The Cavs and Thunder captivated basketball fans across the nation, producing stellar TV ratings on ESPN Wednesday night.

The Cleveland Cavs’ and Oklahoma City Thunder’s showdown between the NBA’s supremacy didn’t disappoint regarding ratings. NBA fans on social media responded to the matchup, which ended Oklahoma City’s 15-game win streak while extending Cleveland’s to 11 in a 129-122 slugfest.

Amid the constant debate over NBA ratings, Wednesday's game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Oklahoma City Thunder showed that audiences will still tune in for big games.

The highly anticipated matchup between the NBA's conference leaders -- the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Oklahoma City Thunder -- lived up to the hype and then some Wednesday night in Cleveland.

#Cavs and #Thunder is the first meeting between a team on a 15-game win streak & another on a 10-game win streak. It’s the first ever interconference game between teams with a win percentage of .850 or higher this late into a season.

According to the website Sports Media Watch, Cavs-Thunder was the sixth-highest-rated NBA game shown exclusively on cable this season.

The Cavs and Oklahoma City Thunder delivered a game that lived up to its billing as the most anticipated matchup of the regular season. Featuring the No. 1 offense against the No. 1 defense and the top teams from the Eastern and Western Conferences,

The Cleveland Cavaliers held off the Oklahoma City Thunder for a 129-122 win Wednesday night to snap OKC's record 15-game winning streak.

I’d sign up for seven games of Cavs vs. Thunder. In today’s SI:AM: ✅ NFL playoff picks 🏈 Historic CFP coaching matchup 📝 MLB signing predictions June is still a long way away, but the Cleveland Cavaliers are looking more and more like an NBA Finals–caliber team.

The Cleveland Cavaliers keep winning games. Even when it seems like they don’t have a prayer to win some of their matchups, the Cavaliers find a way to come away with the victory. This was the case in their matchup with the Toronto Raptors,