Houston Rockets 135, Cleveland Cavaliers 131 — Recap

January 25, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Houston Rockets 135, Cleveland Cavaliers 131. Scoring by quarter: Q1 HOU 33-27 CLE; Q2 HOU 35-27 CLE; Q3 HOU 33-30 CLE; Q4 HOU 34-47 CLE.

Top performers (box score): Darius Garland (CLE) 39 points, 3 rebounds, 9 assists, 4 threes on 14-of-22 shooting; Donovan Mitchell (CLE) 33 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 threes on 11-of-27 shooting; Alperen Sengun (HOU) 26 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-17 shooting; Jalen Green (HOU) 26 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-16 shooting; Amen Thompson (HOU) 23 points, 14 rebounds, 10 assists on 8-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CLE

Darius Garland

39 PTS, 3 REB, 9 AST, 4 3PM · 14-22 FG

Scoring · CLE

Donovan Mitchell

33 PTS, 4 REB, 7 AST, 4 3PM · 11-27 FG

Scoring · HOU

Alperen Sengun

26 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 1 3PM · 9-17 FG

Season highs

Georges Niang · Season-high 21 pointsAmen Thompson · Season-high 10 assists

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
HOU	33	35	33	34		135
CLE	27	27	30	47		131

🧮 How They Scored

HOUCLE

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

62.8%Effective FG%61.0%

9.8%Turnover %8.9%

31.8%Offensive rebound %24.4%

0.549Free-throw rate0.286

Box Score

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Amen Thompson G-F	41	23	14	10	1	2	3	8-13	0-1	7-10	+10
Fred VanVleet G	38	20	3	6	—	—	2	6-13	6-9	2-2	-7
Jalen Green G	36	26	3	4	—	—	2	7-16	5-11	7-7	+5
Alperen Sengun F-C	33	26	8	3	—	—	—	9-17	1-2	7-13	-2
Dillon Brooks G-F	33	13	6	—	2	—	1	5-8	1-3	2-2	+2
Tari Eason F	22	4	3	—	1	1	—	2-3	0-1	—	+1
Steven Adams C	15	14	4	2	1	1	1	4-6	—	6-9	+7
Jae'Sean Tate F	12	7	3	—	—	—	1	3-4	—	1-2	+4
Cam Whitmore F	10	2	1	1	—	—	1	1-2	0-1	—	—

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Donovan Mitchell G	37	33	4	7	2	1	1	11-27	4-11	7-9	-1
Darius Garland G	36	39	3	9	—	—	3	14-22	4-7	7-7	+1
Max Strus G	35	14	9	3	—	—	—	6-8	2-4	—	+4
Georges Niang F	29	21	4	1	1	—	—	7-9	6-7	1-2	-1
Jarrett Allen C	29	8	5	2	—	1	1	4-5	—	—	+8
Evan Mobley F-C	29	7	8	1	—	2	2	3-8	0-2	1-4	-9
Ty Jerome G	18	6	4	3	—	—	1	1-8	0-5	4-4	-10
Sam Merrill G	17	3	2	2	1	—	—	1-3	1-3	—	-16
Craig Porter G	5	—	1	—	—	1	2	0-1	—	—	+1

🔬 Advanced Stats

Houston RocketsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jalen Green	Bench	36	26	68.1	23.9	+8.1	10.1
Alperen Sengun	Bench	33	26	57.2	31.1	-3.1	11.3
Amen Thompson	Bench	41	23	66.1	21.0	+17.2	16.5
Fred VanVleet	Bench	38	20	72.0	17.8	-5.5	9.9
Steven Adams	Bench	15	14	70.3	28.2	+21.2	21.0
Dillon Brooks	Bench	33	13	73.2	13.0	+8.7	8.6
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	12	7	71.7	19.4	+10.8	4.3
Tari Eason	Bench	22	4	66.7	5.9	+8.3	1.9
Cam Whitmore	Bench	10	2	50.0	11.1	+5.2	2.3
Jeff Green	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Aaron Holiday	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jock Landale	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jabari Smith Jr.	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Reed Sheppard	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Cleveland CavaliersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Darius Garland	Bench	36	39	77.8	33.3	-2.3	20.6
Donovan Mitchell	Bench	37	33	53.3	34.1	-7.8	12.4
Georges Niang	Bench	29	21	106.3	13.7	-3.6	13.7
Max Strus	Bench	35	14	87.5	9.8	-0.3	10.2
Jarrett Allen	Bench	29	8	80.0	9.4	+12.0	6.5
Evan Mobley	Bench	29	7	35.9	16.4	-19.8	3.5
Ty Jerome	Bench	18	6	30.7	24.4	-33.0	2.4
Sam Merrill	Bench	17	3	50.0	7.1	-47.3	4.4
Craig Porter	Bench	5	—	0.0	25.0	-1.8	-6.4
Jaylon Tyson	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0