Considering how well the Detroit Pistons were stifling the Houston Rockets' offense on Monday, the NBA announcing guard Jalen Green as the Western Conference Player of the Week during the game qualified as dubious timing.

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,