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).

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

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 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.

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.

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,