Darius Garland scored a game-high 28 points on 10-17 shooting while making six threes in the win. Evan Mobley recorded a 21-point, 11-rebound double-double, his second in three outings.

VanVleet and Jalen Green made just 7 of 34 shots in Houston’s 95-85 loss to Golden State in Game 1 of the first-round ... Despite the poor shooting, Houston managed to get within four points ...

The Rockets lost the game mainly because of their poor free-throw shooting. They have struggled all season. In the year they were last in free-throw shooting, somehow, they have been worse in the ...

Game 5 is 7 p.m., Tuesday at Rocket Arena in Cleveland. Forward Obi Toppin scored 20 points on 9-of-14 shooting and center Myles Turner scored 20 making all four of his 3-pointers. Point guard T.J ...