Amen has a triple-pair, the missiles defeated the leaders of the east CAVS for the 2nd time for a week-TEscore

Claveland (AP)-Amin Thompson had their second career triple-pair, Alperin Sengan and Jeff Green scored 26 points in number, and the Houston rockets won Saturday night, the Eastern Conference of Cleveland Cavalars 135-131.

Thompson finished with 23 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists, and Fred Vanlit had 20 points and six assists for Houston. The rockets beat Cleveland for the second time in four days, winning 109-108 at home on Wednesday.

Darius Garland scored 27 of his 39 points in the second half for cavaliers. They have lost three in a row in a row and cut half a game behind Oklahoma City for the NBA lead. Donovan Mitchell had 25 of his 33 points in the second half.

Cleveland also lost another household matches for the first time, but is the best in the 21-3 league at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse.

Output

Rockets: The Centers of Sengan and Stephen Adams dominated colleagues Jarrett Alan and Tristan Thompson, combining for 40 points and 12 rebounds.

Cavaliers: The ahead of the power Evan Mobli returned after he missed four games with the right strain on the calf, but he was ineffective all the time. He had seven points, eight rebounds and two blocked shots in 29 minutes.

Key

After Garland made two free throws on even the result with the remaining 1:51, Houston replied with 10-2 to seize the lead 134-126, fed by five points from Thompson. Mitchell missed a wide open, potential binding 3-indicator with 27 seconds.

Key statistics

Mitchell made his first three shots and had the first eight points of Cleveland, after which he missed 10 Field goal attempts. The All-Star starter did not back to the third quarter, accumulating 11 out of 27 of the pitch and 4 from 11 to 3-tellers.

Forward

Both teams are back on Monday night. The missiles are in Boston and Cavaliers host Detroit.

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