national-basketball-association","17":"tag-nba","18":"tag-nba-draft","19":"tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","20":"tag-sam-merrill","21":"tag-thomas-sorber"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116107593900552571","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}