The Oklahoma City Thunder and
the Cleveland Cavaliers remain the only undefeated teams in the NBA
after a week of play in the brand new 2024-2025 NBA
season.

The Thunder have started off
strong with a 4-0 record with wins over the Denver Nuggets, Chicago
Bulls, Atlanta Hawks, and the San Antonio Spurs. Against the Spurs,
OKC flexed its might by holding Spurs budding star Victor
Wembanyama to just 6 points on 5 shots. 

Chet Holmgren had 19 points, 5
rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks in just 27 minutes even
while Shai Gilgeous-Alexander struggled shooting from the floor.
SGA had 18 points but shot just 7-20 from the field and 2-10 from
three. Holmgren was able to neutralize Wembanyama as the matchup
gained traction following their Rookie of the Year race a season
ago.

Lu Dort led the way for the
Thunder with 20 points with 6 three-point makes as OKC’s defense
made San Antonio shoot just 41.2% from the field and struggled to
manufacture shots for their young star.

The Cavaliers, on the other
hand, pummeled a homecoming LeBron James with his son Bronny James
Jr. and the Los Angeles Lakers to go up 5-0 and remain the only
Eastern Conference team without a loss (Boston lost to
Indiana).

Cleveland won handily despite a
huge difference in free throw shooting, with 8 free throw attempts
compared to LA’s whopping 33.

The Cavs leaned on team effort
to beat the visiting Lakers with Evan Mobley continuing his stellar
play to start the year with 25 points on an efficient 12/16
shooting. Jarrett Allen had 20 points and 17 rebounds while Donovan
Mitchell chipped in 24 points and 7 assists. 

Other notable performances of
the night include Karl-Anthony Towns dropping his best game as a
Knick yet with a 44-point, 13-rebound night as New York defeated
Miami on the road, 116-107.