CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cavs coach Kenny Atkinson tried to warn his team.

They didn’t heed his message.

Cleveland got blasted by the Houston Rockets, 114-104, on Wednesday night at Rocket Arena. The loss snaps the Cavaliers’ two-game winning streak.

“I don’t want to blame it on missed shots,” Atkinson said following the loss. “I didn’t really feel like we were in the game until that third quarter. The rest of the game they kind of dominated us.

“I’d say they really mucked the game up. They play off shooters and leave their bigs at the rim and you gotta make them pay when they sit in the paint on you. We didn’t really make them pay.”

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