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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Heat | 21 | 29 | 22 | 17 | 89 |
 Cavaliers | 27 | 21 | 24 | 19 | 91 |
MIATeam statsCLE| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIA | 36-8343.4% | 3-2810.7% | 14-2556.0% | 52 | 17 | 19 |
| CLE | 28-8035.0% | 6-2623.1% | 29-3876.3% | 45 | 18 | 16 |
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Cleveland Cavaliers91| 38 | 24 | 8-21 | 1-6 | 7-11 | 0 | +3 | −4.0 | |||||||
| 30 | 13 | 2-15 | 0-6 | 9-9 | 0 | +2 | −0.7 | |||||||
| 29 | 6 | 3-5 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −3.3 | |||||
| 27 | 11 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −0.1 | ||||||
| 23 | 0 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | +8 | −8.3 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 26 | 9 | 2-8 | 0-1 | 5-6 | +1 | −2.2 | ||||||||
| 22 | 2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4.4 | ||||
| 21 | 16 | 6-9 | 2-4 | 2-2 | −7 | +5.7 | ||||||||
| 19 | 9 | 3-6 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −0.6 | |||
| 5 | 1 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −2.4 | |
| Team | 91 | 28-8035.0% | 6-2623.1% | 45 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 29-3876.3% | 7 | 9 | 5 | |||
Bench 37 points on 11 for 27 shooting
Did not play: Iman Shumpert, Cedi Osman and Jose Calderon (coach’s decision).
Miami Heat89| 35 | 15 | 7-13 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0 | +2 | −2.9 | |||||||
| 34 | 18 | 7-17 | 1-5 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −2.1 | ||||||
| 31 | 11 | 4-12 | 1-7 | 0 | 2-5 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −4.5 | |||||
| 24 | 8 | 4-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | −4 | −4.9 | |||||||
| 24 | 9 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 5-8 | 0 | −2 | −2.9 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 26 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −8.7 | |||||
| 25 | 9 | 4-7 | 0-1 | 1-2 | −5 | −1.5 | ||||||||
| 21 | 10 | 5-12 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 0 | +4 | −0.8 | |||||||
| 19 | 9 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 3-5 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −1.7 | |||||
| Team | 89 | 36-8343.4% | 3-2810.7% | 52 | 17 | 19 | 25 | 14-2556.0% | 6 | 8 | 5 | |||
Bench 28 points on 12 for 28 shooting
Did not play: Udonis Haslem and Jordan Mickey (coach’s decision).
Cavaliers91Heat89ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
The Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Miami Heat 91-89.
Jae Crowder’s 3-pointer put the Cavaliers ahead for good with 1:21 left in the fourth quarter.
Kelly Olynyk’s driving layup made it 90-89 with 12.1 seconds left, and Kyle Korver went 1 for 2 at the line with the Cavaliers up 1 and 7 seconds left.
During clutch time, the teams each scored 10. Olynyk scored 6 of the Heat’s 10 on 3 for 3 shooting. In the fourth quarter, Olynyk had 2 of his 3 steals, one of them leading to his layup that put the Heat ahead 83-81, and the Heat scored 2 points off them. With 4:32 left, Goran Dragic stole the ball from Isaiah Thomas, and James Johnson’s driving layup off it tied the game at 81.
LeBron James had 24 points (11 in the first quarter) and 11 rebounds, and Channing Frye added 16 points (9 in the third quarter) on 6 for 9 shooting off the bench.
For the Heat, Dragic had 18 points and 6 assists, and Tyler Johnson went 1 for 7 from 3.
The Heat outscored the Cavaliers 52-32 in the paint.
Cleveland CavaliersMiami HeatPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
62 points from the field on 80 shots: 19.5 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 11-22 | 50.0% | 63% |
| In the paint | 4-15 | 26.7% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 7-17 | 41.2% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 1-3 | 33.3% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 5-23 | 21.7% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Johnson | 34 | 8 | 1-5 | −3 |
| Justise Winslow | 27 | 2 | 1-5 | −7 |
| Hassan Whiteside | 6 | 8 | 4-5 | +6 |
| Goran Dragic | 5 | 4 | 2-2 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 4 | 1-5 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 26 points on 82 possessions. He usually scores about 27 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Olynyk | 16 | 7 | 2-3 | +4 |
| Hassan Whiteside | 10 | 5 | 2-2 | +3 |
| Bam Adebayo | 9 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Justise Winslow | 4 | 0 | 0-2 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 4 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 16 points on 43 possessions. He usually scores about 9 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goran Dragic | 30 | 0 | 0-1 | −8 |
| Josh Richardson | 11 | 0 | 0-3 | −3 |
| Tyler Johnson | 10 | 4 | 0-4 | +1 |
| Hassan Whiteside | 5 | 6 | 2-5 | +5 |
| Everyone else | 7 | 2 | 0-2 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 12 points on 63 possessions. He usually scores about 18 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
CLE win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
MIA
50/50
CLE
Highest Leverage Moments
Crowder 26' 3PT Jump Shot (11 PTS) (James 5 AST)
Q4 1:21
28.3%
56→85
Richardson 5' Driving Floating Jump Shot (15 PTS)
Q4 1:00
22.4%
85→62
James 1' Driving Layup (22 PTS) (Wade 2 AST)
Q4 2:53
19.6%
34→53
Olynyk 1' Finger Roll Layup (6 PTS)
Q4 4:01
17.6%
55→37
Olynyk 1' Layup (8 PTS)
Q4 1:45
16.3%
73→56
