After a historic start to the season, the Cavaliers have remained atop the NBA's standings through the first two and a half months of play. Cleveland is out to the best start in franchise history ...

To this point, the 2013-14 Thunder had the best record through 45 games in franchise history with a 35-10 record. The current team is sitting at 37-8, two games ahead of the previous record holder.

Eight seconds remained in the third quarter when the ball found his hands, the last play ... Thunder squad to a Western Conference-best 26-5 record — the best start to a season in OKC history.

The Oklahoma City Thunder, the NBA's top team, got 52 points from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the NBA's leading scorer, on Wednesday. It wasn't enough to defeat a team just hovering above .500.

With this performance, Shai also made franchise history as his 54 points ... MVP race and if he can continue to play like he has and lead the Thunder to the top seed in the West, he may be honored ...