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LeBron James Leads Cleveland Cavaliers Past the Houston Rockets
LeBron James scored 32 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and handed out 8 assists as the Cleveland Cavaliers (35-25) beat the Houston Rockets (36-24) 91-85.
Cleveland was able to hold the Rockets to just 13 points in the second quarter and grabbed a 43-33 halftime lead. The Cavaliers built their lead up to 58-45 in the third quarter but the Rockets trimmed it to 60-55 before LeBron buried a three-pointer to put the Cavs back up by eight.
Tracy McGrady was able to pull Houston to within three with 35 seconds remaining in the fourth but that was as close as the Rockets could get. Larry Hughs was able to hit three of four from the foul-line in the final 9 seconds and Cleveland got the win.
McGrady led the Rockets with 25 points and 7 rebounds while Yao Ming finished with 16 points and 11 rebounds in his first gamer back.
