Miami Heat 120, Cleveland Cavaliers 103 — Recap

March 25, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Miami Heat 120, Cleveland Cavaliers 103. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIA 28-19 CLE; Q2 MIA 35-27 CLE; Q3 MIA 20-37 CLE; Q4 MIA 37-20 CLE.

Top performers (box score): Donovan Mitchell (CLE) 28 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 threes on 12-of-22 shooting; Norman Powell (MIA) 19 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-12 shooting; James Harden (CLE) 18 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 threes on 4-of-10 shooting; Tyler Herro (MIA) 18 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-11 shooting; Sam Merrill (CLE) 18 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CLE

Donovan Mitchell

28 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST, 4 3PM · 12-22 FG

Scoring · MIA

Norman Powell

19 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 3 3PM · 7-12 FG

Scoring · CLE

James Harden

18 PTS, 9 REB, 7 AST, 3 3PM · 4-10 FG

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

📊 Game Flow

MIA 21 largest lead Q2 2:26 (MIA 57, CLE 36) · 9-0 run, Q2 9:24–Q2 8:21

CLE 2 largest lead Q4 9:30 (MIA 88, CLE 90) · 11-0 run, Q1 3:43–Q1 1:06

Swings 4 lead changes Tied 3 times

Ahead for good: Jaime Jaquez Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tyler Herro assists) (Q4 8:40, MIA 93, CLE 90).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
MIA	28	35	20	37		120
CLE	19	27	37	20		103

🧮 How They Scored

MIACLE

40Points in the paint44

17Fast-break points4

10Second-chance points2

18Points off turnovers11

43Bench points14

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

63.0%Effective FG%50.6%

11.7%Turnover %13.3%

13.5%Offensive rebound %18.6%

0.272Free-throw rate0.296

Box Score

Miami Heat

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Norman Powell F-G	34	19	4	2	2	0	1	7-12	3-7	2-2	-6
Pelle Larsson G	34	14	5	2	1	1	5	3-5	1-2	7-7	+14
Bam Adebayo C-F	33	17	10	7	2	0	1	6-19	1-9	4-5	-1
Davion Mitchell G	32	11	2	3	1	1	2	4-6	2-4	1-2	+5
Tyler Herro G	30	18	2	4	3	0	2	6-11	4-8	2-2	+21
Andrew Wiggins F-G	24	12	3	2	2	0	0	5-9	2-5	0-0	+2
Kel'el Ware C	20	13	11	4	0	1	0	5-5	3-3	0-1	+32
Jaime Jaquez Jr. G	19	14	2	5	0	0	1	6-12	2-5	0-1	+6
Kasparas Jakučionis G	14	2	1	2	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	2-2	+12

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
James Harden G	42	18	9	7	0	1	5	4-10	3-9	7-7	-6
Keon Ellis G	37	17	2	1	2	0	0	5-12	1-7	6-6	-13
Donovan Mitchell G	33	28	6	4	0	0	3	12-22	4-9	0-0	-21
Evan Mobley F-C	31	8	5	4	0	0	2	3-8	0-0	2-5	-5
Sam Merrill G	29	18	2	4	0	0	3	6-13	4-10	2-2	-22
Dennis Schroder G	28	4	6	6	0	0	0	1-5	0-1	2-2	-5
Nae'Qwan Tomlin F	18	6	4	0	0	0	0	2-3	0-0	2-2	-2
Thomas Bryant C	16	4	5	0	0	0	1	2-7	0-1	0-0	-13
Tyrese Proctor G	6	0	1	0	2	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+2

🔬 Advanced Stats

Miami HeatTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Norman Powell	Starter	34	19	73.8	18.9	-8.8	13.4
Tyler Herro	Starter	30	18	75.8	21.2	+33.9	13.1
Bam Adebayo	Starter	33	17	40.1	30.1	-1.5	14.1
Andrew Wiggins	Starter	24	12	66.7	18.0	+9.1	9.0
Davion Mitchell	Starter	32	11	79.9	13.0	+6.2	7.7
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	Bench	19	14	56.3	28.9	+11.9	13.1
Pelle Larsson	Bench	34	14	86.6	17.1	+20.0	8.8
Kel'el Ware	Bench	20	13	119.5	11.4	+80.0	28.7
Kasparas Jakučionis	Bench	14	2	34.7	9.4	+38.7	1.5
Dru Smith	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Nikola Jovic	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Simone Fontecchio	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Keshad Johnson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Myron Gardner	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Cleveland CavaliersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Donovan Mitchell	Starter	33	28	63.6	32.1	-31.0	11.2
James Harden	Starter	42	18	68.8	19.1	-5.7	12.4
Sam Merrill	Starter	29	18	64.8	25.4	-43.1	10.9
Keon Ellis	Starter	37	17	58.1	16.7	-17.6	8.1
Evan Mobley	Starter	31	8	39.2	17.1	-8.1	3.8
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Bench	18	6	77.3	10.5	-2.2	4.8
Thomas Bryant	Bench	16	4	28.6	21.6	-41.2	0.6
Dennis Schroder	Bench	28	4	34.0	10.0	-11.2	7.6
Larry Nance Jr.	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dean Wade	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tyrese Proctor	Bench	06	0	0.0	6.7	+15.4	1.5
Tristan Enaruna	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0