Cleveland Cavaliers vs Oklahoma City Thunder Final — November 4, 2026
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About these numbers
Full 2025-26 regular season (last season), captured before tip-off. League rank in small type (30 teams); the gold side ranks higher. Bars show rank, longest = 1st. Source: Gridiron & Wine public Analytics tables.
Last five results this season, oldest to newest. Records are season to date, with home and road splits. Against-the-spread (ATS) and over–under records use the consensus closing line.
Margin of each of the last 10 games this season, oldest to newest (gold = won). Hover a bar for the score margin.
Distance is a straight-line estimate from each team's home arena, not the team's actual itinerary; time-zone change is at game time. Days of rest are full days off since each team's previous game this season (0 = back-to-back); preseason games do not count. Schedule facts only: no fatigue adjustment is applied.
Key players only. Injury report as of November 4, 9:40 a.m. ET.
The pre-game matchup
The Cavaliers (4-3) visited the Thunder (5-2) on Wednesday, November 4 at 8:00 PM ET.
Last season (2025-26), the Cavaliers scored 119.3 points per game (4th of 30) and allowed 115.2 (15th). The Thunder scored 119.2 points per game (5th of 30) and allowed 107.8 (2nd).
Offensive rating, the points scored per 100 possessions: Cavaliers 118.2 (6th), Thunder 117.5 (7th). Defensive rating, the points allowed per 100 possessions: Cavaliers 114.2 (15th), Thunder 106.5 (1st). Net rating, the offensive minus defensive rating: Cavaliers +4.1 (9th), Thunder +11.0 (1st). These are last season's full-season numbers because the new season's sample is still small; rosters change over the offseason.
The Cavaliers are 4-3 and 2-5 against the spread; their last game was a 117-112 loss to the Thunder. The Thunder are 5-2 and 4-3 against the spread; their last game was a 117-112 win over the Cavaliers.
The Thunder closed as 3.5-point favorites at home against the Cavaliers. The spread opened at Thunder -2.5. The total closed at 226.5, down from 228.5 at the open. After removing the vig, the closing moneyline (Cavaliers +135, Thunder -165) prices the Cavaliers at 41% and the Thunder at 59%.
Written from the numbers available before tip-off.
Result
Final score and result vs the closing line
Cleveland Cavaliers 116, Oklahoma City Thunder 124
Oklahoma City Thunder won by 8.
- Against the closing spread (Oklahoma City Thunder -3.5): Oklahoma City Thunder covered.
- Combined score 240 vs the closing total of 226.5: Over.
- Oklahoma City Thunder closed at -165 on the moneyline (a 59% no-vig market-implied chance).
Market
Closing line and line movement
Cavaliers +2.5 (-116)
Cavaliers +3.5 (-110)
Thunder -130 54%
Thunder -165 59%
Consensus of US sportsbooks. Open = first line after both teams' previous games; Close = consensus at tip-off. Percentages are the moneyline's no-vig market-implied chances.
Members
G&W Line
G&W’s own number for this game, next to the market. Analytics
Matchup
Players to watch
- Points per game27.97th
- Rebounds per game4.5141st
- Assists per game5.728th
- Minutes per game33.5
- Points per game23.623rd
- Rebounds per game4.8128th
- Assists per game8.06th
- Minutes per game34.8
- Points per game31.12nd
- Rebounds per game4.3150th
- Assists per game6.617th
- Minutes per game33.2
- Points per game17.167th
- Rebounds per game8.916th
- Assists per game1.7227th
- Minutes per game28.9
Last season's (2025-26) regular-season per-game averages; players listed with their current team, top two scorers per team, from season player stats captured before game time. Ranks among the 392 players with at least 20 games.
Head-to-head
The teams have met 16 times since 2022: the Cavaliers won 2 and the Thunder 14.
| Date | Score | Line | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 2026 | Thunder 117, Cavaliers 112 Thunder won | ||
| Nov 2, 2026 | Thunder 117, Cavaliers 112 Thunder won | ||
| Nov 2, 2026 | Thunder 117, Cavaliers 112 Thunder won | ||
| Nov 2, 2026 | Thunder 117, Cavaliers 112 Thunder won | ||
| Nov 2, 2026 | Thunder 117, Cavaliers 112 Thunder won |
Meetings since 2022, most recent first. Line and total are the consensus closing numbers where line history is available.
Teams
Cleveland Cavaliers
- Cleveland Cavaliers team stats
- Cleveland Cavaliers 115, New York Knicks 107 (Nov 11)
- Cleveland Cavaliers 112, Charlotte Hornets 124 (Nov 9)
- New York Knicks 109, Cleveland Cavaliers 97 (Nov 7)
Oklahoma City Thunder
- Oklahoma City Thunder team stats
- Oklahoma City Thunder 108, Portland Trail Blazers 118 (Nov 11)
- Oklahoma City Thunder 103, Portland Trail Blazers 123 (Nov 10)
- Washington Wizards 75, Oklahoma City Thunder 114 (Nov 7)
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More NBA games on November 4, 2026
- Philadelphia 76ers 112, Detroit Pistons 106 (Nov 4)
- Atlanta Hawks 120, Washington Wizards 105 (Nov 4)
- Charlotte Hornets 104, Brooklyn Nets 114 (Nov 4)
- Milwaukee Bucks 102, Boston Celtics 109 (Nov 4)
- Chicago Bulls 105, New York Knicks 135 (Nov 4)
- Indiana Pacers 107, Memphis Grizzlies 103 (Nov 4)
- Utah Jazz 113, New Orleans Pelicans 120 (Nov 4)
- Minnesota Timberwolves 117, Houston Rockets 107 (Nov 4)
- Toronto Raptors 109, Denver Nuggets 128 (Nov 4)
- Portland Trail Blazers 132, Phoenix Suns 119 (Nov 4)
- Dallas Mavericks 111, San Antonio Spurs 112 (Nov 4)
- Los Angeles Lakers 116, Sacramento Kings 103 (Nov 4)
- Miami Heat 117, Los Angeles Clippers 116 (Nov 4)
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