On a dirty dynamic of three defeats in five games, the riders wanted to go back to the Rockets, but the operation did not go as planned.
After the defeat against the 76ers last night, Cleveland had the opportunity to correct this false step with a new confrontation against very fit Rockets. A duel already seen three days ago and that the Cavs had lost.
In order not to repeat this dirty operation, the friends of Evan Mobley start this meeting with the desire to unroll in the image of Donovan Mitchell who registers eight of the first twelve points of Cleveland.
Except that Houston shows resistance and contains all the clashes of the Ohio franchise. On the second quarter, Georges Niang tries to keep the Cavs afloat, but the Rockets collective remains solid and the starters unroll.
The rockets arrive at halftime with 14 points ahead.
On the return from the locker room, Cleveland returns with the desire to go up and as often when the cavs are in a hassle, they can count on their backcourt Star composed of Darius Garland and Donovan Mitchell.
The two exteriors do not want to lose this match and chain the baskets. The Cavs even return to four lengths, but the Rockets are unwavering.
Darius Garland x Donovan Mitchell ????
(???? : @cavs)pic.twitter.com/w7IQgrQEdg
– Ball Time (@Balltimee) https://twitter.com/BallTimee/status/1883336235386884522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
The rockets take out the barbed wire and embrace the attack on the riders. Houston is therefore a good ten points ahead of the last act and we think that the Rockets will go towards a quiet victory, but not at all.
-The inevitable Duo Garland-Mitchell wakes up and spends a 20-9 to return to the match. The leader of the horsemen even equalizes to relaunch the meeting except that Amen Thompson decided to stop the small number of the duo.
If the name of the winger had not been mentioned since the start of this summary, it was precisely to mention the role XXL he had on this end of the match.
Defensively, but above all offensively, he brought a nightmare to live in the Cavs and it is he who comes to put the cover on this meeting. The young rocket takes out her second triple-double in career with 23 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists. In his wake, Houston won 135-131.
THIS IS AN INSANE STATLINE FROM AMEN THOMPSON
23 Points
14 Rebounds
10 Assists
2 Blocks
1 Steal
8-13 FG
HE IS A STAR ???? pic.twitter.com/xaOfURjSBP
— RocketsMuse (@RocketsMuse) https://twitter.com/RocketsMuse/status/1883353293331763239?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
After a canon start, the CAVs are experiencing their first stopping of the season with an ongoing series of three consecutive defeats.
It remains to be seen how they will get out of this bad pass.
