Final: Thunder (36-8) def. Cavaliers (24-20), 136-104
- The Thunder racked up another quality win, blowing out the Eastern Conference 5-seed Cavaliers on a Martin Luther King Jr. Day national broadcast.
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was his MVP-excellent self, putting up a too-easy 30 points on 20 shots, pacing a Thunder offense that kept throwing flames (23-47 from deep) for the fifth straight contest. Before this handful of high-scoring affairs, OKC hadn’t made 39% or better of its threes in three straight games since before their first loss to San Antonio back on December 13.
- In the first game of a multi-week Jalen Williams absence (he pulled his hamstring against the Heat on Saturday), Mark Daigneault went double-big with Jaylin Williams starting alongside Chet Holmgren.