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00:00The best team in the NBA continues to be the best and perfect at that.
00:08The Cleveland Cavaliers are now 12-0 after a six-point win yesterday in the Windy City
00:14against the Chicago Bulls.
00:16Now the Cavaliers are 12-0.
00:18Last night an eight-point favorite.
00:19They did not cover the number, but they have covered an eight of 12 games.
00:23They have scored at least 110 points in 11 of those 12 victories.
00:28And more than anything though, Joe, they are perfect, unblemished, undefeated at 12-0
00:34with first-year head coach in the land, Kenny Atkinson.
00:37The Cavaliers, the lone undefeated team remaining in the NBA.
00:44And impressively too, Ben.
00:46I mean, Donovan Mitchell, I think at a season high 36, he's been a PRA machine.
00:51Mobley has been a double-double machine.
00:54Garland also, I think dropped 17 last night.
00:58So they're getting contributions up and down the starting rotation, not to mention the
01:03bench players here.
01:05This is a impressive effort here now for the Cavs, but like you said earlier, okay, great.
01:12But you've always been a good regular season team.
01:15Have they not been?
01:16The question and this season will all depend on what happens come June.
01:22That's the only thing that's going to matter with Cleveland, but great start to the season.
01:26If they can stay healthy, they're going to wrap up a ton of wins this year.
01:30Yeah, absolutely.
01:32So Joe, they are, they have been a good regular season team.
01:36They have been bounced though in the post season, the last few years, rather abruptly
01:40with JB Bickerstaff, new head coach and Kenny Atkinson.
01:43And of course the Cavs off to a great start this season.
01:48Still last night did stay under despite both teams scoring 113 plus, it was 237, just the
01:54fourth under in those 12 wins for the Cavaliers this season.
01:59First game for OKC without Chet Holmgren and a lot of scoring last night in Oklahoma City.
02:05The Thunder do win 134, or yeah, 134-128 against LA.
02:11The Crippers do cover as a slight six and a half point road dog, courtesy of the hook
02:16218 and a hook was the total.
02:19It skies over.
02:20No Chet Holmgren, Shea Gilges Alexander steps up in a large way.
02:26In fact, a career best way, his career high, 45 points to lead the Thunder to a victory.
02:31Yeah, 13 of 21 from the field, 15 of 16 from the free throw line here, but two totally
02:39different teams.
02:40Now you're going to see, they say Chet is at what, eight weeks, so at least a couple
02:44of months.
02:46OKC prior to that going out was the number one rated defensive team in the NBA.
02:51Good luck trying to score a hundred points on them.
02:54But now they have to play totally different.
02:56They got to go smaller.
02:57They're going to go more up tempo.
02:59There are going to be a lot more points in OKC games than what we got so far this season
03:05because that defense looks totally different now.