Jarrett Allen scored 25 points, Evan Mobley added 21 and the Cleveland Cavaliers ended Oklahoma City's 15-game winning streak by beating the Thunder 129-122 on Wednesday night in a marquee meeting between the NBA's top two teams.

Wednesday night's showdown between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Cleveland Cavaliers is chock full of enough fascinating matchups and overall basketball excellence to mark this as one of the season's can't-miss games.

Will we learn anything from this game that applies to the larger championship race? Probably not, but the Cavs do have a little more to gain from a win. They can change a lot of people’s perceptions about them in a way the Thunder don’t have to.