The Cleveland Cavaliers continued their perfect season with a 128-120 win over the Houston Rockets Tuesday night.
James Harden was outstanding even in defeat, finishing with 41 points, 15 assists and seven rebounds. However, Kyrie Irving was nearly as good for the Cavaliers with 32 points and a handful of clutch shots throughout the night. He helped his team improve to 4-0 on the season while the Rockets fell to 2-2 with the loss.
According to ESPN Stats & Info, it's the best start for Cleveland since the 2000-01 season.
On the other hand, Matt Moore of CBS Sports believes this is a moral victory for the Rockets:
It was a relatively quiet scoring game for LeBron James, who had 19 points, but he made his presence felt with 13 rebounds and eight assists. Kevin Love rounded out the scoring from the Big Three with 24 points.
Houston had five players in double figures, although the story for the offense was the love of the outside shot. The Rockets finished 17-of-44 from three-point range, showing a lot of streakiness in both directions.
This simply wasn't enough to pull out ...
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