After going 7-2 over their most brutal stretch of schedule (12-3 if you want to extend that a bit), the Houston Rockets finally get to play a non-playoff team at Toyota Center.
The Cleveland Cavaliers have eight wins on the season, and the Rockets are one of them. With Chris Paul sitting, Houston got 40 from James Harden and 28 from Eric Gordon, but it wasn’t enough. No one else scored more than 12 points. Meanwhile, the Cavs got a career-high 29 from Collin Sexton on 14-21 shooting (mostly from midrange, which was an extra insult).