Inside a quiet locker room at Boston’s TD Garden last spring, as other players were still trying to process a promising season reaching its expiration, injured Cavs star Donovan Mitchell pulled youngster Evan Mobley aside.

Donovan Mitchell leads the Cavaliers against the Thunder in a battle of the NBA’s top two teams Wednesday night (7 p.m. ET on ESPN).

Despite viewing Jaden Ivey and the Detroit Pistons as a direct rival in the NBA, Cleveland Cavaliers star Donovan Mitchell commented on Ivey’s recent post, send

The meeting between the Cavaliers and Thunder has game-of-the-year potential and celebrates the league's two top teams.

The Cavaliers are in the midst of a historic streak, having won 10 straight, each by double-digits. They’re off to a franchise-best 31-4 start. The Thunder are in the midst of a historic streak, having won 15 straight.

The Cleveland Cavaliers and Oklahoma City Thunder are the two best teams in the NBA right now. However, a lot of people feel they don’t get the recognition they deserve, partly because they are from cities that aren’t as large as New York,

Nobody has scored in the paint like Antetokounmpo this season since Shaquille O’Neal’s 1999-2000 MVP season. Antetokounmpo is averaging 21 points per game in the paint. The 2000 version of O’Neal averaged 22.5 interior points. Ditch the jumpers. Be a monster.