Houston Rockets @ Cleveland Cavaliers
33-20, 17-11 Away
93
33-20, 17-11 Away
29-24, 15-10 Home
85
29-24, 15-10 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 19-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Rafer Alston misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes layup (LeBron James assists)
- Tracy McGrady misses 17-foot jumper
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 21-foot jumper
- Tracy McGrady misses layup
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks Tracy McGrady's layup
- Larry Hughes makes layup (LeBron James assists)
- Drew Gooden blocks Rafer Alston's 3-foot jumper
- Luis Scola misses 10-foot jumper
- Rafer Alston makes driving layup
- Tracy McGrady misses 16-foot two point shot
- LeBron James misses layup
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes tip shot
- Yao Ming misses 17-foot jumper
- Drew Gooden misses layup
- Tracy McGrady misses 1-foot two point shot
- Ira Newble makes dunk (LeBron James assists)
- Luis Scola makes 15-foot jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 22-foot jumper
- LeBron James misses 14-foot two point shot
- Rafer Alston makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luis Scola assists)
- Ira Newble misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Rafer Alston misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Luis Scola misses 2-foot two point shot
- Shane Battier blocks LeBron James's layup
- Yao Ming misses 9-foot hook shot
- Drew Gooden blocks Yao Ming's jumper
- Tracy McGrady misses layup
- Luis Scola misses 19-foot jumper
- Larry Hughes makes 21-foot jumper
- LeBron James misses 22-foot jumper
- LeBron James misses jumper
- Rafer Alston makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
- Daniel Gibson misses layup
- Tracy McGrady makes 16-foot two point shot
- Larry Hughes misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Tracy McGrady makes layup
- Tracy McGrady blocks Devin Brown's jumper
- Devin Brown makes 20-foot two point shot
- Tracy McGrady misses 19-foot jumper
- Devin Brown misses layup
- LeBron James misses tip shot
- Rafer Alston misses 41-foot three point jumper
- Bonzi Wells makes 16-foot two point shot (Aaron Brooks assists)
- Ira Newble makes layup (Donyell Marshall assists)
- Devin Brown misses 18-foot jumper
- Luther Head misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Daniel Gibson misses 20-foot jumper
- Aaron Brooks makes 27-foot three point jumper (Yao Ming assists)
- Daniel Gibson misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Donyell Marshall blocks Yao Ming's layup
- Donyell Marshall misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Brooks misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Bonzi Wells blocks Devin Brown's layup
- Bonzi Wells makes two point shot (Luther Head assists)
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 20-foot two point shot
- Damon Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Yao Ming misses 7-foot hook shot
- Steve Novak misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Drew Gooden makes 16-foot jumper
- Luther Head misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Drew Gooden misses 19-foot jumper
- Bonzi Wells misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Drew Gooden misses 10-foot two point shot
- Luther Head makes driving layup
- LeBron James misses 21-foot jumper
- Yao Ming makes 15-foot jumper (Luther Head assists)
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 16-foot two point shot
- Yao Ming makes 13-foot jumper
- Drew Gooden makes 15-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Tracy McGrady misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Larry Hughes misses jumper
- Larry Hughes misses 16-foot jumper
- Yao Ming misses layup
- Donyell Marshall blocks Yao Ming's layup
- Rafer Alston blocks Larry Hughes's 4-foot jumper
- Luis Scola makes dunk (Rafer Alston assists)
- Larry Hughes makes 17-foot jumper
- Rafer Alston makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
- Tracy McGrady misses 18-foot two point shot
- Rafer Alston misses 18-foot jumper
- Tracy McGrady misses 19-foot jumper
- Larry Hughes misses 19-foot jumper
- Tracy McGrady misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Drew Gooden makes 14-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
- Shane Battier misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Yao Ming makes 15-foot two point shot (Tracy McGrady assists)
- LeBron James makes 19-foot two point shot
- Rafer Alston misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Ira Newble misses 20-foot jumper
- Larry Hughes makes running jumper
- Yao Ming misses 12-foot two point shot
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Luis Scola makes layup (Rafer Alston assists)
- Larry Hughes misses 13-foot jumper
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 18-foot jumper
- Luis Scola makes 18-foot jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
- Larry Hughes makes 24-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Shane Battier makes three point jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
- LeBron James makes 26-foot three point jumper
- Rafer Alston makes 25-foot three point jumper
- Larry Hughes misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Luis Scola blocks Drew Gooden's 14-foot jumper
- Rafer Alston makes 1-foot two point shot
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 12-foot two point shot
- Drew Gooden misses tip shot
- Ira Newble makes layup
- Yao Ming misses 11-foot two point shot
- Larry Hughes misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Luis Scola makes layup (Yao Ming assists)
- LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James makes two point shot (Larry Hughes assists)
- Tracy McGrady makes 19-foot jumper (Shane Battier assists)
- Drew Gooden misses two point shot
- Tracy McGrady makes 19-foot jumper (Shane Battier assists)
- LeBron James makes driving layup
- Tracy McGrady misses 6-foot running jumper
- Dwayne Jones misses 10-foot jumper
- Ira Newble makes 15-foot jumper
- Tracy McGrady misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Tracy McGrady makes 5-foot running jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
- Donyell Marshall makes layup (LeBron James assists)
- Bonzi Wells makes layup (Rafer Alston assists)
- LeBron James makes 25-foot three point jumper
- Rafer Alston makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
- LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Carl Landry makes layup (Tracy McGrady assists)
- Luis Scola makes layup (Rafer Alston assists)
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 18-foot jumper
- Carl Landry blocks Drew Gooden's 12-foot two point shot
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks Yao Ming's two point shot
- Tracy McGrady misses 20-foot jumper
- Larry Hughes misses 9-foot running jumper
- Bonzi Wells misses three point jumper
- Donyell Marshall misses 6-foot running jumper
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes layup (LeBron James assists)
- Carl Landry misses 13-foot jumper
- Rafer Alston misses 17-foot jumper
- Yao Ming misses dunk
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 19-foot jumper
- Carl Landry makes slam dunk (Tracy McGrady assists)
- Daniel Gibson misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Yao Ming misses 16-foot jumper
- Shane Battier blocks LeBron James's layup
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes layup
- Carl Landry makes driving dunk
- Tracy McGrady blocks Larry Hughes's layup
- Rafer Alston makes 26-foot three point jumper (Yao Ming assists)
- LeBron James makes 25-foot three point jumper (Larry Hughes assists)
- Yao Ming misses 14-foot jumper
- LeBron James makes 26-foot three point jumper
- Yao Ming misses layup
- LeBron James misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Tracy McGrady makes driving layup
- Daniel Gibson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Devin Brown assists)
- Tracy McGrady misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Devin Brown makes 14-foot jumper (Daniel Gibson assists)
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 |
| 11:42 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 19-foot jumper (LeBron James assists) | 0 | 2 |
| 11:26 | | Rafer Alston misses 25-foot three point jumper | 0 | 2 |
| 11:25 | | Drew Gooden defensive rebound | 0 | 2 |
| 11:18 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes layup (LeBron James assists) | 0 | 4 |
| 11:03 | | Tracy McGrady misses 17-foot jumper | 0 | 4 |
| 11:00 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound | 0 | 4 |
| 10:38 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 21-foot jumper | 0 | 4 |
| 10:37 | | Ira Newble offensive rebound | 0 | 4 |
| 10:36 | | Ira Newble turnover | 0 | 4 |
| 10:15 | | Tracy McGrady misses layup | 0 | 4 |
| 10:14 | | Tracy McGrady offensive rebound | 0 | 4 |
| 10:12 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks Tracy McGrady's layup | 0 | 4 |
| 10:11 | | LeBron James defensive rebound | 0 | 4 |
| 10:07 | | Larry Hughes makes layup (LeBron James assists) | 0 | 6 |
| 9:48 | | Drew Gooden blocks Rafer Alston's 3-foot jumper | 0 | 6 |
| 9:47 | | Luis Scola offensive rebound | 0 | 6 |
| 9:45 | | Luis Scola misses 10-foot jumper | 0 | 6 |
| 9:42 | | LeBron James defensive rebound | 0 | 6 |
| 9:38 | | Ira Newble turnover | 0 | 6 |
| 9:25 | | Rafer Alston makes driving layup | 2 | 6 |
| 9:07 | | Ira Newble traveling | 2 | 6 |
| 8:48 | | Ira Newble personal foul (Tracy McGrady draws the foul) | 2 | 6 |
| 8:38 | | Tracy McGrady misses 16-foot two point shot | 2 | 6 |
| 8:37 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound | 2 | 6 |
| 8:26 | | LeBron James misses layup | 2 | 6 |
| 8:25 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas offensive rebound | 2 | 8 |
| 8:25 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes tip shot | 2 | 8 |
| 8:08 | | Yao Ming misses 17-foot jumper | 2 | 8 |
| 8:07 | | LeBron James defensive rebound | 2 | 8 |
| 7:52 | | Drew Gooden misses layup | 2 | 8 |
| 7:50 | | Yao Ming defensive rebound | 2 | 8 |
| 7:46 | | Tracy McGrady misses 1-foot two point shot | 2 | 8 |
| 7:43 | | Drew Gooden defensive rebound | 2 | 8 |
| 7:37 | | Ira Newble makes dunk (LeBron James assists) | 2 | 10 |
| 7:18 | | Luis Scola makes 15-foot jumper (Tracy McGrady assists) | 4 | 10 |
| 6:56 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 22-foot jumper | 4 | 10 |
| 6:56 | | Yao Ming defensive rebound | 4 | 10 |
| 6:45 | | Drew Gooden shooting foul (Yao Ming draws the foul) | 4 | 10 |
| 6:45 | | Yao Ming makes free throw 1 of 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 6:45 | | Yao Ming makes free throw 2 of 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 6:26 | | LeBron James misses 14-foot two point shot | 6 | 10 |
| 6:24 | | Luis Scola defensive rebound | 6 | 10 |
| 6:24 | | Drew Gooden technical foul (1st technical foul) | 6 | 10 |
| 6:24 | | Yao Ming makes technical free throw | 7 | 10 |
| 6:03 | | Rafer Alston makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luis Scola assists) | 10 | 10 |
| 5:43 | | Ira Newble misses 26-foot three point jumper | 10 | 10 |
| 5:43 | | Yao Ming defensive rebound | 10 | 10 |
| 5:31 | | Rafer Alston misses 26-foot three point jumper | 10 | 10 |
| 5:30 | | Luis Scola offensive rebound | 10 | 10 |
| 5:26 | | Luis Scola misses 2-foot two point shot | 10 | 10 |
| 5:24 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound | 10 | 10 |
| 5:22 | | Shane Battier blocks LeBron James's layup | 10 | 10 |
| 5:22 | | Cleveland defensive rebound | 10 | 10 |
| 5:22 | | Jumpball: Shane Battier vs. LeBron James (Tracy McGrady gains possession) | 10 | 10 |
| 5:22 | | Cleveland full timeout | 10 | 10 |
| 5:03 | | Yao Ming misses 9-foot hook shot | 10 | 10 |
| 5:01 | | LeBron James defensive rebound | 10 | 10 |
| 4:56 | | Shane Battier shooting foul (LeBron James draws the foul) | 10 | 10 |
| 4:56 | | LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2 | 10 | 11 |
| 4:56 | | LeBron James misses free throw 2 of 2 | 10 | 11 |
| 4:56 | | Luis Scola defensive rebound | 10 | 11 |
| 4:39 | | Drew Gooden blocks Yao Ming's jumper | 10 | 11 |
| 4:35 | | Drew Gooden defensive rebound | 10 | 11 |
| 4:35 | | Tracy McGrady shooting foul (LeBron James draws the foul) | 10 | 11 |
| 4:35 | | LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2 | 10 | 12 |
| 4:35 | | LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2 | 10 | 13 |
| 4:18 | | Tracy McGrady misses layup | 10 | 13 |
| 4:18 | | Houston offensive rebound | 10 | 13 |
| 4:18 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas loose ball foul (Yao Ming draws the foul) | 10 | 13 |
| 4:09 | | Luis Scola misses 19-foot jumper | 10 | 13 |
| 4:09 | | Larry Hughes defensive rebound | 10 | 13 |
| 4:01 | | Larry Hughes makes 21-foot jumper | 10 | 15 |
| 3:45 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas shooting foul (Yao Ming draws the foul) | 10 | 15 |
| 3:45 | | Dwayne Jones enters the game for Zydrunas Ilgauskas | 10 | 15 |
| 3:45 | | Daniel Gibson enters the game for Ira Newble | 10 | 15 |
| 3:45 | | Yao Ming makes free throw 1 of 2 | 11 | 15 |
| 3:45 | | Yao Ming makes free throw 2 of 2 | 12 | 15 |
| 3:32 | | LeBron James misses 22-foot jumper | 12 | 15 |
| 3:31 | | Yao Ming defensive rebound | 12 | 15 |
| 3:18 | | Dwayne Jones personal foul (Yao Ming draws the foul) | 12 | 15 |
| 3:18 | | Yao Ming makes free throw 1 of 2 | 13 | 15 |
| 3:18 | | Yao Ming makes free throw 2 of 2 | 14 | 15 |
| 3:08 | | Carl Landry enters the game for Yao Ming | 14 | 15 |
| 3:08 | | Donyell Marshall enters the game for Drew Gooden | 14 | 15 |
| 3:00 | | LeBron James misses jumper | 14 | 15 |
| 3:00 | | Dwayne Jones offensive rebound | 14 | 15 |
| 2:59 | | Dwayne Jones bad pass | 14 | 15 |
| 2:59 | | Houston full timeout | 14 | 15 |
| 2:59 | | Bonzi Wells enters the game for Luis Scola | 14 | 15 |
| 2:49 | | Shane Battier lost ball (Donyell Marshall steals) | 14 | 15 |
| 2:43 | | Rafer Alston shooting foul (Daniel Gibson draws the foul) | 14 | 15 |
| 2:43 | | Daniel Gibson makes free throw 1 of 2 | 14 | 16 |
| 2:43 | | Daniel Gibson makes free throw 2 of 2 | 14 | 17 |
| 2:26 | | Rafer Alston makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists) | 17 | 17 |
| 2:01 | | Daniel Gibson misses layup | 17 | 17 |
| 2:00 | | Shane Battier defensive rebound | 17 | 17 |
| 1:46 | | Tracy McGrady makes 16-foot two point shot | 19 | 17 |
| 1:30 | | Larry Hughes misses 25-foot three point jumper | 19 | 17 |
| 1:29 | | Carl Landry defensive rebound | 19 | 17 |
| 1:14 | | Tracy McGrady lost ball (Donyell Marshall steals) | 19 | 17 |
| 1:10 | | Bonzi Wells shooting foul (Larry Hughes draws the foul) | 19 | 17 |
| 1:10 | | Larry Hughes makes free throw 1 of 2 | 19 | 18 |
| 1:10 | | Larry Hughes misses free throw 2 of 2 | 19 | 18 |
| 1:09 | | Bonzi Wells defensive rebound | 19 | 18 |
| 56.1 | | Tracy McGrady makes layup | 21 | 18 |
| 42.8 | | Devin Brown enters the game for Larry Hughes | 21 | 18 |
| 42.8 | | Ira Newble enters the game for Dwayne Jones | 21 | 18 |
| 32.9 | | Tracy McGrady blocks Devin Brown's jumper | 21 | 18 |
| 30.9 | | Devin Brown offensive rebound | 21 | 18 |
| 30.4 | | Devin Brown makes 20-foot two point shot | 21 | 20 |
| 9.9 | | Tracy McGrady misses 19-foot jumper | 21 | 20 |
| 8.9 | | Donyell Marshall defensive rebound | 21 | 20 |
| 1.9 | | Devin Brown misses layup | 21 | 20 |
| 0.0 | | LeBron James offensive rebound | 21 | 20 |
| 0.0 | | LeBron James misses tip shot | 21 | 20 |
| 0.0 | | Rafer Alston defensive rebound | 21 | 20 |
| 0.0 | | Rafer Alston misses 41-foot three point jumper | 21 | 20 |
| 0.0 | | Houston offensive rebound | 21 | 20 |
| 0.0 | End of the 1st Quarter | 21 | 20 | |
Matchups
Game Information
Cleveland, OH
Referee:Ron Garretson
Referee:Violet Palmer
Referee:Mark Lindsay
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Southwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 28 | 13 | .683 | - | W1 |
| Houston | 24 | 15 | .615 | 3 | W1 |
| Memphis | 17 | 23 | .425 | 10.5 | L1 |
| Dallas | 16 | 26 | .381 | 12.5 | W1 |
| New Orleans | 10 | 34 | .227 | 19.5 | L1 |
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