The Houston Rockets striker amen Thompson (1) goes to the basket defended by the center of Cleveland Cavaliers Jarrett Allen, right, in the first half of a basketball match of the NBA, Saturday January 25, 2025, in Cleveland . (AP photo / Sue Ogrocki)
Cleveland-Amen Thompson had his second career in Triple-Double, Alperin Sengun and Jeff Green scored 26 points each and the Houston Rockets beat the Cleveland Calveland Cavaliers 135-131, leader of the Eastern Conference.
Thompson finished with 23 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists, and Fred Vanvleet collected 20 points and six assists for Houston. The Rockets beat Cleveland for the second time in four days, winning 109-108 at home on Wednesday.
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Darius Garland scored 27 of his 39 points in the second half for the riders. They lost a top of season three in a row and lost half a match behind Oklahoma City for the head of the NBA. Donovan Mitchell collected 25 of his 33 points in the second half.
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The rockets remain red heated 🔥
Sengun: 26p, 8r
Green: 26p, 5 three
Thompson: 23p, 14r, 10a
Vanvleet: 20p, 6a, 6 threeWinners of 8 of the last 10 and 2nd place in the West 📈🚀 pic.twitter.com/orjhdvrpdd
– NBA (@nba) January 26, 2025
Cleveland also lost consecutive home games for the first time, but is a record of 21-3 in the championship at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse.
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Take -out
Rockets: Centers Sengun and Steven Adams dominated the Jarrett Allen and Tristan Thompson counterparts, combining 40 points and 12 rebounds.
Cavaliers: power striker Evan Mobley returned after having missed four games with a right veal strain, but was ineffective throughout. He had seven points, eight rebounds and two shots blocked in 29 minutes.
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Key
After Garland made two free throws in the score with 1:51 to play, Houston responded with a sequence of 10-2 to take a advance of 134-126, fed by five points from Thompson. Mitchell missed a 3-point 3-point grand-pointeur with 27 seconds.
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Mitchell made his first three shots and collected the first eight Cleveland points, then missed 10 consecutive attempts on the field. The start of the stars no longer scored before the third quarter, finishing 11 out of 27 on the field and 4 out of 11 on 3 points.
The next
The two teams are back in action on Monday evening. The Rockets are in Boston and the riders welcome Detroit.
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