NBA Final Intelligence

MIA 2-5
128 โ€“ 149
FINAL
CLE 4-3

Miami Heat 128, Cleveland Cavaliers 149 โ€” Recap

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๐Ÿ“ฐGame Summary

Final (regular season): Miami Heat 128, Cleveland Cavaliers 149. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIA 27-40 CLE; Q2 MIA 19-41 CLE; Q3 MIA 41-28 CLE; Q4 MIA 41-40 CLE.

Top performers (box score): Max Strus (CLE) 29 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists, 8 threes on 10-of-14 shooting; Evan Mobley (CLE) 23 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-15 shooting; Jaime Jaquez Jr. (MIA) 20 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-13 shooting; Jarrett Allen (CLE) 18 points, 10 rebounds, 0 assists on 8-of-10 shooting; James Harden (CLE) 17 points, 5 rebounds, 14 assists, 2 threes on 4-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer ยท CLE
29 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST, 8 3PM ยท 10-14 FG
Scoring ยท CLE
23 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST, 1 3PM ยท 10-15 FG
Scoring ยท MIA
20 PTS, 2 REB, 3 AST, 2 3PM ยท 9-13 FG
Season highs
Max Strus ยท Season-high 29 pointsMax Strus ยท Season-high 8 threes

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

๐Ÿ“Š Game Flow

MIA 0 largest lead Never led ยท 23-0 run, Q1 6:43โ€“Q1 2:25
CLE 36 largest lead Q3 10:00 (MIA 51, CLE 87) ยท 13-0 run, Q1 1:54โ€“Q1 0:36
Swings 0 lead changes Tied 0 times

Linescore

1234 T
MIA 27194141 128
CLE 40412840 149

๐Ÿงฎ How They Scored

MIACLE
46Points in the paint52
17Fast-break points20
16Second-chance points16
17Points off turnovers19
74Bench points74
Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor
52.2%Effective FG%63.4%
10.8%Turnover %7.6%
22.0%Offensive rebound %17.1%
0.418Free-throw rate0.299

Box Score

Miami Heat

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Bam Adebayo C-F 31141631123-141-87-8-18
Tyler Herro G 3111350014-131-42-2-23
Pelle Larsson G 2610351032-40-26-6-10
Norman Powell F-G 2515320105-102-53-3-12
Davion Mitchell G 242440041-60-40-0-22
Jaime Jaquez Jr. G 2120230139-132-50-1-7
Kel'el Ware C 2114811005-102-42-2-6
Andrew Wiggins F-G 2012100103-53-33-4-15
Kasparas Jakuฤionis G 1914310003-62-56-6+7
Simone Fontecchio F 1012201004-72-42-2-6
Myron Gardner F 73011001-30-21-2+1
Keshad Johnson F 51000000-00-01-2+6

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Donovan Mitchell G 316464021-100-34-4+14
Evan Mobley F-C 292310310010-151-22-2+15
James Harden G 29175142014-112-67-7+25
Sam Merrill G 2710340003-92-72-2+25
Keon Ellis G 2410021004-52-30-1+9
Max Strus G 23298100110-148-111-2+22
Dennis Schroder G 208051003-70-12-3+3
Jarrett Allen C 18181000108-100-02-2+18
Thomas Bryant C 1411400025-101-40-00
Tyrese Proctor G 66100011-20-14-4-3
Nae'Qwan Tomlin F 60010000-00-00-0-3
Riley Minix F 56010012-32-20-0-6
Larry Nance Jr. F 44110011-11-11-2-7

๐Ÿ”ฌ Advanced Stats

Miami HeatTS% true shooting ยท USG% usage ยท NET net rating ยท PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Norman Powell Starter 251566.318.3-19.19.4
Bam Adebayo Starter 311440.027.0-26.112.4
Andrew Wiggins Starter 201288.814.6-36.38.5
Tyler Herro Starter 311139.618.8-36.43.1
Davion Mitchell Starter 24216.717.5-45.0-1.2
Jaime Jaquez Jr. Bench 212074.430.2-12.310.8
Kel'el Ware Bench 211464.319.0-9.613.8
Kasparas Jakuฤionis Bench 191481.014.8+20.89.8
Simone Fontecchio Bench 101276.126.7-23.124.5
Pelle Larsson Bench 261075.315.2-17.28.5
Myron Gardner Bench 07338.717.4+5.3-2.8
Keshad Johnson Bench 05156.86.7+60.90.0
Dru Smith Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Nikola Jovic Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Cleveland CavaliersTS% true shooting ยท USG% usage ยท NET net rating ยท PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Evan Mobley Starter 292372.422.9+23.419.3
Jarrett Allen Starter 181882.724.4+45.025.4
James Harden Starter 291760.419.4+38.517.4
Sam Merrill Starter 271050.613.6+41.76.3
Donovan Mitchell Starter 31625.518.4+18.63.6
Max Strus Bench 232997.427.1+39.523.7
Thomas Bryant Bench 141155.033.3-3.76.3
Keon Ellis Bench 241091.98.2+16.44.7
Dennis Schroder Bench 20848.116.0+1.17.0
Tyrese Proctor Bench 06679.823.5-28.310.3
Larry Nance Jr. Bench 044106.423.1-75.015.4
Nae'Qwan Tomlin Bench 0600.00.0-28.30.0

โš”๏ธ Season Series & What's Next

2025-26 season series MIA 2 โ€“ 2 CLE
Last 21 meetings ยท since 2020-21 MIA 12 โ€“ 9 CLE
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After this game
Miami Heat 39-35 L1 L10 4-6 Next game recap: @ IND ยท Sun, Mar 29
Cleveland Cavaliers 46-28 W1 L10 7-3 Next game recap: @ UTA ยท Mon, Mar 30

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