Cleveland Cavaliers @ Miami Heat
Friday, December 8, 2023 at 8:00 PM ET
Kaseya Center, Miami, FL | Game ID: 22301220
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
MIA 25 27 23 24 99CLE 17 36 35 23 111
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Donovan Mitchell scores 27, Cavaliers use pair of 15-0 runs to top Heat 111-99
MIAMI -- — Donovan Mitchell had 27 points and 13 rebounds, Darius Garland shook off early foul trouble to score 18 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Miami Heat 111-99 on Friday night.
Georges Niang scored 13 and Max Strus added 11 in his first road game against his former team. The Cavaliers are now 7-3 on the road this season — tied with Oklahoma City and Minnesota for the best such mark in the NBA.
“We keep talking about the same thing,” Cleveland coach J.B. Bickerstaff said. "Every night, we can control whether or not we’re the best team on the floor. Are we the most competitive? Are we the most selfless? And when the guys do that, the talent rises.”
Cleveland is 13-3 this season when holding teams under 120 points. The Cavs are 0-6 when teams score at least 120.
Josh Richardson and Kyle Lowry each scored 17 points for the Heat, who have lost five of their last seven. Jimmy Butler scored 16, Caleb Martin added 15, former Cavaliers forward Kevin Love had 14 points and 12 rebounds, and Jaime Jaquez Jr . also scored 12 for Miami.
The Cavaliers outrebounded Miami 51-37 — and held a 2-1 lead in 15-0 runs.
Miami scored 15 consecutive points early on the way to building a 16-point lead, and the Cavaliers had two 15-0 stretches later in the game.
Mitchell had the last basket of the first half to give Cleveland a 53-52 lead at the break, and then the Cavs got the first 13 points of the third quarter — with Mitchell scoring 11 of those to put his team on top for good.
“The third quarter kind of set that tone,” Mitchell said. “We've got to keep doing this.”
Miami has lost four games this season after leading by at least 16 points. It was the biggest deficit Cleveland has successfully overcome this season.
“I thought there was some decent things defensively throughout the course of the game,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “But not even scoring 100 points — granted, they're a good defense — but that's not going to get it done.”
Miami was again without Bam Adebayo (hip), Haywood Highsmith (back) and Tyler Herro (ankle). Adebayo has missed five of Miami’s last eight games, Herro has missed 14 straight games with a sprain and Highwood has basically missed three consecutive games; he sat out Miami’s last two and the last 45 minutes of a Monday loss to Indiana.
Cleveland played without Evan Mobley , who was held out with left knee soreness. It was Mobley’s first game missed this season and only the fourth he’s missed in Cleveland’s last 111 games, including playoffs.
Garland was whistled for three fouls in the game’s first 5:21 and the Heat got rolling when he had to go to the bench. The night’s first 15-0 run put Miami up 23-12; the lead eventually reached 39-23. Cleveland’s first 15-0 run immediately followed that stretch.
Miami got within nine in the fourth, but no closer and fell to 0-5 when not scoring at least 100 this season.
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlGaMiStWa 5 8 +2 3 8 38 0 1 0 2 3 67 1 4 5 2 3 0 1 2
CLE Allen, Garland, Mitchell, Strus, Wade
in Allen, Garland, Mitchell, Strus, Wade
out ---
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlMeMiOkSt 2 4 -1 2 7 29 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 1 0 0 0 3
CLE Allen, Merrill, Mitchell, Okoro, Strus
in Merrill, Okoro
out Garland, Wade
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
JoMeMiNiOk :51 0 -7 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 1
CLE Jones, Merrill, Mitchell, Niang, Okoro
in Jones, Niang
out Allen, Strus
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
JoMeNiOkJr 2 0 -5 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
CLE Jones, Merrill, Niang, Okoro, Porter Jr.
in Porter Jr.
out Mitchell
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
MeNiOkJrSt 1 5 +5 2 3 67 1 2 50 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0
CLE Merrill, Niang, Okoro, Porter Jr., Strus
in Strus
out Jones
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
MiNiOkJrSt :56 4 0 2 2 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
CLE Mitchell, Niang, Okoro, Porter Jr., Strus
in Mitchell
out Merrill
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlMiNiJrSt 1 0 -8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CLE Allen, Mitchell, Niang, Porter Jr., Strus
in Allen
out Okoro
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
MiJrStThWa 6 21 +16 8 14 57 2 6 33 3 3 100 3 6 9 4 2 1 0 0
CLE Mitchell, Porter Jr., Strus, Thompson, Wade
in Thompson, Wade
out Allen, Niang
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
MeMiNiJrTh 2 6 +3 2 2 100 2 2 100 1 4 25 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 0
CLE Merrill, Mitchell, Niang, Porter Jr., Thompson
in Merrill, Niang
out Strus, Wade
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlGaMiStWa 6 21 +10 7 11 64 5 7 71 2 2 100 1 4 5 4 4 0 2 3
CLE Allen, Garland, Mitchell, Strus, Wade
in Allen, Garland, Strus, Wade
out Merrill, Niang, Porter Jr., Thompson
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlMiNiOkSt 1 0 -1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
CLE Allen, Mitchell, Niang, Okoro, Strus
in Niang, Okoro
out Garland, Wade
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
GaMiNiOkTh :48 5 +5 1 1 100 1 1 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
CLE Garland, Mitchell, Niang, Okoro, Thompson
in Garland, Thompson
out Allen, Strus
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
GaNiOkJrTh 4 9 -2 4 7 57 1 2 50 2 3 67 1 2 3 1 0 0 2 0
CLE Garland, Niang, Okoro, Porter Jr., Thompson
in Porter Jr.
out Mitchell
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlGaNiOkJr 4 10 +2 4 5 80 2 2 100 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 1 1 1
CLE Allen, Garland, Niang, Okoro, Porter Jr.
in Allen
out Thompson
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlMiNiOkSt 1 0 -2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1
CLE Allen, Mitchell, Niang, Okoro, Strus
in Mitchell, Strus
out Garland, Porter Jr.
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
GaMiStThWa 3 6 +1 1 5 20 0 4 0 3 3 100 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 1
CLE Garland, Mitchell, Strus, Thompson, Wade
in Garland, Thompson, Wade
out Allen, Niang, Okoro
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlGaMiStWa 3 6 +2 2 4 50 0 2 0 1 2 50 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 0
CLE Allen, Garland, Mitchell, Strus, Wade
in Allen
out Thompson
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
IiRoLoMaRo 5 6 -2 2 8 25 1 3 33 1 1 100 1 4 5 1 0 0 3 2
MIA Butler III, D. Robinson, Lowry, Martin, O. Robinson
in Butler III, D. Robinson, Lowry, Martin, O. Robinson
out ---
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
IiRoLoLoMa 2 3 -1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 100 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1
MIA Butler III, D. Robinson, Love, Lowry, Martin
in Love
out O. Robinson
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
IiRoJrLoRi 1 2 +2 1 2 50 0 1 0 1 2 50 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 0
MIA Butler III, D. Robinson, Jaquez Jr., Love, Richardson
in Jaquez Jr., Richardson
out Lowry, Martin
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
IiJrLoLoRi 3 12 +12 4 6 67 2 2 100 2 2 100 0 4 4 3 3 0 0 0
MIA Butler III, Jaquez Jr., Love, Lowry, Richardson
in Lowry
out D. Robinson
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
JrLoLoMaRi 1 2 -3 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1
MIA Jaquez Jr., Love, Lowry, Martin, Richardson
in Martin
out Butler III
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
RoJrMaRoRi 5 14 -1 6 12 50 3 7 43 1 1 100 0 3 3 5 0 1 0 3
MIA D. Robinson, Jaquez Jr., Martin, O. Robinson, Richardson
in D. Robinson, O. Robinson
out Love, Lowry
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
IiRoJrRoRi 3 3 -6 1 4 25 1 2 50 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 0
MIA Butler III, D. Robinson, Jaquez Jr., O. Robinson, Richardson
in Butler III
out Martin
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
IiJrLoLoRi 1 2 -1 1 2 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1
MIA Butler III, Jaquez Jr., Love, Lowry, Richardson
in Love, Lowry
out D. Robinson, O. Robinson
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
IiJrLoLoMa 2 6 -1 2 3 67 2 3 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1
MIA Butler III, Jaquez Jr., Love, Lowry, Martin
in Martin
out Richardson
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
IiRoLoMaRo 3 1 -15 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 2 50 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 2
MIA Butler III, D. Robinson, Lowry, Martin, O. Robinson
in D. Robinson, O. Robinson
out Jaquez Jr., Love
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
IiLoMaRoRi 3 10 +5 3 4 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 1 3 1
MIA Butler III, Lowry, Martin, O. Robinson, Richardson
in Richardson
out D. Robinson
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
IiJrLoRoRi 1 1 +1 1 3 33 1 2 50 1 1 100 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2
MIA Butler III, Jaquez Jr., Lowry, O. Robinson, Richardson
in Jaquez Jr.
out Martin
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
IiJrLoLoRi 4 7 -2 3 5 60 1 2 50 1 2 50 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 2
MIA Butler III, Jaquez Jr., Love, Lowry, Richardson
in Love
out O. Robinson
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
JrLoLoMaRi 1 4 -1 2 3 67 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MIA Jaquez Jr., Love, Lowry, Martin, Richardson
in Martin
out Butler III
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
RoJrLoMaRi 4 8 -2 3 7 43 2 4 50 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
MIA D. Robinson, Jaquez Jr., Love, Martin, Richardson
in D. Robinson
out Lowry
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
IiJrLoMaRi 3 5 +4 2 7 29 1 4 25 0 0 0 2 4 6 1 0 0 1 1
MIA Butler III, Jaquez Jr., Love, Martin, Richardson
in Butler III
out D. Robinson
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
IiJrLoLoMa 6 11 -1 5 10 50 1 5 20 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 5
MIA Butler III, Jaquez Jr., Love, Lowry, Martin
in Lowry
out Richardson
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Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
CLECP C. Porter Jr.
DG D. Garland
DJ D. Jones
DM D. Mitchell
DW D. Wade
GN G. Niang
IO I. Okoro
JA J. Allen
MS M. Strus
SM S. Merrill
TT T. Thompson
MIABU Butler
CM C. Martin
DR D. Robinson
JB J. Butler III
JJ J. Jaquez Jr.
JR J. Richardson
KL K. Love
KL K. Lowry
OR O. Robinson
CLE/MIA the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur