The top two teams in the East clash as the Cleveland Cavaliers visit the Boston Celtics. This is the 4th, and final, meeting between these two teams this season. The Celtics won the first game 120-117 in Boston on November 19.

This 2024-25 Cavaliers team is delivering one of the best regular season showings in franchise history. In 2008-09, Cleveland won 66 games, the most ever. If the current Cavs win 19 of their last 24 games, they will set a new team record for victories.

Unfortunately, the Cavaliers could be shorthanded for their next matchup as two of their star players are questionable to play against the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday (as of Saturday evening). Cleveland made a statement to the NBA with their dominant victory over the Knicks. However, the win didn't come without some drama.

Are the Cleveland Cavaliers one of the three teams in the NBA's Eastern Conference that can beat the Boston Celtics at full strength? Which top teams, if any, can lay claim to such a bold take, given the Celtics are the current defending champions and have played pretty much all of the East ball clubs well so far this season?

With Friday night's comeback win over the Boston Celtics, the Cleveland Cavaliers have firmly established themselves as the beasts of the East.