Cleveland Cavaliers at Houston Rockets
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Sengun makes late free throws and Garland misses 2 as Rockets outlast Cavs, 109-108
Fred VanVleet had 26 points as Houston rallied late after squandering a 13-point lead in the fourth quarter.
A flagrant foul by Tari Eason on a 3-point attempt by Garland gave him three free throws with 2.1 seconds left. But he missed the first two before making the third to cut the lead to a point. The Cavaliers had a chance to win it at the buzzer, but Donovan Mitchell’s 3-point attempt was off.
Mitchell missed a shot with less than 10 seconds to go. Sengun grabbed the rebound and was fouled by Jarrett Allen to set up the winning free throws.
Houston led by 13 with about 11 minutes left before the Cavaliers used an 19-0 run to take a 104-98 lead with about four minutes to go.
VanVleet ended a Houston scoring drought of more than seven minutes with a 3 after that and tied it at 104-104 with another 3-pointer on the next possession.
Garland led the the NBA-leading Cavaliers with 26 points. They they lost on the road for just the fifth time this season.
Rockets: Must avoid scoring droughts like they had Wednesday night if they expect to keep winning games against good teams.
Regular Season Series
HOU leads series 1-0
Matchup Prediction
Recent Plays
| 4th 0.0 |  |
End of Game | 108 - 109 |
| 4th 0.0 | |
End of the 4th Quarter | 108 - 109 |
| 4th 0.0 |  |
Darius Garland offensive rebound | 108 - 109 |
| 4th 2.0 | |
Donovan Mitchell misses 22-foot three point jumper | 108 - 109 |
| 4th 2.1 |  |
Tari Eason flagrant foul type 1 | 108 - 109 |
Statistics
 CLE |
 HOU |
|
|---|---|---|
| 41-97 | FG | 40-91 |
| 42.3 | Field Goal % | 44.0 |
| 13-41 | 3PT | 15-34 |
| 31.7 | Three Point % | 44.1 |
| 13-19 | FT | 14-20 |
| 68.4 | Free Throw % | 70.0 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 20 | Offensive Rebounds | 20 |
| 25 | Defensive Rebounds | 33 |
| 25 | Assists | 25 |
| 12 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 13 | Total Turnovers | 22 |
| 1 | Technical Fouls | 1 |
| 1 | Total Technical Fouls | 1 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 1 |
| 15 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 33 |
| 14 | Fast Break Points | 23 |
| 52 | Points in Paint | 46 |
| 18 | Fouls | 20 |
| 9 | Largest Lead | 13 |
Game Information
Location: Houston, TX
Attendance: 16,719 · Capacity:
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Milwaukee
Detroit
Chicago2024-25 Southwest Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Memphis |
- | 19 | W1 | 0.66071427 | 37 |
 Houston |
2.5 | 22 | L1 | 0.61403507 | 35 |
 Dallas |
6.5 | 26 | W3 | 0.54385966 | 31 |
 San Antonio |
12 | 30 | L1 | 0.44444445 | 24 |
 New Orleans |
24 | 43 | L1 | 0.23214285 | 13 |
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