Cavaliers 98-85 Rockets (22 Mar, 1996) Box Score

Cleveland Cavaliers

38-28, 16-16 away

	1	2	3	4	T
CLE	26	28	16	28	98
HOU	22	23	16	24	85

Houston Rockets

42-25, 22-10 home

Cleveland Cavaliers

starters
Danny FerryD. Ferry
Chris MillsC. Mills
Michael CageM. Cage
Terrell BrandonT. Brandon
Dan MajerleD. Majerle
bench
Tyrone HillT. Hill
Antonio LangA. Lang
Donny MarshallD. Marshall
Bobby PhillsB. Phills
Bob SuraB. Sura
Darryl JohnsonD. Johnson
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
35	2-4	1-2	0-0	0	2	2	7	1	0	1	2	0	5
38	7-14	0-3	3-3	0	4	4	5	3	0	1	5	0	17
23	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	6	8	1	0	0	2	2	0	2
34	9-15	1-2	8-10	0	3	3	3	2	0	1	3	0	27
39	2-4	0-2	4-4	0	4	4	6	1	1	2	0	0	8
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
24	7-7	0-0	3-3	0	3	3	2	0	0	1	5	0	17
1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	7-10	0-1	0-2	0	1	1	4	2	0	2	1	0	14
17	2-3	0-0	4-5	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	8
1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	37-59	2-10	22-27	2	25	27	31	9	1	12	20		98
	62.7%	20.0%	81.5%

Houston Rockets

starters
Robert HorryR. Horry
Chucky BrownC. Brown
Mark BryantM. Bryant
Sam MackS. Mack
Kenny SmithK. Smith
bench
Pete ChilcuttP. Chilcutt
Charles J JonesC. Jones
Tim BreauxT. Breaux
Eldridge RecasnerE. Recasner
Melvin BookerM. Booker
Tracy MooreT. Moore
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
35	3-6	1-4	0-1	3	4	7	5	4	1	3	4	0	7
24	2-4	0-0	4-4	2	4	6	2	0	0	1	0	0	8
30	2-7	0-0	3-4	1	2	3	0	1	0	3	3	0	7
34	6-12	1-2	0-0	1	3	4	3	1	0	2	1	0	13
29	2-7	0-0	3-4	1	1	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	7
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
11	3-4	2-3	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	8
7	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
22	3-10	0-2	3-3	0	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	9
15	2-2	1-1	0-0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	3	0	5
7	0-2	0-1	4-4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	4
26	6-12	3-5	2-2	1	2	3	0	0	0	2	4	0	17
	29-66	8-18	19-22	9	19	28	22	7	1	16	20		85
	43.9%	44.4%	86.4%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Rockets
86
Cavaliers
80

Game 1

23/2

Cavaliers
98
Rockets
85

Game 2

22/3

12:30 AM, 22 March 1996

Attendance: 16,285

Referees:
Jack Nies
Mark Wunderlich
Scott Foster

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	25	4	.862	-	W4
Milwaukee	15	12	.556	9	W1
Indiana	14	15	.483	11	W4
Chicago	13	16	.448	12	L1
Detroit	12	17	.414	13	W1

Team	W	L

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Series tied 1-1

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