Cavaliers (124) vs Heat (87) · Apr 26, 2025 · NBA Scores

FINAL

Apr 26, 2025

3-0ClevelandCavaliers

124

0-3MiamiHeat

Game Recap

The Cavaliers defeat the Miami Heat, 124-87, in Game 3 of their first-round series. Cleveland takes a 3-0 series lead.

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
CLE	33	29	26	36	124
MIA	20	22	22	23	87

CAVALIERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
1Max StrusSF	31	7-13	4-9	0-0	9	5	0	0	0	4	+18	18
4Evan MobleyPF	31	8-13	2-4	1-1	6	3	1	1	2	1	+8	19
31Jarrett AllenC	25	8-9	0-0	6-6	10	1	0	0	1	1	+20	22
5Sam MerrillSG	19	0-3	0-3	0-0	2	1	0	0	1	1	+3	0
45Donovan MitchellPG	29	4-14	3-8	2-5	2	1	0	0	1	1	+9	13
12De'Andre Hunter	28	6-8	3-5	6-6	4	3	1	0	2	3	+34	21
2Ty Jerome	21	5-11	1-3	2-2	3	11	2	0	0	0	+33	13
32Dean Wade	21	0-2	0-2	0-0	4	2	0	0	1	1	+19	0
35Isaac Okoro	8	4-6	1-3	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	3	+9	9
8Javonte Green	5	1-3	0-2	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	0	+8	2
13Tristan Thompson	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	+8	0
9Craig Porter Jr.	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	1	0	+8	0
24Jaylon Tyson	5	3-4	1-1	0-0	2	2	1	0	0	0	+8	7
10Darius Garland	— did not play —												— did not play —
18Chuma Okeke	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	46-8653.5%	15-4037.5%	17-2085.0%	46	32	7	1	9	15	-	124

HEAT	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
22Andrew WigginsSF	33	3-10	2-4	2-4	1	3	0	2	2	2	-22	10
13Bam AdebayoPF	40	9-20	4-7	0-0	9	1	0	0	6	2	-28	22
7Kel'el WareC	18	3-5	2-3	0-0	5	2	0	0	1	1	-10	8
14Tyler HerroSG	36	5-13	1-3	2-2	4	3	1	0	3	2	-26	13
45Davion MitchellPG	36	7-11	2-2	0-1	4	5	1	1	0	3	-20	16
9Pelle Larsson	16	2-5	2-4	0-0	2	1	1	0	1	0	-22	6
24Haywood Highsmith	15	1-4	1-4	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	4	-15	3
5Nikola Jovic	19	1-7	1-6	0-0	3	2	1	0	1	1	-20	3
55Duncan Robinson	17	1-1	1-1	3-3	0	0	0	0	1	2	-14	6
11Jaime Jaquez Jr.	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-8	0
20Kyle Anderson	— did not play —												— did not play —
18Alec Burks	— did not play —												— did not play —
16Keshad Johnson	— did not play —												— did not play —
42Kevin Love	— did not play —												— did not play —
2Terry Rozier	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	32-7642.1%	16-3447.1%	7-1070.0%	29	18	6	3	16	17	-	87

Injury Report

10Darius Garland
Toe — OUT
42Kevin Love
Personal — OUT
2Terry Rozier
Ankle — OUT
12Dru Smith
Achilles — OFS
#--Isaiah Stevens
Foot — OFS

Play-by-Play

Scores Only

1st quarterclemia

(11:56) Jump Ball Ware vs. Allen: Tip to Wiggins
+3 (11:37) Adebayo 24' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Herro 1 AST)
03
+2 (11:16) Allen 2' Cutting Dunk Shot (2 PTS) (Strus 1 AST)
23
(10:59) MISS Adebayo 5' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(10:59) Adebayo REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (10:58) Adebayo Tip Layup Shot (5 PTS)
25
(10:46) MISS Mitchell 9' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(10:42) Mitchell REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:34) Herro Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T1)
(10:24) MISS Mobley 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(10:21) Herro REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (10:14) Herro 5' Driving Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS)
27
(10:01) Merrill Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T1)
(10:01) Mitchell STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (9:50) Ware 7' Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Mitchell 1 AST)
29
(9:38) MISS Mobley 5' Fadeaway Jumper
(9:36) Ware REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:26) Herro Traveling Turnover (P2.T2)
(9:13) MISS Strus 3PT Jump Shot
(9:12) HEAT Rebound
(9:00) MISS Adebayo 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(8:57) Allen REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(8:49) MISS Merrill 3PT Jump Shot
(8:45) Ware REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(8:35) MISS Wiggins 5' Floating Jump Shot
(8:30) Strus REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (8:28) Allen 1' Running Dunk (4 PTS) (Mobley 1 AST)
49
+3 (8:11) Ware 27' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Mitchell 2 AST)
412
(7:58) MISS Mitchell 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(7:53) Wiggins REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(7:29) MISS Herro 9' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(7:27) Merrill REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(7:21) MISS Mitchell 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(7:17) Mitchell REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(7:14) MISS Wiggins 3PT Running Jump Shot
(7:10) Allen REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(6:56) MISS Mitchell 5' Driving Layup
(6:56) Wiggins BLOCK (1 BLK)
(6:56) Allen REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(6:56) Wiggins S.FOUL (P1.T1) (J.Goble)
(6:56) HEAT Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
+1 (6:56) Allen Free Throw 1 of 2 (5 PTS)
512
+1 (6:56) Allen Free Throw 2 of 2 (6 PTS)
612
+3 (6:46) Wiggins 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (3 PTS)
615
+2 (6:33) Jerome 1' Driving Layup (2 PTS)
815
(6:21) MISS Ware 10' Jump Shot
(6:19) Hunter REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (6:04) Hunter 2' Driving Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Jerome 1 AST)
1015
(5:46) MISS Mitchell 17' Step Back Jump Shot
(5:43) Strus REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (5:36) Strus 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Jerome 2 AST)
1315
(5:15) MISS Ware 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(5:12) Allen REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
+2 (5:05) Allen 3' Cutting Layup Shot (8 PTS) (Jerome 3 AST)
1515
(5:05) HEAT Timeout: Regular (Full 2 Short 0)
(4:40) Adebayo Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T3)
(4:40) Jerome STEAL (1 STL)
+3 (4:36) Hunter 27' 3PT Running Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Jerome 4 AST)
1815
(4:23) Wiggins Traveling Turnover (P1.T4)
(4:06) MISS Jerome 6' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(4:01) Jerome REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (3:52) Allen 1' Cutting Layup Shot (10 PTS) (Strus 2 AST)
2015
(3:39) Strus P.FOUL (P1.T1) (J.Goble)
(3:29) Wade P.FOUL (P1.T2) (R.Mott)
(3:24) Wiggins Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P2.T5)
+2 (3:07) Mobley 1' Dunk (2 PTS) (Wade 1 AST)
2215
(2:43) Herro Lost Ball Turnover (P3.T6)
(2:43) Mobley STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (2:33) Hunter 1' Cutting Dunk Shot (7 PTS) (Jerome 5 AST)
2415
+3 (2:18) Larsson 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Wiggins 1 AST)
2418
(2:06) MISS Hunter 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(2:03) Larsson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(2:00) Hunter S.FOUL (P1.T3) (B.Kennedy)
+1 (2:00) Herro Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
2419
+1 (2:00) Herro Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
2420
(1:47) MISS Jerome 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(1:45) Wade REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+3 (1:42) Mobley 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Wade 2 AST)
2720
(1:23) MISS Herro 14' Turnaround Jump Shot
(1:21) Mitchell REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:16) Highsmith S.FOUL (P1.T2) (B.Kennedy)
+1 (1:16) Mitchell Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
2820
(1:16) MISS Mitchell Free Throw 2 of 2
(1:14) Highsmith REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:01) MISS Adebayo 15' Jump Shot
(0:58) Hunter REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (0:43) Jerome 3' Driving Floating Jump Shot (4 PTS)
3020
(0:24) Jovic Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T7)
(0:24) Jerome STEAL (2 STL)
(0:21) Cavaliers Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
+3 (0:00) Strus 26' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Mitchell 1 AST)
3320

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

CLE

MIA

124Points87

46-86(53.5%)Field Goal(%)32-76(42.1%)

15-40(37.5%)3-Point(%)16-34(47.1%)

17-20(85.0%)Free Throw(%)7-10(70.0%)

46(13)Rebounds(Offensive)29(5)

32Assists18

7Steals6

1Blocks3

9Turnovers16

15Fouls17

60Pts In The Paint30

9Fast Break Pts12

21Pts Off Turnovers11

52Bench Pts18

40Largest Lead9

Game Details

Saturday, April 26, 2025 · 1:00 PM

Kaseya Center · Miami, FL

attendance: 19,600 (100.0%)

spread: CLE -6.5