home Game 27
Cleveland vs. houston Tipoff: 7:00
pm, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011
The Cleveland Cavaliers will take on the Houston Rockets for the second and final time this season. In the first meeting between the two teams on Dec. 11, Antawn Jamison had 24 points and Mo Williams tallied 18 points and nine assists. However, the Rockets shot 39-80 (.488) from the field, including 12-26 (.462) from deep, and won 110-95 victory at the Toyota Center. Cleveland trails the alltime series 74-41 but has won the last two contests versus Houston at Quicken Loans Arena. The Cavaliers are coming off a 104-99 home win over the Los Angeles Lakers last Wednesday. In the victory, Ramon Sessions had his best performance as a Cavalier, finishing with a season-high 32 points, eight assists and three steals in 36 minutes. Sessions is the first bench player in Cavaliers history to record those numbers in a game. Over his last eight games, Sessions is averaging 19.6 points on .586 shooting, 3.8 rebounds, 8.9 assists and 2.0 steals in 35.5 minutes per game. The Cavs next home game will be on Cavaliers guard Ramon Sessions is averaging 19.6 points and 8.9 Friday versus New York. assists over his last eight games. The Rockets are one of the best offensive teams in the NBA, averaging 105.1 points (3rd in league) and 23.3 assists per game (3rd). The team also shoots the fourth-highest free throw percentage at .791. The Rockets leading scorer is Kevin Martin, who is averaging 23.0 points per game. He scored 22 points in the first quarter of the Dec. 11 matchup with the Cavs and finished with 40 points in 34 minutes.
2010-2011 team statistics Team Comparison Cleveland houston Stat Comparison Cleveland houston
Stats as of February 21, 2011
W L Standings Home 10 46 Fifth, Central 7-19 26 31 Fifth, Southwest 15-15 PPG 95.1 105.1
FG% .431 .452
Opp. PPG Opp. FG% 105.8 .477 104.9 .470
Road Div 3-27 1-10 11-18 3-8 FT% .746 .791
Conf Last 10 7-27 2-8 16-21 4-6
RPG APG SPG BPG 39.8 21.5 6.9 4.0 42.1 23.3 7.2 4.8
Next Game: vs New York Knicks, 7:30 pm, Friday, Feb. 25, Quicken Loans Arena