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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cavaliers | 26 | 31 | 30 | 17 | 104 |
 Heat | 30 | 23 | 29 | 18 | 100 |
CLETeam statsMIA| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 39-8048.8% | 9-2832.1% | 17-1989.5% | 32 | 26 | 15 |
| MIA | 35-7050.0% | 8-2927.6% | 22-2975.9% | 37 | 22 | 22 |
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Cleveland Cavaliers104| 39 | 25 | 8-16 | 3-6 | 0 | 6-6 | 0 | 0 | +7 | +1.5 | |||||
| 34 | 18 | 7-18 | 1-7 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −5.0 | ||||||
| 33 | 15 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 1-2 | +5 | +3.7 | ||||||||
| 32 | 15 | 5-9 | 0-2 | 5-6 | −1 | +2.5 | ||||||||
| 29 | 13 | 5-7 | 3-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +10 | +2.0 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 27 | 6 | 2-7 | 0-3 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −7 | −4.7 | ||||||
| 24 | 7 | 3-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2.9 | |||||||
| 23 | 5 | 2-7 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −3.2 | |||||
| Team | 104 | 39-8048.8% | 9-2832.1% | 32 | 26 | 15 | 23 | 17-1989.5% | 7 | 13 | 3 | |||
Bench 18 points on 7 for 20 shooting
Did not play: Dean Wade, Cedi Osman, Raul Neto, Danny Green, Robin Lopez and Sam Merrill (coach’s decision).
Miami Heat100| 36 | 22 | 7-15 | 4-8 | 4-5 | 0 | 0 | −8 | +2.9 | ||||||
| 35 | 28 | 8-14 | 0-1 | 12-15 | −4 | +10.5 | ||||||||
| 29 | 17 | 8-11 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | −4 | −1.9 | |||||||
| 21 | 8 | 4-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | −2 | −0.4 | |||||||
| 18 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −5.2 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 32 | 9 | 3-10 | 2-8 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −10.1 | ||||||
| 30 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | −3 | −5.0 | |||||||
| 21 | 9 | 2-8 | 2-8 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −3.1 | ||||
| 19 | 3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −1.8 | |||||||
| Team | 100 | 35-7050.0% | 8-2927.6% | 37 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 22-2975.9% | 10 | 7 | 4 | |||
Bench 25 points on 8 for 22 shooting
Did not play: Duncan Robinson, Omer Yurtseven, Haywood Highsmith, Jamal Cain and Udonis Haslem (coach’s decision).
Cavaliers104Heat100ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
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Darius Garland scored 25 points, and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Miami Heat 104-100.
The Cavaliers took control with a 25-11 run bridging the second and third quarters and led by as many as 12.
The Heat got within 98-97 on Caleb Martin’s driving dunk with 2:44 to play, but Garland answered with a 9-foot jumper, and the Heat got no closer than 102-100.
Evan Mobley’s free throw with 2.3 seconds left made it 104-100 and put it away.
During clutch time, the Heat outscored the Cavaliers 7-6. In the fourth quarter, Tyler Herro had 2 steals, and the Heat scored 3 points off them.
Jarrett Allen had 15 points (14 in the paint) and 12 rebounds on 7 for 10 shooting.
For the Heat, Jimmy Butler III scored 28 points (16 in the paint), and Herro added 22 points.
The Heat turned it over 24 times, about 11 more than usual for this many possessions.
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).
87 points from the field on 80 shots: 4.0 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 12-15 | 80.0% | 67% |
| In the paint | 16-26 | 61.5% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 2-11 | 18.2% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-10 | 30.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 6-18 | 33.3% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caleb Martin | 20 | 0 | 0-3 | −7 |
| Gabe Vincent | 17 | 7 | 3-6 | +1 |
| Victor Oladipo | 13 | 7 | 2-4 | +2 |
| Jimmy Butler III | 9 | 3 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 8 | 3-5 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 25 points on 75 possessions. He usually scores about 26 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Butler III | 27 | 2 | 1-4 | −9 |
| Caleb Martin | 16 | 4 | 2-4 | −3 |
| Victor Oladipo | 6 | 2 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Gabe Vincent | 4 | 3 | 1-4 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 11 | 4-5 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 66 possessions. He usually scores about 27 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bam Adebayo | 12 | 4 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Jimmy Butler III | 11 | 0 | 0-0 | −3 |
| Kevin Love | 11 | 0 | 0-0 | −3 |
| Cody Zeller | 11 | 3 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 20 | 6 | 3-5 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 13 points on 66 possessions. He usually scores about 17 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.
MIA win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Martin 2' Running Dunk (4 PTS) (Herro 5 AST)
Q4 2:44
19.0%
27→46
Herro 25' 3PT Jump Shot (22 PTS) (Martin 1 AST)
Q4 0:21
18.2%
2→21
Garland 9' Jump Shot (25 PTS)
Q4 1:28
16.9%
37→21
Mobley 2' Driving Dunk (14 PTS) (Mitchell 4 AST)
Q4 4:25
11.7%
21→9
Garland 26' 3PT Jump Shot (23 PTS) (LeVert 1 AST)
Q4 8:43
11.4%
29→18
