Tip-off: 8:30 tonight at Compaq Center, Houston.

TV/radio: WUAB Channel 43; WTAM AM/1100.

Injuries: Cavs - Tyrone Hill (back), Jeff Trepagnier (knee) and Michael Doleac (ankle) are out. Rockets - Jason Collier (shin), Steve Francis (foot), Mo Taylor (knee) and Glen Rice (knee) are out. Kelvin Cato (wrist) is questionable.

Notable: Cavs coach John Lucas returns to the city where he began his NBA career, as the No. 1 pick overall by the Rockets in 1976. Lucas still has a home there. The Rockets (7-12) have lost 10 straight. During the 1977-78 season, the Rockets lost a franchise-high 13 straight. Lucas was a member of that squad. The Cavaliers (8-12) are 2-7 on the road.