Mobley's Cavaliers are dominating and Barnes' Raptors are languishing, but both still offer reasons to dream of more.

Cleveland Cavaliers forward/center Evan Mobley has been named the franchise’s first-ever Kia NBA Eastern Conference Defensive Player of the month for games played in December 2024, the NBA announced today.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Last season, the Cavs often paired Donovan Mitchell with Jarrett Allen. It was a great combination. When the Cavs had an 18-1 stretch in the middle of the season while dealing with injuries, it was driven by Allen and Mitchell.

Evan Mobley earned Defensive Player of the Month honors for December. No Cavs player, including LeBron James, has ever earned the award.

Evan Mobley had 34 points and 10 rebounds as the Cleveland Cavaliers ran their winning streak to nine games by beating the short-handed Dallas Mavericks 134-122.

Jarrett Allen scored 25 points, Evan Mobley added 21 and the Cleveland Cavaliers ended Oklahoma City’s 15-game winning streak by beating the Thunder 129-122 in a marquee meeting between the NBA’s top two teams.

This is a potential NBA Finals preview (Oklahoma City beat the other big threats out of the East in Boston and New York last week). It’s also a showdown of the best offense in the NBA in the Cavaliers, against the Thunder’s best defense in the league. That’s the headline for this game.

Cleveland: In a highly anticipated matchup between the NBA's top two teams, the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder 129-122. The win extended Cleveland's streak to 11 consecutive games and improved their league-leading record to 32-4.

The Cavs beat the Thunder, 129-122, in an epic battle between the two best teams in the NBA. That third quarter? It was special, man. The two teams combined for a whopping 84 points. There wasn’t a ton of foul-baiting. Nobody shot 50 3-pointers. There wasn’t any controversy. Just a whole lot of bucket-getting across the board.

DALLAS — Evan Mobley had 34 points and 10 rebounds as the ... the short-handed Dallas Mavericks 134-122 on Friday night. The NBA-leading Cavs improved to 30-4, swept a four-game Western ...

Darius Garland scored a season-high 40 points, Jarrett Allen had 18 points and 15 rebounds, and the NBA-leading Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Toronto Raptors 132-126 to extend their win streak to 12.