Kevin Durant drops a quick 30/4/7 in three quarters as the Houston Rockets (19-10) walk over the Cleveland Cavaliers (17-16), 117-100.

100 - 117

Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY

Location: Toyota Center

Officials: Marc Davis, Karl Lane, and Jenna Reneau

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Cleveland Cavaliers	24	22	17	37	100
Houston Rockets	32	28	30	27	117

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Cleveland Cavaliers	100	41-96	42.7%	11-36	30.6%	7-11	63.6%	14	45	23	15	10	13	6
Houston Rockets	117	43-88	48.9%	16-35	45.7%	15-21	71.4%	18	67	27	14	11	15	9

PLAYER STATS


Cleveland Cavaliers	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Sam Merrill^SF	25:22	13	5-8	3-6	0-1	0	3	3	3	1	0	1	4	-24
Dean Wade^PF	17:30	6	2-6	2-5	0-0	0	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	-13
Jarrett Allen^C	17:37	6	3-3	0-0	0-0	1	3	4	2	2	1	2	2	-5
Darius Garland^SG	24:25	12	5-9	2-4	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	-32
Donovan Mitchell^PG	30:27	16	7-17	2-5	0-1	0	3	3	6	2	1	1	1	-3
De’Andre Hunter	20:18	2	0-7	0-3	2-2	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	2	-28
Lonzo Ball	18:18	2	0-2	0-2	2-2	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	4
Evan Mobley	20:04	4	2-9	0-2	0-0	2	2	4	2	1	1	3	1	-12
Jaylon Tyson	29:39	23	10-20	1-5	2-3	7	7	14	0	1	1	2	1	-6
Craig Porter Jr.	17:10	2	1-5	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	11
Thomas Bryant	12:00	7	3-7	0-2	1-2	3	4	7	2	0	1	0	1	10
Tyrese Proctor	07:10	7	3-3	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	13
Chris Livingston	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Nance Jr.	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Max Strus	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nae’Qwan Tomlin	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Luke Travers	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Houston Rockets	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Kevin Durant^SF	28:40	30	11-17	2-4	6-7	0	4	4	7	0	0	3	1	24
Jabari Smith Jr.^PF	26:04	15	6-9	3-5	0-0	1	6	7	2	1	1	0	1	17
Steven Adams^C	22:10	9	3-6	0-0	3-6	5	3	8	1	2	0	3	0	26
Tari Eason^SG	21:08	9	3-6	2-3	1-2	3	3	6	0	2	1	2	5	6
Amen Thompson^PG	33:22	13	6-14	1-5	0-0	3	6	9	4	0	1	3	0	12
Reed Sheppard	32:04	18	5-12	4-10	4-4	0	4	4	8	4	1	1	1	25
Dorian Finney-Smith	16:01	3	1-4	1-3	0-0	1	2	3	2	1	1	0	0	20
Clint Capela	18:03	4	2-6	0-0	0-0	4	4	8	0	1	2	1	1	3
Aaron Holiday	13:16	2	1-3	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	-12
Josh Okogie	13:14	8	3-4	2-2	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	-8
Jae’Sean Tate	06:28	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	-10
JD Davison	04:45	3	1-2	0-0	1-2	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	-9
Jeff Green	04:45	3	1-4	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	-9
Isaiah Crawford	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alperen Sengun	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tyler Smith	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fred VanVleet	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

heat_fan_ | Raptors

138 | 14 hours ago

Durant has been absolutely as advertised for the Rockets

CLGbyBirth | Timberwolves

93 | 14 hours ago

Hes really is the plug and play super-star.

EbenezerAD | Rockets

64 | 14 hours ago

Automatic 25 a game, hyper efficient shotmaking, elite defense, gravity 2nd only to Steph. All that on career low usage rate.

My goodness…

PaintByLetters | Rockets

27 | 14 hours ago

And sometimes good playmaking too

ThirdEyeKaiii

15 | 12 hours ago

Ya but should they really have traded Jalen Green for this old guy?

(////s)

Ok_Pace_9792 | Rockets

4 | 4 hours ago

You get some people saying losing Dillon brooks wasnt worth it due to his defensive mentality. Those people are idiots.

houstonrocketz | Rockets

8 | 14 hours ago

Now you understand

Mtbnz

4 | 5 hours ago

Shockingly, after being that guy for OKC, Golden State, Brooklyn and then Phoenix, he is indeed also that guy in Houston.

hikaruhater

55 | 14 hours ago

Would love to pick Kenny’s brain apart to find out why he decided to play a 3 guard lineup against the biggest and best rebounding team in the league

raul_p | Rockets

25 | 14 hours ago

Would love to pick Kenny’s brain apart to find out why he decided to barely double KD considering Sengun was out

Intelligent-Note9517

9 | 11 hours ago

KD doesn’t always do bad when he’s doubled. He was doubled and tripled in the Thunder game too.

bigtice | Rockets

57 | 14 hours ago

I know the Cavs aren’t what the Cavs used to be, but seeing how Finney-Smith is integrating, Jabari is clearly improving and another year for the entire team to gel along with a returning VanVleet, I don’t think it’s an overreaction to say we’ll have a championship roster.

coolycooly | Nets

42 | 14 hours ago

I think Houston is really good but this is a dream matchup for the Rockets, Cleveland’s rebounding/defense is horrendous and if you shutdown Mitchell the offense dies. Rockets will prove they have a championship roster when they can beat good defensive teams in the clutch because thats the only thing theyve proven they can’t do yet.

DSice16 | Rockets

22 | 14 hours ago

Defensive juggernauts like the pels, clips, and kings. But on the real, we’ve had 2 good games after 3 horrific games, rockets fans gotta chiiiill. I think we can win a chip with this group but we are still soooo unpolished.

Intelligent-Note9517

2 | 11 hours ago

Unpolished is the understatement of this season.

AutographedSnorkel | Rockets

6 | 14 hours ago

because thats the only thing theyve proven they can’t do yet

Obviously you haven’t seen us play shitty teams

musicnothing | Jazz

46 | 14 hours ago

Mitchell -3 in 30 mins

Garland -32 in 24 minutes

What is going on here

MY-NAME_IS_MY-NAME | Lakers

33 | 14 hours ago

Garland been mega ass

MythicalShart | Rockets

6 | 4 hours ago

Reed Shepard is better at basketball than Garland

Algorechan | Knicks

12 | 14 hours ago

They are waiting for Mobley to take the offensive leap, they even gave him the ball tonight he just missed most of the shots

NegbombDB

34 | 14 hours ago

Well Cavs fans, still think It’s better to watch Donovan take a backseat and watch Evan Mobley go 2-9 from the field, turn the ball over when he tries to dribble and Hunter shoot 0-7??

Sc0rch1ngDr4g0n | Rockets

28 | 14 hours ago

Love to see Reed continuing to develop. He more than makes up for his defense on offense, and Tari and DFS returning will help cover for him. Has the shooting and passing, just needs experience and development on the handle and defense.

Also what the hell happened to the Cavs?

theglicky | Grizzlies

26 | 14 hours ago

Thought the Cavs turned a corner in that Knicks game, guess not.

MY-NAME_IS_MY-NAME | Lakers

46 | 14 hours ago

They turned the corner and did a u-turn in the same game

TheTonyDose | Knicks

12 | 12 hours ago

Idk how anyone saw the Cavs Knicks Christmas game as a sign of good hope for the Cavs. They were hitting all their shots in that game and still choked a 17 point game with 8 min left by getting out muscled on the orebs yet again.

theglicky | Grizzlies

1 | 2 hours ago

It was mainly because Garland was objectively horrible all season and he finally looked like himself that game

Prideofmexico | Knicks

9 | 14 hours ago

They jumped out to a big early lead against a team playing its 6th game in 10 days

heat_fan_ | Raptors

21 | 14 hours ago

Great game from Sheepard as well

Renegadeforever2024 | Raptors

16 | 14 hours ago

Cavs are cooked

raul_p | Rockets

2 | 14 hours ago

Missing Strus and not having Ty Jerome peaking out his damn mind will do that to a team.

BuQuChi | Knicks

18 | 13 hours ago

That’s why Allen and Mobley’s 7ft asses couldn’t get more than 4 rebounds each.. yep sure.

They are so sad

raul_p | Rockets

11 | 13 hours ago

Yeah they’re soft af. It wasn’t a noticeable problem when the ball was going in the hoop I guess 😂

Genericthrowaw4y | Thunder

12 | 14 hours ago

CAVS ARE BUMS, MENTALLY COOKED BY THE PACERS IN LAST YEARS PLAYOFFS

RxJax | Heat

11 | 14 hours ago

I doubt they ever would, but I’d kinda like to see Cavs try Garland as a 6th man, especially before making any radical trades or coaching changes. Just try and get to a lineup that can sustain defensively somewhat, Tyson has probably earned a shot so something like Mitchell-Strus/Merrill-Tyson-Mobley-Allen could be interesting? Maybe I’m talking shit but at least trying something new seems worth it in this stretch

ComradeFrunze | Pelicans

8 | 14 hours ago

Do the Cavs remember that they’re supposed to be a good team that plays good basketball? It looks like they’ve literally just given up.

No_Cat_8490 | 76ers

5 | 14 hours ago

I’m not watching many Cavs games but why is Mobley and Hunter on the bench unit? Surely they’d have more of an impact than Merril and Wade??

Edit: even Tyson? wtf is up with that

gradedonacurve | Knicks

6 | 12 hours ago

Mobley is on a minutes limit after the return from injury and Hunter had been ass & was moved to the bench.

The-Pharcyde | Raptors

5 | 14 hours ago

So what we’ve learned this season is Ty Jerome was the Cavs true MVP

Imaginary-Ebb-1724

3 | 14 hours ago

The good old days when people thought Pistons messed up drafting Cade instead of Mobley or Scottie Barnes

Absolutely brutal

_theghost_ | Lakers

2 | 12 hours ago

Cavs fans, time to slam the panic button and the issues might be roster and clubhouse related which could spell real interesting things for the deadline….

Select-Engineer-4819

1 | 35 minutes ago

Not my team but I think Houston has the most talent in one team in the league. So much potential… They just seem a bit miserable and like they don’t like each other very much but if they can pull it together I think they could get the ring.

At the very least they have a ton of trade potential while still being able to keep a great team together if they can’t get these guys to gel.

DisneyVista

1 | 6 minutes ago

Cavs are a complete joke