Cavaliers loses the third in a row while Amin Thompson gets Rottz in 135-131 wins
For the first time in an amazing season, Cleveland Cavaliers lost three consecutive games.
The third consecutive defeat came on Saturday night against Houston Ructas. Amen Thompson gathered a bilateral with 23 points, 14 rebounds and 10 decisive passes for missile driving to win 135-131 in Rockting Mortgage FieldHouse.
With three consecutive losses (and two consecutive at home), CAVS fell half a match behind Oklahoma City Thunder for the best record in the American Professional League in 36-9. They also lead Boston Celtics in 4 games 1/2 to the highest score in the eastern conference. Boston Dallas Maverx, 122-107, was defeated on Saturday.
Interestingly, two Cleveland losses during this series have reached Rocks, which got the third best record in the league at 30-14. CAVS lost to Houston on Wednesday, 109-108When Darius Garland missed two free throws in the final seconds that would have equalized the game.
Garland tried to compensate for this in the return match on Saturday, where he scored 39 points with nine decisive passes. Fire on 14 of 22 of the ground, including 4 out of 3 with 3 throws. Donovan Mitchell almost matching 33 points and seven decisive passes.
However, although BackCourt from Cleveland combines 72 points, Cavaliers could not match Houston to get 20 points or more than four different players. Alprien şengün and Jalen Green scored 26 points, while Farid Vanflet added 20.
Perhaps the difference in Frontcourt, where şengün and Steven Adams combine 40 points along with Thompson Second Carch Triple-Double. Ivan Mobley and Jarret Allen faced 15 in favor of Cleveland, but Tromson contributed to zero points from the bench. Mobly played after she lost four games with a tense right hurry.
Cleveland advanced 18-17 in the first quarter, but Houston gathered to reach 33-27 and did not give up the lead during the rest of the match. The missiles led 17 points by the end of the third, but Cavaliers tied the result in the fourth in 124-124. However, Houston regained the lead on a free throw in şengün and grabbed it for the rest of the game by going to 8 for 10 in the free throw line.
CAVS will try to end the loss chain on Monday, and host Detroit Bestone. The Rockets continues a four -game wild journey by visiting CELTICS, also on Monday.