James Harden and the Houston Rockets have shown at times this season that they could be title contenders. Lately, however, they've failed to rise to the occasion against the NBA's elite¹.

本赛季，詹姆斯·哈登和他的休斯顿火箭队已经好几次向我们展示出他们可以成为总冠军的竞争者。但是最近，他们在面对NBA中几只出色的球队时并未展现出自己的实力。

That changed on Sunday night when Harden had a triple-double of 38 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds² to outduel fellow MVP candidate LeBron James and lead the Rockets to a 117-112 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers.

不过这一切随着周日晚上，在哈登拿下三双--38分、11个助攻、10个篮板，力压MVP候选竞争对手勒布朗·詹姆斯，带领火箭队以117比112击败克利夫兰骑士队之后，发生了改变。

"We beat Golden State. We beat San Antonio, but that was earlier," Rockets coach Mike D'Antoni said. "We haven't had one (recently), so this was good. This will give us a little boost."

火箭队主教练麦克·德安东尼表示：“我们打败过金州勇士队。我们打败过圣安东尼奥马刺队，不过那是在很久之前了。最近我们没有做到过，这样也好。这将会给我们一点点激励。”

It was the 16th triple-double this season for Harden and his 31st game with at least 30 points.

哈登在今天的比赛中拿下了个人本赛季的第16次三双，并且这也是他第31场拿下至少30分。

"It's a big win for us, and it's time to begin preparing ourselves for postseason," Harden said. "Big win against the defending champs."

哈登表示：“对我们来说，这是一场重要的胜利，现在是时候开始为季后赛做准备了。这是我们对阵卫冕冠军的一场重要胜利。”

James had 30 points and Irving scored 28 for the Cavaliers, who lost for the fourth time in five games.

骑士队的詹姆斯拿下了30分，欧文则拿下了28分，他们的骑士队吃到了过去五场比赛中的第四场败仗。

James lamented³ the fact that Houston got 20 offensive rebounds to just four by the Cavaliers.

詹姆斯对于火箭抢下了20个进攻篮板，而骑士队只有4个这一事实感慨不已。

"They did a good job of crashing the glass," he said. "Obviously, if we got some of those we would have given ourselves a better chance to get the win, but we didn't."

他说道：“火箭队在抢篮板上做得很出色。显然，如果我们能多抢下几个，我们就会拥有获得胜利的机会，但是我们没有做到。”