Houston 98, Cleveland 87

December 29, 2004

Regular Season

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse (Cleveland, Ohio)

Attendance: 20,562

Officials: Dan Crawford, Michael Smith, Eric Lewis

Team Rebounds: Houston (10) Cleveland (12)

Technicals: Houston (0) Cleveland (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
HOU (14-15) 27 23 23 25 98
CLE (17-12) 26 17 26 18 87

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
HOU 90 109.4 97.1
CLE 90 97.1 109.4

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
HOU .500 0.089 0.237 0.167
CLE .403 0.134 0.240 0.325

Houston Rockets

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
20 Jon Barry Starter SG 30:00 2-5 2-3 1-2 6.2 1 1 2 4 4 1 0 1 7
5 Juwan Howard Starter PF 23:00 7-9 0-0 3-3 11.6 0 4 4 1 3 1 0 1 17
3 Tracy McGrady Starter SF 46:00 13-31 3-6 5-6 17.8 0 7 7 5 2 1 0 1 34
11 Yao Ming Starter C 26:00 8-16 0-0 4-8 10.0 3 4 7 0 4 0 4 3 20
3 Bob Sura Starter PG 44:00 1-3 1-1 0-0 11.8 0 0 0 12 2 0 0 0 3
55 Dikembe Mutombo Bench C 22:00 3-6 0-0 1-2 7.0 2 7 9 0 2 0 0 1 7
2 Mo Taylor Bench PF 25:00 4-9 0-0 0-0 4.0 3 3 6 0 3 0 0 1 8
7 David Wesley Bench PG 24:00 1-5 0-2 0-0 0.5 0 3 3 2 4 0 0 0 2
  Team                   10            
        240 39-84 6-12 14-21 76.9 9 29 48 24 24 3 4 8 98
          46.4% 50.0% 66.7%                    

Cleveland Cavaliers

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
90 Drew Gooden Starter PF 38:00 8-15 0-2 5-5 16.6 3 9 12 1 2 1 1 3 21
11 Zydrunas Ilgauskas Starter C 36:00 7-19 0-0 3-6 7.0 3 8 11 2 5 0 2 4 17
23 LeBron James Starter SF 17:00 0-5 0-1 3-5 4.6 0 3 3 5 0 0 0 0 3
0 Jeff McInnis Starter PG 38:00 4-11 2-5 0-0 11.2 0 6 6 10 2 0 0 4 10
14 Ira Newble Starter SG 41:00 4-9 0-1 6-6 9.5 2 2 4 2 2 1 0 1 14
12 Lucious Harris Bench SG 22:00 2-3 1-1 4-5 8.4 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 9
20 Eric Snow Bench PG 24:00 1-4 1-2 0-0 2.5 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 3
32 Robert Traylor Bench PF 12:00 0-7 0-0 0-0 1.8 3 4 7 1 2 0 1 0 0
17 Anderson Varejao Bench C 12:00 3-4 0-0 4-8 5.5 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 10
  Team                   12         2  
        240 29-77 4-12 25-35 81.1 12 38 62 22 17 4 5 14 87
          37.7% 33.3% 71.4%                    

Houston Rockets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Bob Sura
7.7p, 5.7r, 4.4a		 Jon Barry
5.1p, 1.4r, 1.9a		 Tracy McGrady
23.3p, 6.1r, 5.6a		 Juwan Howard
7.9p, 4.3r, 1.1a		 Yao Ming
18.8p, 8.7r, 0.9a
Rotation David Wesley
13.4p, 3.3r, 4.1a		  
 		  
 		 Mo Taylor
7.9p, 4.6r, 1.6a		 Dikembe Mutombo
3.7p, 4r, 0.1a

Cleveland Cavaliers Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Jeff McInnis
15.7p, 2.4r, 5.7a		 Ira Newble
5.6p, 2.5r, 1a		 LeBron James
24.4p, 7r, 7.2a		 Drew Gooden
14p, 10.2r, 1.7a		 Zydrunas Ilgauskas
16.5p, 7.6r, 1.4a
Rotation Eric Snow
3.7p, 1.6r, 3.2a		 Lucious Harris
5p, 2.6r, 0.8a		  
 		 Robert Traylor
4.8p, 4r, 1a		 Anderson Varejao
4.6p, 2.7r, 0.3a

Today's Games

Charlotte Hornets 71
Indiana Pacers 74
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Cleveland Cavaliers 87
Houston Rockets 98
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Golden State Warriors 111
Toronto Raptors 105
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Los Angeles Clippers 101
Utah Jazz 90
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Memphis Grizzlies 117
Boston Celtics 109
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New Orleans Pelicans 96
Phoenix Suns 107
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New York Knicks 100
Minnesota Timberwolves 87
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Orlando Magic 105
Milwaukee Bucks 111
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Washington Wizards 105
Detroit Pistons 107
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