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Miami Heat vs Cleveland Cavaliers
The Miami Heat start the month of March 1-1 after starting the month with a 116-112 loss in OT to the New York Knicks and then last time out it was a 106-90 victory over the Washington Wizards. Miami now goes on the road to face the Cleveland Cavaliers before returning home for a five-game home stand. Cleveland is the best team in basketball and with a win over Miami they can be the first to clinch a spot in the playoffs. The Cavs enter this game after coming off a 139-117 victory over the Chicago Bulls on the road.
Leading the way with a performance that is by far the best of the season was Bam Adebayo finishing the night with 34 points. Terry Rozier once again finding himself in the starting lineup clocked in second finishing with 12 points. Kevin Love with his second straight start with Miami dealing with injuries finished with 10 points. Davion Mitchell would chime in finishing the night with nine points followed by Alec Burks who finished with five points. Duncan Robinson came off the bench providing Miami with 14 points.
The main man in Cleveland Donovan Mitchell was on top of the leaderboard for the Cavs finishing the night with 26 points. Evan Mobley would finish the game with 16 points followed by Darius Garland contributing with 15 points. Former Heat fan favorite Max Strus chimed into the game finishing with 11 points. Finishing the Cleveland starting lineup would be Jarrett Allen scoring four points and coming off the bench for the Cavs would be De'Andre Hunter finishing with 16 points.
With the Heat missing several key players it was an impressive outing having the lead with two minutes remaining 107-106. The Heat would not score again and an apparent tying three-pointer by Robinson would be waved off due to Robinson stepping out of bounds. Jaime Jaquez Jr was out with an ankle sprain as well as Nikola Jovic with a broken hand. Kel'el Ware would miss the game with a knee sprain meanwhile Andre Wiggins was out with an ankle sprain. The biggest miss was Tyler Herro out with a head cold.
Adebayo was a force to be reckoned with making all nine of his free throws as well as recording 12 rebounds in 38 minutes. Kevin Love played his first game in Cleveland since signing with the Heat two years ago. The Cavaliers would become one of seven teams who would have three double-digit winning streaks in the current season. The Cavaliers were able to do just enough to hold off the Heat defeating them 112-107.
Up next for the Miami Heat is a home game welcoming the Minnesota Timberwolves to the Kaseya Center.
Written by: Daniel Torres
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