Houston Rockets @ Cleveland Cavaliers
36-24, 16-14 Away
85
36-24, 16-14 Away
35-25, 23-8 Home
91
35-25, 23-8 Home
Game Leaders
Team Stats
36% (32-89)
Field Goal %
44% (36-81)
36% (9-25)
Three Point %
47% (8-17)
63% (12-19)
Free Throw %
61% (11-18)
32
Turnovers
28
63
Rebounds
53
4
Largest Lead
14
Game Information
Cleveland, OH
Referee:Joe DeRosa
Referee:Sean Corbin
Referee:Sean Wright
Game Flow
--HOU
--CLE
Shot Chart
- Yao Ming misses 7-foot hook shot
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses jumper
- Tracy McGrady misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Yao Ming blocks Sasha Pavlovic's layup
- Tracy McGrady misses free throw 1 of 2
- Tracy McGrady misses free throw 2 of 2
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses layup
- Shane Battier makes 22-foot three point jumper
- Tracy McGrady misses two point shot
- LeBron James makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sasha Pavlovic assists)
- Yao Ming misses 12-foot two point shot
- Drew Gooden misses 10-foot two point shot
- Shane Battier makes 11-foot running jumper (Chuck Hayes assists)
- LeBron James misses 13-foot jumper
- Chuck Hayes makes layup (Yao Ming assists)
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes jumper (Larry Hughes assists)
- Yao Ming misses 12-foot two point shot
- Larry Hughes makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sasha Pavlovic assists)
- Tracy McGrady misses 18-foot jumper
- Drew Gooden misses 19-foot jumper
- Larry Hughes misses two point shot
- Yao Ming makes free throw 1 of 2
- Yao Ming makes free throw 2 of 2
- Drew Gooden misses 15-foot jumper
- Yao Ming misses 7-foot hook shot
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks Yao Ming's 5-foot jumper
- LeBron James misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Tracy McGrady makes driving layup
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses jumper
- Tracy McGrady misses 18-foot jumper
- Rafer Alston misses 25-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James makes driving layup (Sasha Pavlovic assists)
- LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 1
- Rafer Alston misses layup
- Sasha Pavlovic misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Shane Battier misses 24-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James misses 17-foot jumper
- Chuck Hayes makes layup (Tracy McGrady assists)
- LeBron James makes 10-foot two point shot
- Tracy McGrady misses 7-foot jumper
- LeBron James misses driving layup
- Rafer Alston misses 13-foot jumper
- Shane Battier makes 5-foot jumper
- Larry Hughes misses 7-foot jumper
- Juwan Howard makes 15-foot jumper (Luther Head assists)
- Larry Hughes makes 17-foot jumper
- Luther Head misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Donyell Marshall misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Anderson Varejao makes dunk (LeBron James assists)
- Eric Snow makes driving layup (Anderson Varejao assists)
- Rafer Alston makes 27-foot three pointer
- LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2
- LeBron James misses free throw 2 of 2
- Yao Ming makes layup (Luther Head assists)
- Anderson Varejao makes 3-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
- Yao Ming misses jumper
- Yao Ming makes free throw 1 of 2
- Yao Ming misses free throw 2 of 2
- Luther Head makes 25-foot three point jumper (Juwan Howard assists)
- Shannon Brown misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Yao Ming misses 7-foot two point shot
- Larry Hughes makes two point shot
- Larry Hughes makes free throw 1 of 1
- Yao Ming misses 12-foot hook shot
- Kirk Snyder misses tip shot
- Larry Hughes makes free throw 1 of 2
- Rafer Alston misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Juwan Howard misses 19-foot jumper
- Anderson Varejao misses 4-foot jumper
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes tip shot
- Shannon Brown makes layup
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks Kirk Snyder's layup
- Shannon Brown makes 23-foot three point jumper (Larry Hughes assists)
- Dikembe Mutombo makes slam dunk (Luther Head assists)
- Luther Head misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Drew Gooden misses jumper
- Tracy McGrady misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Tracy McGrady misses 18-foot jumper
- Dikembe Mutombo blocks Larry Hughes's 9-foot jumper
- Kirk Snyder makes layup
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses jumper
- Shannon Brown misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Tracy McGrady misses 18-foot jumper
- Shannon Brown misses 2-foot two point shot
- Dikembe Mutombo blocks Donyell Marshall's driving dunk
- Larry Hughes makes free throw 1 of 2
- Larry Hughes misses free throw 2 of 2
- Sasha Pavlovic makes slam dunk (LeBron James assists)
- Tracy McGrady makes 4-foot two point shot
- Larry Hughes misses layup
- Drew Gooden makes layup (LeBron James assists)
- Tracy McGrady misses jumper
- Larry Hughes makes 19-foot jumper
- Donyell Marshall blocks Chuck Hayes's layup
- Tracy McGrady misses 17-foot jumper
- Rafer Alston makes free throw 1 of 2
- Rafer Alston misses free throw 2 of 2
- LeBron James makes 14-foot jumper
- LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 1
- Tracy McGrady misses 17-foot jumper
- Tracy McGrady misses 17-foot two point shot
- Drew Gooden makes 14-foot jumper
- Chuck Hayes makes 8-foot two point shot
- Drew Gooden makes 17-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Shane Battier makes 24-foot three point jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
- Sasha Pavlovic misses layup
- Larry Hughes misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Shane Battier misses 14-foot jumper
- Larry Hughes blocks Chuck Hayes's layup
- LeBron James makes layup
- Chuck Hayes makes layup (Tracy McGrady assists)
- Sasha Pavlovic misses 21-foot jumper
- Drew Gooden misses two point shot
- LeBron James makes 19-foot jumper (Larry Hughes assists)
- Yao Ming misses two point shot
- LeBron James makes 25-foot three point jumper
- Yao Ming makes 11-foot jumper (Shane Battier assists)
- Larry Hughes misses 16-foot jumper
- Rafer Alston misses 21-foot jumper
- Drew Gooden makes 20-foot jumper (Larry Hughes assists)
- Tracy McGrady makes 24-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James makes 17-foot jumper (Larry Hughes assists)
- Tracy McGrady makes free throw 1 of 2
- Tracy McGrady makes free throw 2 of 2
- LeBron James misses jumper
- Rafer Alston makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
- Sasha Pavlovic misses 22-foot jumper
- Tracy McGrady misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 18-foot jumper
- Juwan Howard misses 12-foot hook shot
- Larry Hughes makes 6-foot running jumper
- Larry Hughes misses free throw 1 of 1
- Tracy McGrady makes 20-foot jumper
- Sasha Pavlovic misses layup
- Tracy McGrady makes driving layup (Shane Battier assists)
- Larry Hughes misses 18-foot jumper
- Tracy McGrady misses 19-foot jumper
- Dikembe Mutombo makes free throw 1 of 2
- Dikembe Mutombo misses free throw 2 of 2
- LeBron James makes 25-foot three point jumper
- Tracy McGrady misses 20-foot jumper
- Eric Snow makes 16-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Shane Battier misses 15-foot two point shot
- Shane Battier makes free throw 1 of 2
- Shane Battier makes free throw 2 of 2
- Larry Hughes misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Rafer Alston misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Luther Head misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Larry Hughes makes 25-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- LeBron James makes 4-foot jumper
- LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 1
- LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Shane Battier makes 23-foot three point jumper (Juwan Howard assists)
- Donyell Marshall makes 25-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Donyell Marshall misses layup
- Juwan Howard misses 10-foot jumper
- Kirk Snyder misses 23-foot jumper
- Kirk Snyder blocks LeBron James's jumper
- Anderson Varejao blocks Yao Ming's 5-foot jumper
- Yao Ming makes layup
- Donyell Marshall makes 24-foot three point jumper
- Yao Ming makes dunk (Tracy McGrady assists)
- LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Tracy McGrady misses 24-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James misses 5-foot jumper
- Luther Head misses 16-foot jumper
- Yao Ming makes technical free throw
- Larry Hughes makes 11-foot two point shot (Eric Snow assists)
- LeBron James misses layup
- LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
- LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
- Yao Ming makes free throw 1 of 2
- Yao Ming misses free throw 2 of 2
- Tracy McGrady misses 17-foot jumper
- Chuck Hayes misses tip shot
- Yao Ming makes layup
- Yao Ming makes free throw 1 of 1
- LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2
- LeBron James misses free throw 2 of 2
- Tracy McGrady misses 19-foot jumper
- Kirk Snyder makes layup
- Tracy McGrady makes driving layup (Chuck Hayes assists)
- Tracy McGrady misses free throw 1 of 1
- LeBron James misses 17-foot jumper
- Tracy McGrady makes 25-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James makes 23-foot jumper
- Luther Head makes 20-foot jumper
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 17-foot jumper (Larry Hughes assists)
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks Chuck Hayes's layup
- Tracy McGrady makes 21-foot jumper (Luther Head assists)
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 19-foot jumper
- Tracy McGrady misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Yao Ming blocks Sasha Pavlovic's layup
- Tracy McGrady misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Tracy McGrady makes 21-foot jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
- LeBron James misses 18-foot jumper
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes layup
- Tracy McGrady misses 21-foot jumper
- LeBron James makes two point shot (Larry Hughes assists)
- Shane Battier misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Luther Head misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Tracy McGrady makes 25-foot three point jumper (Yao Ming assists)
- Larry Hughes makes free throw 1 of 2
- Larry Hughes misses free throw 2 of 2
- Tracy McGrady misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Larry Hughes makes free throw 1 of 2
- Larry Hughes makes free throw 2 of 2
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Matchups
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Southwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 30 | 14 | .682 | - | L1 |
| Houston | 26 | 15 | .634 | 2.5 | W3 |
| Memphis | 18 | 23 | .439 | 10.5 | W1 |
| Dallas | 18 | 26 | .409 | 12 | W3 |
| New Orleans | 10 | 35 | .222 | 20.5 | L2 |
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