The Cavaliers still had a chance for the win because of the flagrant foul. They retained possession and set up an inbounds play for a Donovan Mitchell game-winning attempt from the corner. But Amen Thompson got a hand in Mitchell's face, and his shot was well off-target.

The Cleveland Cavaliers are still at the top, but they lost a close one. Despite being severely undermanned and on the road, they took the No. 2-seeded Houston Rockets down to the wire. Unfortunately,