Houston falters again, now without Garuba’s involvement

loss Cavaliers He emerged victorious of this Thursday’s duel with the Rockets inside the Toyota Center and with authority. The Cleveland team had gone through a bit of a trance with a streak of three falls in four games, but found itself relieved to face a less important opponent than the previous one. This Houston is a far cry from what we saw during James Harden’s time there. This Houston is a hodgepodge of inexperienced players with a lot of work to do. Some halos of light emanate from there.

Garuba He was the hero not on the track. For exactly this reason. He did not star in the Spanish duel against Ricky Rubio (5 points and 7 assists in 17 minutes). And this is not a one-day flower, but two. In the previous game, with the Wizards, Stephen Silas chose to bring Bruno Fernando in off the bench and denounced the athlete from Azcaque de Henares. Seeing that it went well, the strategy was repeated despite the fact that they also lost against the capitalists. back to back what was it. Even Boban Marjanovic, usually reclusive, had to play. Another big man, Tari Eason, was the best among the locals with 18 points and 11 rebounds, while Garland (26) and Mobley (21) stood out for the Cavs. It remains to be seen whether the Texans coach backs down and gives Usman a chance again, who has proven legitimate to guard multiple positions and provide energy as an option despite other shortcomings, or If the margin won this season looks greater than what they had to settle for in the last one.

loss rockets They have won only one game so far this year against Minnesota. When we approach the barrier of fifty games played in a season only eleven are won. In this, broken at half time and with no continuity solution for him, he scored five trebles when this aspect became his hallmark in those good years mentioned above. For the worse, an adjustment for the much worse for the franchise with changes becoming more necessary as more days pass.

He already saw part of Silas’ problems when he started the conflict. With much of the responsibility on both ends of the court, Sengun had to deal with a lack of communication from his teammates to assist and switch teams, which led to Cavaliers players ending up near the rim more easily. At the end of the first quarter, with Ricky Rubio directing operations well, the visitors broke the score between Mobley and Wade. He went 6-16 from one period to the next and continued bleeding into the second. Garland, more dominant in that sleeve, led another bridge to drop, with a margin of thirty-one, on the brink of comfort. One of the headaches of a team with little else to contribute except individual doubles by Houston.