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
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- 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
Shot Made
Shot Missed
| TIME | PLAY | HOU | CLE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | Start of the 1st Quarter | 0 | 0 | |
| 12:00 | | Jumpball: Yao Ming vs. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Drew Gooden gains possession) | 0 | 0 |
| 11:33 | | Drew Gooden lost ball (Yao Ming steals) | 0 | 0 |
| 11:21 | | Yao Ming misses 7-foot hook shot | 0 | 0 |
| 11:19 | | Houston defensive rebound | 0 | 0 |
| 11:02 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses jumper | 0 | 0 |
| 11:00 | | Chuck Hayes defensive rebound | 0 | 0 |
| 10:45 | | Tracy McGrady misses 25-foot three point jumper | 0 | 0 |
| 10:44 | | Houston defensive rebound | 0 | 0 |
| 10:27 | | Yao Ming blocks Sasha Pavlovic's layup | 0 | 0 |
| 10:26 | | Yao Ming defensive rebound | 0 | 0 |
| 10:07 | | Sasha Pavlovic shooting foul (Tracy McGrady draws the foul) | 0 | 0 |
| 10:07 | | Tracy McGrady misses free throw 1 of 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10:07 | | Houston offensive rebound | 0 | 0 |
| 10:07 | | Tracy McGrady misses free throw 2 of 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10:07 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound | 0 | 0 |
| 9:57 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses layup | 0 | 0 |
| 9:56 | | Tracy McGrady defensive rebound | 0 | 0 |
| 9:47 | | Shane Battier makes 22-foot three point jumper | 3 | 0 |
| 9:30 | | LeBron James bad pass (Chuck Hayes steals) | 3 | 0 |
| 9:22 | | Tracy McGrady misses two point shot | 3 | 0 |
| 9:19 | | Sasha Pavlovic defensive rebound | 3 | 0 |
| 9:14 | | LeBron James makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sasha Pavlovic assists) | 3 | 3 |
| 8:57 | | Yao Ming misses 12-foot two point shot | 3 | 3 |
| 8:55 | | LeBron James defensive rebound | 3 | 3 |
| 8:49 | | Drew Gooden misses 10-foot two point shot | 3 | 3 |
| 8:48 | | Cleveland defensive rebound | 3 | 3 |
| 8:33 | | Shane Battier makes 11-foot running jumper (Chuck Hayes assists) | 5 | 3 |
| 8:15 | | LeBron James misses 13-foot jumper | 5 | 3 |
| 8:14 | | Chuck Hayes defensive rebound | 5 | 3 |
| 8:03 | | Chuck Hayes makes layup (Yao Ming assists) | 7 | 3 |
| 7:48 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes jumper (Larry Hughes assists) | 7 | 5 |
| 7:28 | | Yao Ming misses 12-foot two point shot | 7 | 5 |
| 7:26 | | Drew Gooden defensive rebound | 7 | 5 |
| 7:15 | | Larry Hughes makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sasha Pavlovic assists) | 7 | 8 |
| 7:00 | | Tracy McGrady misses 18-foot jumper | 7 | 8 |
| 6:58 | | LeBron James defensive rebound | 7 | 8 |
| 6:41 | | Drew Gooden misses 19-foot jumper | 7 | 8 |
| 6:39 | | Cleveland offensive rebound | 7 | 8 |
| 6:31 | | Larry Hughes misses two point shot | 7 | 8 |
| 6:30 | | Rafer Alston defensive rebound | 7 | 8 |
| 6:18 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas shooting foul (Yao Ming draws the foul) | 7 | 8 |
| 6:18 | | Yao Ming makes free throw 1 of 2 | 8 | 8 |
| 6:18 | | Yao Ming makes free throw 2 of 2 | 9 | 8 |
| 6:05 | | Drew Gooden misses 15-foot jumper | 9 | 8 |
| 6:01 | | Chuck Hayes defensive rebound | 9 | 8 |
| 5:54 | | Yao Ming misses 7-foot hook shot | 9 | 8 |
| 5:52 | | Yao Ming offensive rebound | 9 | 8 |
| 5:52 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks Yao Ming's 5-foot jumper | 9 | 8 |
| 5:50 | | Sasha Pavlovic defensive rebound | 9 | 8 |
| 5:45 | | LeBron James misses 24-foot three point jumper | 9 | 8 |
| 5:43 | | Tracy McGrady defensive rebound | 9 | 8 |
| 5:33 | | Tracy McGrady makes driving layup | 11 | 8 |
| 5:16 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses jumper | 11 | 8 |
| 5:13 | | Chuck Hayes defensive rebound | 11 | 8 |
| 5:03 | | Cleveland full timeout | 11 | 8 |
| 5:03 | | Donyell Marshall enters the game for Zydrunas Ilgauskas | 11 | 8 |
| 5:03 | | Dikembe Mutombo enters the game for Yao Ming | 11 | 8 |
| 4:54 | | Tracy McGrady misses 18-foot jumper | 11 | 8 |
| 4:50 | | Donyell Marshall defensive rebound | 11 | 8 |
| 4:46 | | LeBron James bad pass | 11 | 8 |
| 4:35 | | Rafer Alston misses 25-foot three point jumper | 11 | 8 |
| 4:33 | | Donyell Marshall defensive rebound | 11 | 8 |
| 4:20 | | LeBron James makes driving layup (Sasha Pavlovic assists) | 11 | 10 |
| 4:20 | | Chuck Hayes shooting foul (LeBron James draws the foul) | 11 | 10 |
| 4:20 | | LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 1 | 11 | 11 |
| 4:03 | | Rafer Alston misses layup | 11 | 11 |
| 4:01 | | Drew Gooden defensive rebound | 11 | 11 |
| 3:53 | | Sasha Pavlovic misses 25-foot three point jumper | 11 | 11 |
| 3:49 | | Dikembe Mutombo defensive rebound | 11 | 11 |
| 3:35 | | Shane Battier misses 24-foot three point jumper | 11 | 11 |
| 3:32 | | LeBron James defensive rebound | 11 | 11 |
| 3:21 | | LeBron James misses 17-foot jumper | 11 | 11 |
| 3:19 | | Tracy McGrady defensive rebound | 11 | 11 |
| 3:14 | | Chuck Hayes makes layup (Tracy McGrady assists) | 13 | 11 |
| 2:54 | | LeBron James makes 10-foot two point shot | 13 | 13 |
| 2:35 | | Tracy McGrady misses 7-foot jumper | 13 | 13 |
| 2:34 | | LeBron James defensive rebound | 13 | 13 |
| 2:27 | | LeBron James misses driving layup | 13 | 13 |
| 2:25 | | Chuck Hayes defensive rebound | 13 | 13 |
| 2:18 | | Rafer Alston misses 13-foot jumper | 13 | 13 |
| 2:17 | | Houston offensive rebound | 13 | 13 |
| 2:17 | | Houston full timeout | 13 | 13 |
| 2:17 | | Juwan Howard enters the game for Chuck Hayes | 13 | 13 |
| 2:17 | | Luther Head enters the game for Tracy McGrady | 13 | 13 |
| 2:17 | | Anderson Varejao enters the game for Drew Gooden | 13 | 13 |
| 2:17 | | Eric Snow enters the game for Sasha Pavlovic | 13 | 13 |
| 2:04 | | Shane Battier makes 5-foot jumper | 15 | 13 |
| 1:47 | | Larry Hughes misses 7-foot jumper | 15 | 13 |
| 1:45 | | Shane Battier defensive rebound | 15 | 13 |
| 1:31 | | Juwan Howard makes 15-foot jumper (Luther Head assists) | 17 | 13 |
| 1:15 | | Larry Hughes makes 17-foot jumper | 17 | 15 |
| 1:00 | | Luther Head misses 26-foot three point jumper | 17 | 15 |
| 58.5 | | Anderson Varejao defensive rebound | 17 | 15 |
| 44.9 | | Donyell Marshall misses 24-foot three point jumper | 17 | 15 |
| 42.5 | | Cleveland offensive rebound | 17 | 15 |
| 41.5 | | Shannon Brown enters the game for Larry Hughes | 17 | 15 |
| 29.8 | | Anderson Varejao makes dunk (LeBron James assists) | 17 | 17 |
| 17.9 | | Rafer Alston bad pass (Anderson Varejao steals) | 17 | 17 |
| 12.9 | | Eric Snow makes driving layup (Anderson Varejao assists) | 17 | 19 |
| 0.0 | | Rafer Alston makes 27-foot three pointer | 20 | 19 |
| 0.0 | End of the 1st Quarter | 20 | 19 | |
Matchups
Game Information
Cleveland, OH
Referee:Joe DeRosa
Referee:Sean Corbin
Referee:Sean Wright
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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