The NBA Belt · rivalry
Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Houston Rockets
14Belt meetings
6Cavaliers wins
8Rockets wins
4Title changes
Cleveland Cavaliers and Houston Rockets have met 14 times with the NBA belt on the line, from March 7, 1975 to December 15, 2021. The belt changed hands in 4 of those games. Houston Rockets lead the belt series 8–6.
| Belt game | Date | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2,478 | Mar 7, 1975 | Houston Rockets beat Cleveland Cavaliers 93–86 | Defense |
| 2,555 | Jan 28, 1976 | Houston Rockets beat Cleveland Cavaliers 108–93 | Title change |
| 2,567 | Feb 22, 1976 | Cleveland Cavaliers beat Houston Rockets 107–103 | Defense |
| 2,568 | Feb 23, 1976 | Houston Rockets beat Cleveland Cavaliers 117–114 | Title change |
| 2,585 | Mar 30, 1976 | Cleveland Cavaliers beat Houston Rockets 95–86 | Defense |
| 2,829 | Jan 12, 1979 | Houston Rockets beat Cleveland Cavaliers 107–96 | Defense |
| 2,953 | Mar 20, 1980 | Cleveland Cavaliers beat Houston Rockets 109–96 | Title change |
| 3,527 | Jan 28, 1986 | Houston Rockets beat Cleveland Cavaliers 116–109 | Defense |
| 3,820 | Feb 20, 1989 | Cleveland Cavaliers beat Houston Rockets 110–90 | Title change |
| 4,172 | Nov 19, 1992 | Houston Rockets beat Cleveland Cavaliers 99–92 | Defense |
| 4,351 | Nov 8, 1994 | Houston Rockets beat Cleveland Cavaliers 100–98 | Defense |
| 5,372 | Mar 24, 2005 | Houston Rockets beat Cleveland Cavaliers 99–80 | Defense |
| 6,525 | Nov 1, 2016 | Cleveland Cavaliers beat Houston Rockets 128–120 | Defense |
| 7,051 | Dec 15, 2021 | Cleveland Cavaliers beat Houston Rockets 124–89 | Defense |