Cleveland Cavaliers @ Houston Rockets
27-21, 12-14 Away
77
27-21, 12-14 Away
29-20, 13-9 Home
92
29-20, 13-9 Home
Shot Chart
- LeBron James blocks Yao Ming's 9-foot jumper
- Luis Scola makes layup
- Yao Ming makes 17-foot jumper (Luis Scola assists)
- Yao Ming misses 10-foot two point shot
- Yao Ming makes 14-foot jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
- Luis Scola misses layup
- Tracy McGrady misses 19-foot jumper
- Yao Ming makes layup (Tracy McGrady assists)
- Yao Ming misses layup
- Luis Scola misses 7-foot hook shot
- Luis Scola makes 17-foot jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
- Yao Ming makes two point shot (Tracy McGrady assists)
- Luis Scola makes 12-foot jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
- Yao Ming misses two point shot
- Rafer Alston misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Rafer Alston misses layup
- Donyell Marshall blocks Yao Ming's layup
- Rafer Alston makes 26-foot three point jumper (Luis Scola assists)
- Shane Battier makes 12-foot two point shot (Luis Scola assists)
- Bonzi Wells makes 16-foot jumper (Carl Landry assists)
- Rafer Alston misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Dwayne Jones blocks Carl Landry's layup
- Bonzi Wells makes slam dunk (Carl Landry assists)
- LeBron James blocks Bonzi Wells's layup
- Aaron Brooks misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Tracy McGrady misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Tracy McGrady misses 20-foot jumper
- Bonzi Wells misses 7-foot jumper
- Carl Landry makes dunk
- Aaron Brooks misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks Carl Landry's layup
- Yao Ming misses 7-foot hook shot
- Tracy McGrady misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Yao Ming makes dunk (Bonzi Wells assists)
- Aaron Brooks misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Bonzi Wells makes layup
- Shane Battier misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Rafer Alston misses running jumper
- Bonzi Wells makes driving dunk (Rafer Alston assists)
- Shane Battier misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Shane Battier misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Yao Ming misses 9-foot two point shot
- Yao Ming makes 11-foot two point shot (Tracy McGrady assists)
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks Rafer Alston's layup
- Tracy McGrady misses 17-foot jumper
- Rafer Alston makes three point jumper (Yao Ming assists)
- Shane Battier makes 24-foot three point jumper (Luis Scola assists)
- Shane Battier makes 21-foot jumper (Yao Ming assists)
- Tracy McGrady makes 22-foot jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
- Tracy McGrady makes 26-foot three point jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
- Luis Scola misses 11-foot jumper
- Luis Scola misses layup
- Yao Ming misses 8-foot two point shot
- Luis Scola makes layup
- Rafer Alston makes 25-foot three point jumper (Shane Battier assists)
- Tracy McGrady misses two point shot
- Yao Ming misses 8-foot two point shot
- Rafer Alston misses 13-foot running jumper
- Shane Battier makes 23-foot three point jumper (Yao Ming assists)
- Rafer Alston makes driving layup
- Luis Scola makes dunk (Bonzi Wells assists)
- Bonzi Wells misses 19-foot jumper
- Rafer Alston makes two point shot
- Aaron Brooks makes 25-foot three pointer (Rafer Alston assists)
- Shane Battier misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Shane Battier makes layup (Bonzi Wells assists)
- Aaron Brooks misses three point jumper
- Yao Ming misses 11-foot two point shot
- Shane Battier misses layup
- Yao Ming makes two point shot (Bonzi Wells assists)
- Aaron Brooks misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Bonzi Wells misses layup
- Rafer Alston misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Tracy McGrady misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Rafer Alston misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Rafer Alston makes driving layup (Tracy McGrady assists)
- Tracy McGrady makes 20-foot jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
- Yao Ming makes 10-foot two point shot (Rafer Alston assists)
- Yao Ming makes 9-foot two point shot
- Tracy McGrady misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Bonzi Wells makes two point shot
- Shane Battier makes 26-foot three point jumper (Yao Ming assists)
- Aaron Brooks misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Bonzi Wells makes layup (Aaron Brooks assists)
- Aaron Brooks misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Larry Hughes makes 20-foot jumper
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 18-foot jumper
- LeBron James misses 22-foot jumper
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 21-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Rafer Alston blocks Larry Hughes's layup
- LeBron James makes driving layup
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses layup
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses tip shot
- Ira Newble misses layup
- Yao Ming blocks LeBron James's layup
- LeBron James makes driving layup
- Larry Hughes misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Donyell Marshall makes 23-foot three point jumper (Larry Hughes assists)
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 11-foot two point shot
- LeBron James misses 19-foot jumper
- LeBron James misses 18-foot two point shot
- Shane Battier blocks Larry Hughes's layup
- LeBron James makes layup (Damon Jones assists)
- Devin Brown misses 20-foot jumper
- Devin Brown makes layup (LeBron James assists)
- LeBron James makes 9-foot two point shot
- Damon Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Damon Jones makes 25-foot three point jumper (Zydrunas Ilgauskas assists)
- Devin Brown misses 12-foot running jumper
- Daniel Gibson misses 19-foot jumper
- Damon Jones makes 23-foot three point jumper (Devin Brown assists)
- Damon Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Larry Hughes misses 22-foot jumper
- Donyell Marshall misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Ira Newble makes two point shot
- Ira Newble misses 27-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James misses 26-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James makes 9-foot running jumper
- Larry Hughes makes 23-foot jumper
- Larry Hughes makes 20-foot jumper
- Donyell Marshall misses 18-foot jumper
- Donyell Marshall makes three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Ira Newble misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Larry Hughes misses 21-foot jumper
- LeBron James makes 26-foot three point jumper (Zydrunas Ilgauskas assists)
- Larry Hughes misses layup
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 20-foot jumper
- Donyell Marshall misses 21-foot jumper
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses layup
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 16-foot jumper
- LeBron James makes 8-foot running jumper
- LeBron James makes 17-foot jumper (Zydrunas Ilgauskas assists)
- Donyell Marshall misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Shane Battier blocks LeBron James's layup
- Donyell Marshall misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Larry Hughes misses 9-foot two point shot
- Larry Hughes makes layup (LeBron James assists)
- LeBron James misses 19-foot jumper
- Bonzi Wells blocks Daniel Gibson's 24-foot three point jumper
- Daniel Gibson makes driving layup
- Daniel Gibson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Damon Jones assists)
- LeBron James makes 25-foot three pointer
- LeBron James misses 14-foot jumper
- LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James makes 8-foot running jumper
- LeBron James makes driving layup
- Daniel Gibson misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 10-foot two point shot
- Damon Jones makes 23-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- LeBron James makes driving layup
- LeBron James misses 17-foot two point shot
- Larry Hughes misses three point jumper
- Larry Hughes misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Larry Hughes makes 18-foot jumper (Zydrunas Ilgauskas assists)
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 19-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Damon Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Larry Hughes makes 16-foot jumper
- Larry Hughes misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 20-foot jumper
- LeBron James misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Damon Jones misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Cedric Simmons misses 15-foot jumper
- Shannon Brown misses 27-foot three point jumper
CAVALIERS
ROCKETS
| TIME | PLAY | CLE | HOU | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | Start of the 1st Quarter | 0 | 0 | |
| 12:00 | | Jumpball: Zydrunas Ilgauskas vs. Yao Ming (Luis Scola gains possession) | 0 | 0 |
| 11:42 | | LeBron James blocks Yao Ming's 9-foot jumper | 0 | 0 |
| 11:41 | | Larry Hughes defensive rebound | 0 | 0 |
| 11:34 | | Larry Hughes makes 20-foot jumper | 2 | 0 |
| 11:14 | | Luis Scola makes layup | 2 | 2 |
| 10:53 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 18-foot jumper | 2 | 2 |
| 10:52 | | Shane Battier defensive rebound | 2 | 2 |
| 10:36 | | Yao Ming makes 17-foot jumper (Luis Scola assists) | 2 | 4 |
| 10:07 | | LeBron James misses 22-foot jumper | 2 | 4 |
| 10:06 | | Tracy McGrady defensive rebound | 2 | 4 |
| 9:56 | | Yao Ming misses 10-foot two point shot | 2 | 4 |
| 9:56 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound | 2 | 4 |
| 9:30 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 21-foot jumper (LeBron James assists) | 4 | 4 |
| 9:10 | | Yao Ming makes 14-foot jumper (Rafer Alston assists) | 4 | 6 |
| 8:55 | | Rafer Alston blocks Larry Hughes's layup | 4 | 6 |
| 8:52 | | Rafer Alston defensive rebound | 4 | 6 |
| 8:47 | | Luis Scola misses layup | 4 | 6 |
| 8:45 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound | 4 | 6 |
| 8:40 | | LeBron James makes driving layup | 6 | 6 |
| 8:26 | | Tracy McGrady misses 19-foot jumper | 6 | 6 |
| 8:25 | | Donyell Marshall defensive rebound | 6 | 6 |
| 8:10 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses layup | 6 | 6 |
| 8:08 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas offensive rebound | 6 | 6 |
| 8:08 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses tip shot | 13 | 14 |
| 8:07 | | Yao Ming defensive rebound | 13 | 14 |
| 7:50 | | Luis Scola bad pass | 6 | 6 |
| 7:39 | | Ira Newble misses layup | 6 | 6 |
| 7:37 | | Cleveland offensive rebound | 6 | 6 |
| 7:20 | | LeBron James bad pass | 6 | 6 |
| 7:07 | | Yao Ming makes layup (Tracy McGrady assists) | 6 | 8 |
| 6:47 | | Yao Ming blocks LeBron James's layup | 6 | 8 |
| 6:45 | | Shane Battier defensive rebound | 6 | 8 |
| 6:33 | | Rafer Alston bad pass (LeBron James steals) | 6 | 8 |
| 6:30 | | LeBron James makes driving layup | 8 | 8 |
| 6:03 | | Yao Ming misses layup | 8 | 8 |
| 6:03 | | Luis Scola offensive rebound | 8 | 8 |
| 6:01 | | Luis Scola misses 7-foot hook shot | 8 | 8 |
| 6:00 | | Donyell Marshall defensive rebound | 8 | 8 |
| 5:54 | | Larry Hughes misses 26-foot three point jumper | 8 | 8 |
| 5:52 | | Yao Ming defensive rebound | 8 | 8 |
| 5:33 | | Luis Scola makes 17-foot jumper (Rafer Alston assists) | 8 | 10 |
| 5:13 | | Donyell Marshall makes 23-foot three point jumper (Larry Hughes assists) | 11 | 10 |
| 4:50 | | Yao Ming makes two point shot (Tracy McGrady assists) | 11 | 12 |
| 4:35 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 11-foot two point shot | 13 | 12 |
| 4:22 | | Luis Scola makes 12-foot jumper (Rafer Alston assists) | 13 | 14 |
| 3:58 | | Ira Newble traveling | 13 | 14 |
| 3:58 | | Houston full timeout | 13 | 14 |
| 3:58 | | Dwayne Jones enters the game for Zydrunas Ilgauskas | 13 | 14 |
| 3:58 | | Daniel Gibson enters the game for Ira Newble | 13 | 14 |
| 3:42 | | Yao Ming misses two point shot | 13 | 14 |
| 3:41 | | Donyell Marshall defensive rebound | 13 | 14 |
| 3:30 | | LeBron James misses 19-foot jumper | 13 | 14 |
| 3:29 | | Rafer Alston defensive rebound | 13 | 14 |
| 3:17 | | Rafer Alston misses 27-foot three point jumper | 13 | 14 |
| 3:15 | | Houston defensive rebound | 13 | 14 |
| 3:02 | | LeBron James misses 18-foot two point shot | 13 | 14 |
| 3:01 | | Tracy McGrady defensive rebound | 13 | 14 |
| 2:56 | | Rafer Alston misses layup | 13 | 14 |
| 2:55 | | Yao Ming offensive rebound | 13 | 14 |
| 2:55 | | Donyell Marshall blocks Yao Ming's layup | 13 | 14 |
| 2:54 | | Cleveland full timeout | 13 | 14 |
| 2:54 | | Houston offensive rebound | 13 | 14 |
| 2:54 | | Bonzi Wells enters the game for Tracy McGrady | 13 | 14 |
| 2:54 | | Carl Landry enters the game for Yao Ming | 13 | 14 |
| 2:40 | | Rafer Alston makes 26-foot three point jumper (Luis Scola assists) | 13 | 17 |
| 2:23 | | Shane Battier blocks Larry Hughes's layup | 13 | 17 |
| 2:23 | | Cleveland offensive rebound | 13 | 17 |
| 2:23 | | Damon Jones enters the game for Larry Hughes | 13 | 17 |
| 2:23 | | Devin Brown enters the game for Donyell Marshall | 13 | 17 |
| 2:21 | | LeBron James makes layup (Damon Jones assists) | 15 | 17 |
| 2:21 | | Shane Battier shooting foul (LeBron James draws the foul) | 15 | 17 |
| 2:21 | | LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 1 | 15 | 17 |
| 2:20 | | Carl Landry defensive rebound | 15 | 17 |
| 2:09 | | Shane Battier makes 12-foot two point shot (Luis Scola assists) | 15 | 19 |
| 1:47 | | Devin Brown misses 20-foot jumper | 15 | 19 |
| 1:46 | | Bonzi Wells defensive rebound | 15 | 19 |
| 1:24 | | Bonzi Wells makes 16-foot jumper (Carl Landry assists) | 15 | 21 |
| 1:13 | | Bonzi Wells shooting foul (LeBron James draws the foul) | 15 | 21 |
| 1:13 | | LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2 | 15 | 21 |
| 1:13 | | Cleveland offensive rebound | 15 | 21 |
| 1:13 | | LeBron James misses free throw 2 of 2 | 15 | 21 |
| 1:12 | | Bonzi Wells defensive rebound | 15 | 21 |
| 53.9 | | Rafer Alston misses 25-foot three point jumper | 15 | 21 |
| 52.4 | | Carl Landry offensive rebound | 15 | 21 |
| 47.9 | | Dwayne Jones blocks Carl Landry's layup | 15 | 21 |
| 45.9 | | Devin Brown defensive rebound | 15 | 21 |
| 31.3 | | Devin Brown makes layup (LeBron James assists) | 17 | 21 |
| 16.9 | | Daniel Gibson shooting foul (Rafer Alston draws the foul) | 17 | 21 |
| 16.9 | | Rafer Alston makes free throw 1 of 2 | 17 | 22 |
| 16.9 | | Chuck Hayes enters the game for Luis Scola | 17 | 22 |
| 16.9 | | Rafer Alston makes free throw 2 of 2 | 17 | 23 |
| 1.4 | | LeBron James makes 9-foot two point shot | 19 | 23 |
| 1.1 | | Shane Battier bad pass (Damon Jones steals) | 19 | 23 |
| 0.0 | End of the 1st Quarter | 19 | 23 | |
Regular Season Series
HOU leads 1-0
Game Information
Toyota Center (Houston)
12:00 AM, 8 February 2008
Houston, TX
Attendance: 18,402
- Referees:
- Dan Crawford
- James Capers
- Tommy Nunez Jr.
2025-26 Central Standings
2025-26 Southwest Standings
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 23 | 7 | .767 | - | W8 |
| Houston | 18 | 10 | .643 | 4 | W1 |
| Memphis | 14 | 16 | .467 | 9 | W1 |
| Dallas | 12 | 20 | .375 | 12 | L1 |
| New Orleans | 8 | 23 | .258 | 15.5 | L1 |
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