Cleveland, who went 64-18 in the regular season, is fresh off a first round sweep of Miami, in which their combined +122 margin of victory is the highest in NBA history. So yeah, they're good.

Houston has been tremendous ever since, though. In Game 5, the Rockets won 131-116 after three players scored 24 or more points in VanVleet (26), Amen Thompson (25) and Dillon Brooks (24). In fact, the Rockets took a 27-point lead into the fourth quarter, leading to head coach Steve Kerr clearing the bench early.

Conference semi-finals of the 2025 NBA playoffs begins Sunday when the Cleveland Cavaliers face the Indiana Pacers

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Game 6 of this Western Conference playoff series has the Golden State Warriors battling the Houston Rockets, live from the Chase Center in San Francisco.