Cavs to sweep warmth and complete the lowest series in NBA’s NBA history history

Cleveland left no doubt on the way to the 2nd round – and ended the series with the brightest series in Nba The history of the playoffs.

Donovan Mitchell scored 22 points, De’andre Hunter added 19 and Cavaliers walked past Miami Heat 138-83 on Monday night to spoil their series in four games in the first round of the Eastern Conference.

Ty Jerome had 18 points, Evan Mobley added 17 and Jarrett Allen He had 14 points, 12 rebounds and six thefts for Cavaliers, who led as many as 60 points.

Cleveland won four games for combined 122 points. Previous record: a combined victory of 121 points by Denver over New Orleans in 2009.

The margin of 55 points in game 4 was the fourth biggest playoff victory ever. The record for the biggest win in the playoffs is 58 points, performed twice: Minneapolis over St. Louis 1956 and Denver via New Orleans in 2009. Los Angeles Lakers He beat Golden State with 56 points in 1973.

The Cavs were approaching. Pelle Larsson retained Miami from that part of the shameful history. He made a 3-poen to reduce Cleveland leadership to 55 with the remaining 38 seconds.

Nikola Jovic led warmth with 24 points. Forbidding Adebayo reached 13 and Andrew Wiggins Added 12 for Miami.

Cleveland will play either Indiana or Milwaukee in the semifinals of the Eastern Conference. AND Pacers run those series 3-1; Whether the Pacers or Bucks have made progress, the game 1 of that series would be in Cleveland and it is the earliest to play until Saturday.

This is the third case that Miami swallows in the series the best of seven. Others: Against Chicago 2007 and against Milwaukee in 2021, both in the first round, and both also ended upstairs on Heat Home.

It was fast. Cleveland-Koji used 33-5 wounds of the Game 3 Open-Open-Vodio 43-14 late in the first quarter before Davion Mitchell Beat the buzz with 3 points. 26 points margin match with the worst quarter in the history of heat playoffs; It was the second best margin for any quarter in the history of the CAVS playoffs.

And the lead is only growing.

Everyone looked like a team of 64 victories that led the eastern wire and a wire against a ten -ranked finiser who was supposed to win two games in the game just to enter the tournament.

Cleveland’s leadership was 39-72-33-on-half half, the third biggest lead after two quarters in the NBA playout history. The only half -time leads more than that: Cleveland with 41 over Boston on May 19, 2017, and Detroit up to 40 over Washington on April 26, 1987.

Associated press reporting.

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