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On Friday evening, the Dallas Mavericks hosted the Oklahoma City Thunder in Texas. The Mavs won by a score of 106-98 to improve to 23-19 in their first 42 game

It’ll be interesting to see which identity is able to better sustain success once the postseason is here. Throw in the possibility of a rematch in the NBA Finals, and how either team adjusts away from its identity could be the difference between winning it all or being disappointed by season’s end.

When the top two teams in the NBA square off, it's expected to be a marquee event. Suffice it to say, Thursday's matchup between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Cleveland Cavaliers did not live up to the billing as OKC ran off to a 134-114 victory that wasn't nearly as close as even that lopsided score would indicate.

The Oklahoma City Thunder and Cleveland Cavaliers are set to go toe-to-toe in the rematch of a thrilled regular season game from a week ago. The Thunder are within Isaiah Hartenstein and Chet Holmgren and still favored,

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