SB Nation Cleveland - Rockets Vs. Cavaliers: Cleveland Wins Third Straighthttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48841/cleveland-fave.png2012-03-11T19:54:23-05:00http://cleveland.sbnation.com/rss/stream/26273242012-03-11T19:54:23-05:002012-03-11T19:54:23-05:00Cavaliers Vs. Rockets: Cleveland Gets Third Straight WIn 118-107 Over Houston
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<p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.fearthesword.com/">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> continued their hot streak on Sunday, beating one of the better teams in the NBA's Western Conference. The Cavs took a 118-107 victory in a high scoring affair that saw both teams have big runs and large swings of momentum.</p>
<p>Antawn Jamison scored 28 points to lead the Cavs, While Kyrie Irving had 21 points and five assists. Irving was a perfect 10 for 10 from the free throw line as Cleveland closed the game out. that still didn't stop the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.thedreamshake.com/">Rockets</a> from having some high scoring performances as well.</p>
<p>Luis Scola topped all scorers with 30 points for the Rockets, who also got 20 points from Goran Dragic. Cleveland shot 55% from long range and got a solid bench performance from Ramon Sessions in the form of 15 points.</p>
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https://cleveland.sbnation.com/cleveland-cavaliers/2012/3/11/2863302/cavaliers-vs-rockets-cleveland-gets-third-straight-win-118-107-overTravis Miller2012-03-11T07:39:03-05:002012-03-11T07:39:03-05:00Rockets Vs. Cavaliers: Cleveland Returns Home On A Roll To Face Houston
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<p>Cavaliers looking for third straight win.</p> <p>The <a href="https://www.fearthesword.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> (15-23) return home from a successful road trip to play the <a href="https://www.thedreamshake.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Houston Rockets</a> (22-19) at Quicken Loans Arena on Sunday evening.</p>
<p>While away from home, the Cavaliers were able to put together two wins over Northwest Division teams to halt what was a six-game losing streak in impressive fashion. Cleveland won at Denver on Wednesday and then followed it up with a win in the hostile environment at Oklahoma City. Rookie point guard <span>Kyrie Irving</span> used his play-making ability in both wins to include others, logging 20 assists with only four turnovers in the two road games.</p>
<p>Houston put an end to their own losing streak on the road, snapping a streak of five consecutive losses with a win at New Jersey on Saturday. Point guard <span>Kyle Lowry</span> missed the game against the <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/nba/teams/new-jersey-nets" class="sbn-auto-link">Nets</a> with an abdominal disorder that had him in the hospital and not with the team when the flew to Cleveland last night.</p>
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