28-10, 13-9 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Cavaliers CLE	23	23	22	23	91
Rockets HOU	21	14	16	26	77

Houston RocketsRocketsHOU

21-20, 13-10 Home

Cleveland Cavaliers @ Houston Rockets

Matchups

CLE

CLE leads season

1-0

HOU

Game 1@ HOU

Final

100

Game 2@ CLE

Final

106

Game Information

Houston, TX

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Referee:Derek Richardson

Referee:John Goble

Referee:David Jones

Eastern Conference

Central	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Detroit	3	1	.750	-	W2
Chicago	3	2	.600	0.5	W2
Milwaukee	2	3	.400	1.5	W1
Cleveland	1	2	.333	1.5	L1
Indiana	1	3	.250	2	L3

Western Conference

Southwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Memphis	3	1	.750	-	W2
New Orleans	3	1	.750	-	W2
Houston	2	1	.667	0.5	W1
San Antonio	2	3	.400	1.5	W2
Dallas	1	3	.250	2	L2

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