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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Heat | 24 | 31 | 24 | 21 | 100 |
 Cavaliers | 26 | 26 | 27 | 18 | 97 |
MIATeam statsCLE| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIA | 34-7843.6% | 14-3145.2% | 18-2572.0% | 45 | 21 | 13 |
| CLE | 40-8348.2% | 11-4027.5% | 6-1250.0% | 39 | 32 | 13 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Miami Heat100| 38 | 18 | 6-15 | 3-6 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −4.1 | ||||
| 37 | 18 | 7-13 | 0-0 | 0 | 4-6 | 0 | 0 | −6 | +1.5 | |||||
| 34 | 18 | 7-8 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | +5.2 | ||||||
| 34 | 23 | 6-16 | 1-4 | 0 | 10-15 | 0 | 0 | +2.1 | ||||||
| 24 | 6 | 2-5 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | −5 | −3.7 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 27 | 5 | 2-8 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −2.2 | ||||||
| 21 | 9 | 3-8 | 3-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +11 | −3.1 | ||||
| 14 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −4.0 | |||||
| 11 | 3 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | +9 | +0.6 | ||||||
| Team | 100 | 34-7843.6% | 14-3145.2% | 45 | 21 | 13 | 17 | 18-2572.0% | 9 | 7 | 3 | |||
Bench 17 points on 6 for 21 shooting
Did not play: Haywood Highsmith, Udonis Haslem and Dewayne Dedmon (coach’s decision).
Cleveland Cavaliers97| 38 | 19 | 9-15 | 0-2 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | +16 | +1.9 | ||||||
| 37 | 16 | 6-17 | 3-13 | 1-2 | 0 | +2 | +0.7 | |||||||
| 34 | 14 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-3 | −17 | +1.7 | |||||||
| 31 | 16 | 7-13 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −3.0 | ||||||
| 25 | 5 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | −4 | −3.7 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 14 | 5-12 | 2-6 | 2-3 | 0 | −19 | −0.7 | |||||||
| 21 | 5 | 2-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3.3 | ||||||
| 17 | 8 | 3-6 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | +6 | +2.5 | ||||||
| 7 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −3.3 | |
| Team | 97 | 40-8348.2% | 11-4027.5% | 39 | 32 | 13 | 20 | 6-1250.0% | 5 | 9 | 6 | |||
Bench 27 points on 10 for 26 shooting
Did not play: Raul Neto, Lamar Stevens, Robin Lopez and Kevin Love (coach’s decision).
Heat100Cavaliers97ClickTap 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.
Caleb Martin had 18 points (12 on 4 3-pointers) and 10 rebounds, and the Miami Heat beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 100-97.
Bam Adebayo’s jumper answered Donovan Mitchell’s free throw and put the Heat back ahead for good with 2:38 left in the fourth quarter.
Jimmy Butler III went 1 for 2 at the line with the Heat up 4 and 12 seconds left, Darius Garland’s 3-pointer made it 99-97 with 8.7 seconds left, and Butler went 1 for 2 at the line with the Heat up 2 and 7.3 seconds to go. The Cavaliers had the ball down 3, but Mitchell missed a fadeaway 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have tied it.
During clutch time, the Heat outscored the Cavaliers 11-10. Butler (No. 3 in clutch points, 2022-23) scored 4 of the Heat’s 11 on 1 for 5 shooting and 2 for 4 at the line. Early in the fourth quarter, Victor Oladipo had 2 of his 3 steals in 58 seconds, both with the game within five points.
Butler had 23 points (8 during a 10-0 run in the first quarter) and 3 steals.
For the Cavaliers, Evan Mobley scored 19 points on 9 for 15 shooting.
The Heat went 18 for 25 at the line to the Cavaliers’ 6 for 12. The Cavaliers got 5 offensive rebounds, about 5 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. The Cavaliers’ starters outscored the Heat 29-11 in 12 minutes together.
Miami HeatCleveland CavaliersPS, 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).
82 points from the field on 78 shots: 0.8 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 10-17 | 58.8% | 67% |
| In the paint | 8-22 | 36.4% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 2-8 | 25.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-10 | 30.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 11-21 | 52.4% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evan Mobley | 28 | 7 | 2-10 | −2 |
| Jarrett Allen | 7 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Isaac Okoro | 7 | 4 | 1-2 | +2 |
| Dean Wade | 6 | 5 | 2-2 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 9 | 2-4 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 27 points on 64 possessions. He usually scores about 21 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donovan Mitchell | 27 | 10 | 4-4 | +5 |
| Darius Garland | 12 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Caris LeVert | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Cedi Osman | 5 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 5 | 2-3 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 18 points on 62 possessions. He usually scores about 10 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jarrett Allen | 36 | 6 | 3-5 | −5 |
| Evan Mobley | 23 | 4 | 2-6 | −3 |
| Donovan Mitchell | 6 | 6 | 3-3 | +4 |
| Caris LeVert | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 6 | 2-4 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 83 possessions. He usually scores about 27 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
Okoro 24' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Garland 5 AST)
Q4 3:28
25.7%
29→55
Mitchell 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (15 PTS) (Mobley 3 AST)
Q3 0:00
17.6%
37→55
Martin 3PT Jump Shot (16 PTS)
Q3 5:57
16.0%
56→40
Martin 8' Driving Floating Jump Shot (18 PTS) (Adebayo 1 AST)
Q4 5:25
16.0%
56→40
Adebayo 7' Jump Shot (16 PTS) (Butler 5 AST)
Q4 2:38
15.2%
58→43
