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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cavaliers | 26 | 33 | 30 | 26 | 115 |
 Heat | 27 | 23 | 32 | 37 | 119 |
CLETeam statsMIA| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 40-8646.5% | 18-4341.9% | 17-2181.0% | 34 | 25 | 11 |
| MIA | 42-8251.2% | 14-2948.3% | 21-2391.3% | 46 | 22 | 16 |
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 Heat119| 38 | 25 | 8-15 | 5-7 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | +3.7 | |||||
| 37 | 19 | 8-12 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | +4 | +0.3 | ||||||
| 35 | 33 | 12-16 | 1-1 | 8-9 | 0 | −5 | +11.9 | |||||||
| 22 | 6 | 2-7 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 0 | −9 | −5.0 | |||||||
| 21 | 7 | 2-8 | 1-5 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −11 | −1.7 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 27 | 7 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +17 | −0.6 | ||||
| 26 | 14 | 5-8 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +11 | +1.1 | ||||||
| 22 | 8 | 3-7 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | +1.2 | ||||||
| 11 | 0 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4.2 | ||||||
| Team | 119 | 42-8251.2% | 14-2948.3% | 46 | 22 | 16 | 20 | 21-2391.3% | 11 | 7 | 4 | |||
Bench 29 points on 10 for 24 shooting
Did not play: Omer Yurtseven, Haywood Highsmith, Udonis Haslem and Jamal Cain (coach’s decision).
Cleveland Cavaliers115| 43 | 42 | 15-30 | 8-15 | 4-6 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +2.4 | ||||||
| 39 | 16 | 6-13 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 0 | −5 | −1.4 | |||||||
| 34 | 6 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | +8 | +4.2 | ||||||||
| 34 | 16 | 6-9 | 1-2 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | −2 | +4.7 | ||||||
| 28 | 12 | 4-10 | 1-3 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | −18 | −3.1 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | 8 | 3-8 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −3.1 | |||||
| 25 | 8 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −2.1 | ||||
| 13 | 7 | 2-6 | 1-4 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −3.6 | ||||
| 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0.0 | |
| Team | 115 | 40-8646.5% | 18-4341.9% | 34 | 25 | 11 | 20 | 17-2181.0% | 8 | 5 | 6 | |||
Bench 23 points on 7 for 19 shooting
Did not play: Dean Wade, Raul Neto, Sam Merrill and Danny Green (coach’s decision).
Heat119Cavaliers115ClickTap 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.
Jimmy Butler III scored 33 points, and the Miami Heat went on a 25-7 run that bridged the third and fourth quarters to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 119-115.
The Cavaliers went on a 17-5 run to lead 84-70 with 3:12 left in the third quarter. Tyler Herro’s pull-up 3-pointer put the Heat ahead for good with 8:44 left in the fourth quarter. Butler scored 7 points and Max Strus made 2 3-pointers during the run. The Heat led 95-91 with 8:27 left.
Butler’s 19-foot pull-up jumper with 18.0 seconds left made it 115-112, and his 2 free throws with 4.2 seconds left put it away at 119-115.
During clutch time, the Heat outscored the Cavaliers 18-7. Butler (No. 3 in clutch points, 2022-23) scored 10 of the Heat’s 18 on 3 for 3 shooting and 4 for 4 at the line. Early in the fourth quarter, Bam Adebayo had 2 of his 3 steals, both with the game within five points, and the Heat scored 2 points off them.
Herro had 25 points and 9 rebounds.
For the Cavaliers, Donovan Mitchell scored 42 points (17 in the second quarter) with 8 3-pointers.
The Heat shot 51.2% from the field and 48.3% from 3 to the Cavaliers’ 46.5% and 41.9%. The Cavaliers outscored the Heat 30-16 off turnovers.
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. The Heat’s chance bottomed out at 11% (3rd quarter, 4:18 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
98 points from the field on 82 shots: 9.1 more 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 | 12-24 | 50.0% | 67% |
| In the paint | 8-19 | 42.1% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 8-10 | 80.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 7-9 | 77.8% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 7-20 | 35.0% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar Stevens | 23 | 13 | 4-5 | +5 |
| Evan Mobley | 15 | 8 | 3-5 | +3 |
| Isaac Okoro | 11 | 0 | 0-0 | −4 |
| Donovan Mitchell | 9 | 6 | 3-3 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 6 | 3-4 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 33 points on 73 possessions. He usually scores about 25 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaac Okoro | 36 | 9 | 3-5 | −2 |
| Caris LeVert | 18 | 5 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Lamar Stevens | 9 | 2 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Donovan Mitchell | 5 | 5 | 1-1 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 4 | 2-5 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 25 points on 77 possessions. He usually scores about 24 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jarrett Allen | 35 | 10 | 5-6 | −1 |
| Evan Mobley | 23 | 5 | 2-3 | −2 |
| Donovan Mitchell | 7 | 4 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Caris LeVert | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 6 | 3-6 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 25 points on 81 possessions. He usually scores about 25 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
Mobley 2' Alley Oop Dunk (12 PTS) (Rubio 8 AST)
Q4 0:39
22.7%
86→64
Butler 19' Pullup Jump Shot (31 PTS)
Q4 0:18
22.3%
73→95
Strus 25' 3PT Jump Shot (14 PTS) (Adebayo 4 AST)
Q4 2:48
20.5%
73→93
Rubio 24' 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (LeVert 4 AST)
Q4 3:03
18.8%
92→73
Herro 25' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot (22 PTS)
Q4 8:44
16.4%
46→62
