One team came into Sunday’s contest having dropped nine straight; the other, six of its last seven.
Something had to give.
Unfortunately, for the 10th consecutive occasion, that something was the Wine & Gold, which dropped another double-digit decision – falling to the Thunder, 117-101, at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.
Since beating the Brooklyn Nets in back-to-back home contests in late January, Cleveland has now dropped 13 of its last 15 – 11 of those losses by double-figures.
The Cavaliers got off to a hot start – hitting six of their first eight shots and taking a double-digit lead in the first quarter.