Rockets
Houston
Western Conference
Southwest
21
20
41
2154
1781
25
6
24
74
26
35
29
19
66
30
10
40
6
15
10
18
20
77
4
73
10
14
2312
74
3
910
66
7
76
42
118
21
23
42
28
2114
6060
105
32
30
2118
510
24
46
34
74
107
31
138
12
46
31
44
1626
6060
7
1
14
23
7
30
9
6
67
7
4
11
2
2
4
2
21
60
3
0
0
12
4
33
10
6
60
6
2
8
1
3
2
8
14
60
10
3
30
21
5
24
4
3
75
10
3
13
1
4
3
4
16
60
5
2
40
18
10
56
6
4
67
7
1
8
2
6
1
4
26
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
James
Harden
James Harden
True
38
2
10
20
0
5
0
7
7
100
0
5
5
5
3
1
8
5
11
-2
none
Dwight
Howard
Dwight Howard
True
34
4
9
44
0
0
0
6
10
60
2
9
11
1
2
2
2
1
14
-17
double
Trevor
Ariza
Trevor Ariza
True
34
3
9
33
2
4
50
0
0
0
0
4
4
1
2
0
0
2
8
-13
none
Patrick
Beverley
Patrick Beverley
True
27
5
8
62
3
4
75
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
1
0
2
4
13
1
none
Clint
Capela
Clint Capela
True
14
3
7
43
0
0
0
1
4
25
2
2
4
0
0
1
1
1
7
0
none
Terrence
Jones
Terrence Jones
False
22
1
6
17
0
3
0
1
2
50
2
2
4
2
0
1
2
3
3
-5
none
Marcus
Thornton
Marcus Thornton
False
18
1
10
10
0
4
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
1
0
0
1
0
2
-13
none
Jason
Terry
Jason Terry
False
18
2
6
33
1
4
25
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
2
0
5
-2
none
Corey
Brewer
Corey Brewer
False
13
1
4
25
0
1
0
1
2
50
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
3
-20
none
Montrezl
Harrell
Montrezl Harrell
False
9
2
3
67
0
0
0
3
4
75
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
7
7
none
Ty
Lawson
Ty Lawson
False
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
-10
none
K.J.
McDaniels
K.J. McDaniels
False
4
2
2
100
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
0
0
0
0
1
4
4
none
17
January
2016
Sunday
Staples Center
Los Angeles
Lakers
Los Angeles
False
Cavaliers
Cleveland
Eastern Conference
Central
28
10
38
2196
1370
35
8
23
87
34
39
23
15
65
32
17
49
6
19
10
14
24
91
4
78
41
53
1824
89
5
46
34
74
104
16
120
31
64
25
53
2323
6060
146
30
21
2619
98
4
112
17
15
117
64
181
20
63
21
42
2223
6060
7
4
57
18
8
44
4
3
75
10
1
11
3
6
2
5
23
60
8
1
12
24
9
38
6
4
67
4
6
10
1
4
5
3
23
60
14
3
21
26
9
35
1
1
100
11
6
17
2
6
2
4
22
60
6
0
0
19
8
42
12
7
58
7
4
11
0
3
1
2
23
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
LeBron
James
LeBron James
True
36
7
14
50
1
2
50
4
6
67
2
5
7
7
0
2
4
1
19
10
none
Kevin
Love
Kevin Love
True
32
4
13
31
3
8
38
0
0
0
3
10
13
1
3
0
5
2
11
7
double
Kyrie
Irving
Kyrie Irving
True
29
9
17
53
1
5
20
4
5
80
0
4
4
1
0
1
1
2
23
7
none
J.R.
Smith
J.R. Smith
True
25
5
15
33
2
12
17
1
2
50
1
4
5
0
1
0
1
3
13
9
none
Timofey
Mozgov
Timofey Mozgov
True
17
1
2
50
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
0
1
0
3
2
2
none
Iman
Shumpert
Iman Shumpert
False
27
1
7
14
0
3
0
0
0
0
2
1
3
3
2
1
1
2
2
7
none
Matthew
Dellavedova
Matthew Dellavedova
False
22
1
6
17
0
2
0
1
2
50
3
2
5
3
3
0
2
3
3
9
none
Tristan
Thompson
Tristan Thompson
False
22
4
4
100
0
0
0
2
2
100
3
2
5
1
0
1
0
4
10
7
none
Richard
Jefferson
Richard Jefferson
False
12
1
2
50
1
2
50
1
2
50
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
2
4
7
none
Anderson
Varejão
Anderson Varejão
False
7
1
5
20
0
0
0
2
2
100
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
2
4
15
none
Jared
Cunningham
Jared Cunningham
False
3
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-6
none
Sasha
Kaun
Sasha Kaun
False
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
-4
none
James
Jones
James Jones
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
18
January
2016
Monday
Quicken Loans Arena
Cleveland
Warriors
Golden State
True
The Cleveland Cavaliers ( 28 - 10 ) embarrassed the Houston Rockets ( 21 - 20 ) in a 91 - 77 win on Friday . It 's not too often that an offense like the Rockets gets completely shut down , but that happened on Friday . They were held to just 35 percent shooting and shot just 6 - for - 25 from three - point range . Houston was held to just 51 points through three quarters while shooting under 30 percent as well and there was simply no juice in the building for the Rockets to build off of . The 77 points was a season - low for Houston and they were lucky to get to that total with the result out of hand very early . This was just one of those ugly NBA blowouts that 's hard to watch and that 's a frustrating sign for Houston with the recent success they have had . Cleveland was clearly frustrated by losing on Thursday to the San Antonio Spurs and put it to the Rockets here . What makes this so impressive is that this was the back end of a back - to - back after playing one of the most defensively aggressive teams the night before . All of the `` big three '' played great for Cleveland here , as LeBron James , Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love all put up great lines . James finished with 19 points , seven rebounds and seven assists . Irving finished with 23 points on 9 - for - 17 shooting and Love recorded an 11 point - 13 rebound double - double . The bench really struggled , but when these three are playing like this , it really does n't matter . Up next for the Cavaliers is one of the showcase games of the year , as they host the Golden State Warriors on Martin Luther King Day . This was one of Houston 's worst offensive games in years and it 's no surprise it came against a stout defense like the Cavaliers . The bench was downright bad on Friday , as the six regular bench players combined for 24 points on 5 - for - 26 shooting , which included some garbage time scoring . It was n't just the bench though , as no player scored more than 14 points . That player was James Harden , who shot 2 - for - 10 while committing seven turnovers in a nightmare game . The one bright spot would be a double - double from Dwight Howard , who has been playing his best ball of the year over recent weeks . This snapped a five - game wining streak for the Rockets and it does n't get much easier on Monday , when they play the scorching hot Los Angeles Clippers .
The Cleveland Cavaliers (28 - 10) embarrassed the Houston Rockets (21 - 20) in a 91 - 77 win on Friday. It's not too often that an offense like the Rockets gets completely shut down, but that happened on Friday. They were held to just 35 percent shooting and shot just 6 - for - 25 from three - point range. Houston was held to just 51 points through three quarters while shooting under 30 percent as well and there was simply no juice in the building for the Rockets to build off of. The 77 points was a season - low for Houston and they were lucky to get to that total with the result out of hand very early. This was just one of those ugly NBA blowouts that's hard to watch and that's a frustrating sign for Houston with the recent success they have had. Cleveland was clearly frustrated by losing on Thursday to the San Antonio Spurs and put it to the Rockets here. What makes this so impressive is that this was the back end of a back - to - back after playing one of the most defensively aggressive teams the night before. All of the "big three" played great for Cleveland here, as LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love all put up great lines. James finished with 19 points, seven rebounds and seven assists. Irving finished with 23 points on 9 - for - 17 shooting and Love recorded an 11 point - 13 rebound double - double. The bench really struggled, but when these three are playing like this, it really doesn't matter. Up next for the Cavaliers is one of the showcase games of the year, as they host the Golden State Warriors on Martin Luther King Day. This was one of Houston's worst offensive games in years and it's no surprise it came against a stout defense like the Cavaliers. The bench was downright bad on Friday, as the six regular bench players combined for 24 points on 5 - for - 26 shooting, which included some garbage time scoring. It wasn't just the bench though, as no player scored more than 14 points. That player was James Harden, who shot 2 - for - 10 while committing seven turnovers in a nightmare game. The one bright spot would be a double - double from Dwight Howard, who has been playing his best ball of the year over recent weeks. This snapped a five - game wining streak for the Rockets and it doesn't get much easier on Monday, when they play the scorching hot Los Angeles Clippers.
The Cleveland Cavaliers (28 - 10) embarrassed the Houston Rockets (21 - 20) in a 91 - 77 win on Friday. It's not too often that an offense like the Rockets gets completely shut down, but that happened on Friday. They were held to just 35 percent shooting and shot just 6 - for - 25 from three - point range. Houston was held to just 51 points through three quarters while shooting under 30 percent as well and there was simply no juice in the building for the Rockets to build off of. The 77 points was a season - low for Houston and they were lucky to get to that total with the result out of hand very early. This was just one of those ugly NBA blowouts that's hard to watch and that's a frustrating sign for Houston with the recent success they have had. Cleveland was clearly frustrated by losing on Thursday to the San Antonio Spurs and put it to the Rockets here. What makes this so impressive is that this was the back end of a back - to - back after playing one of the most defensively aggressive teams the night before. All of the "big three" played great for Cleveland here, as LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love all put up great lines. James finished with 19 points, seven rebounds and seven assists. Irving finished with 23 points on 9 - for - 17 shooting and Love recorded an 11 point - 13 rebound double - double. The bench really struggled, but when these three are playing like this, it really doesn't matter. Up next for the Cavaliers is one of the showcase games of the year, as they host the Golden State Warriors on Martin Luther King Day. This was one of Houston's worst offensive games in years and it's no surprise it came against a stout defense like the Cavaliers. The bench was downright bad on Friday, as the six regular bench players combined for 24 points on 5 - for - 26 shooting, which included some garbage time scoring. It wasn't just the bench though, as no player scored more than 14 points. That player was James Harden, who shot 2 - for - 10 while committing seven turnovers in a nightmare game. The one bright spot would be a double - double from Dwight Howard, who has been playing his best ball of the year over recent weeks. This snapped a five - game wining streak for the Rockets and it doesn't get much easier on Monday, when they play the scorching hot Los Angeles Clippers.
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J. McDaniels <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-7 <MIN> 4 <PTS> 4 <FG> 2 2 100 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Corey Brewer <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-8 <MIN> 13 <PTS> 3 <FG> 1 4 25 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 1 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Terrence Jones <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-9 <MIN> 22 <PTS> 3 <FG> 1 6 17 <FG3> 0 3 0 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 4 <AST> 2 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 2 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Marcus Thornton <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-10 <MIN> 18 <PTS> 2 <FG> 1 10 10 <FG3> 0 4 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 1 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Ty Lawson <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-11 <MIN> 6 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Kyrie Irving <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-0 <MIN> 29 <PTS> 23 <FG> 9 17 53 <FG3> 1 5 20 <FT> 4 5 80 <REB> 4 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> LeBron James <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-1 <MIN> 36 <PTS> 19 <FG> 7 14 50 <FG3> 1 2 50 <FT> 4 6 67 <REB> 7 <AST> 7 <STL> 0 <BLK> 2 <DREB> 5 <OREB> 2 <TO> 4 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> J. R. Smith <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-2 <MIN> 25 <PTS> 13 <FG> 5 15 33 <FG3> 2 12 17 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 5 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 1 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Kevin Love <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-3 <MIN> 32 <PTS> 11 <FG> 4 13 31 <FG3> 3 8 38 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 13 <AST> 1 <STL> 3 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 10 <OREB> 3 <TO> 5 <DOUBLE> double <PLAYER> Tristan Thompson <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-4 <MIN> 22 <PTS> 10 <FG> 4 4 100 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 5 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 3 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Anderson Varejão <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-5 <MIN> 7 <PTS> 4 <FG> 1 5 20 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 2 <AST> 2 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Richard Jefferson <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-6 <MIN> 12 <PTS> 4 <FG> 1 2 50 <FG3> 1 2 50 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 2 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Matthew Dellavedova <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-7 <MIN> 22 <PTS> 3 <FG> 1 6 17 <FG3> 0 2 0 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 5 <AST> 3 <STL> 3 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 3 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Iman Shumpert <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-8 <MIN> 27 <PTS> 2 <FG> 1 7 14 <FG3> 0 3 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 3 <STL> 2 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 2 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Timofey Mozgov <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-9 <MIN> 17 <PTS> 2 <FG> 1 2 50 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 2 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> James Jones <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Sasha Kaun <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-11 <MIN> 2 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 2 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jared Cunningham <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-12 <MIN> 3 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 2 0 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none