Rockets took down best Eastern team, The Cavs
The Rockets managed to beat the best Eastern team, the Cavs, even without Tracy McGrady who was off due to a respiratory infection. The 92-77 came in the hands of Yao Ming who scored 22 points and 12 rebounds and Rafer Alston with 17 and 9 assists.
This is the second lost for Cleveland in 13 games and the ninth victory for the Celtics in 10 games, now, the Cavs are coming from a victory to the Celtics and to lose against the Rockets is something that blurs that victory against the best team in the NBA.
On the Cavs, they didn’t had Drew Gooden, their second best rebounder after Lebron James who finished the night with 32 points and seven rebounds.
I guess a big secret to win games might be to have a beach as good as the regular starters, this is no secret in the NBA right now, since teams like the Celtics and the Lakers have suffered due to this, and now Cleveland, who was also missing Anderson Varejao for 5th time, another key rebounder for the Cavs.
A really low number of points for Cleveland, who had 114 on his previous match, due to the strong offensive displayed by Houston who stopped Lebron James everything they could, as James went 12-for-23 and the rest of the Cavs went 19 for 55.
Perhaps this lost served as a lesson to the Cavs, but they are still a strong contender for the NBA championship this year as they fell 4-0 to the Spurs last season on the playoffs.
