{"id":370869,"date":"2025-12-26T08:39:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T08:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/370869\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T08:39:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T08:39:09","slug":"houston-takes-home-win-streak-into-matchup-with-cleveland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/370869\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston takes home win streak into matchup with Cleveland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> (17-15, seventh in the Eastern Conference) vs. Houston Rockets<\/a> (18-10, sixth in the Western Conference)<\/p>\n

Houston; Saturday, 8 p.m. EST<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: Houston will try to keep its three-game home win streak alive when the Rockets face Cleveland.<\/p>\n

The Rockets have gone 8-2 at home. Houston has a 1-4 record in one-possession games.<\/p>\n

The Cavaliers are 6-7 on the road. Cleveland is second in the Eastern Conference scoring 120.2 points per game and is shooting 46.5%.<\/p>\n

The Rockets make 48.9% of their shots from the field this season, which is 2.1 percentage points higher than the Cavaliers have allowed to their opponents (46.8%). The Cavaliers score 8.1 more points per game (120.2) than the Rockets allow (112.1).<\/p>\n

The teams meet for the second time this season. The Rockets won 114-104 in the last meeting on Nov. 20. Alperen Sengun<\/a> led the Rockets with 28 points, and De’Andre Hunter<\/a> led the Cavaliers with 25 points.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Sengun is scoring 22.7 points per game with 9.4 rebounds and 6.8 assists for the Rockets. Amen Thompson<\/a> is averaging 26.0 points and 7.0 rebounds while shooting 63.2% over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Donovan Mitchell<\/a> is averaging 30.7 points and 5.4 assists for the Cavaliers. Darius Garland<\/a> is averaging 20.0 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Rockets: 5-5, averaging 118.1 points, 47.8 rebounds, 26.0 assists, 7.9 steals and 6.1 blocks per game while shooting 50.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 113.9 points per game.<\/p>\n

Cavaliers: 4-6, averaging 121.5 points, 45.8 rebounds, 28.8 assists, 8.7 steals and 3.5 blocks per game while shooting 46.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 122.2 points.<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Rockets: Fred VanVleet<\/a>: out for season (acl).<\/p>\n

Cavaliers: Max Strus<\/a>: out (foot), Larry Nance Jr<\/a>.: out (calf).<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive<\/a> and data from Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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