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

Darko Rajakovic has high hopes for Scottie Barnes. The Raptors head coach has not lacked confidence in his young 23-year-old star. Just last year he called Barnes the “face of the league.”

Jarrett Allen collected 25 points and 11 rebounds to lift the host Cleveland Cavaliers to a 129-122 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder ... 22 points while Scottie Barnes had 18 and RJ Barrett ...

Ochai Agbaji scored the go-ahead basket with 1:33 left in the fourth quarter and the Toronto Raptors rallied to beat the Golden State Warriors 104-101

The Oklahoma City Thunder suffered a 106-98 loss to the Dallas Mavericks. The rare defeat had plenty of caveats for both sides. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was a late scratch with a wrist sprain. He joined Chet Holmgren and Isaiah Hartenstein in street clothes. Dallas was without Luka Doncic and Dereck Lively II.

Barnes amassed 10 points (4-16 FG, 0-6 3Pt, 2-2 FT), eight rebounds, 10 assists, two blocks and two steals in 35 minutes during Friday's 130-112 loss to the Bucks. Although it was Barnes' lowest scoring output since a six-point effort in the Dec.

The 2024-25 season continues to roll along in January. At this point, teams are starting to separate themselves from the rest of the league. It's evident the NBA's best three teams are the Cleveland Cavaliers, Oklahoma City Thunder and Boston Celtics.

Jaren Jackson Jr leads Memphis with 24 points and five rebounds. Desmond Bane has 18 points, five rebounds, three assists and two steals. Donte DiVincenzo leads Minnesota with 27 points, eight rebounds and five assists. Anthony Edwards has 15 points, four rebounds and five assists.

This Friday, the NBA tips off another great sports weekend with seven games on the DraftKings main fantasy basketball slate. The Thunder are the only one of the 14 teams in action that are playing for the second night in a row after defeating the Cavaliers on Thurdsay.

The Minnesota Timberwolves are struggling to build chemistry this season after cornerstone forward Karl-Anthony Towns was traded to New York in the offseason.

For an Oklahoma City Thunder team that is 34-6, there has been no shortage of advesity this season. The no excuse Thunder have had to navigate being without Che