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Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Miami Heat

March 25, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Heat beat the Cavaliers 120-103 on 2026-03-25 on the road against the Cavaliers. The Cavaliers started James Harden, Donovan Mitchell, Sam Merrill, Evan Mobley, and Keon Ellis. The Heat started Andrew Wiggins, Norman Powell, Bam Adebayo, Tyler Herro, and Davion Mitchell. Norman Powell (Heat) scored 2 points (1/5) in his matchups, with Keon Ellis as his primary defender. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 19 points (6/9) in his matchups, with Pelle Larsson as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

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Cleveland Cavaliers 103

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
James Harden GS	42:30	18	9	7	0	1	5	1	4-10	3-9	7-7	-6
Keon Ellis GS	36:53	17	2	1	2	0	0	2	5-12	1-7	6-6	-13
Donovan Mitchell GS	33:12	28	6	4	0	0	3	6	12-22	4-9	0-0	-21
Evan Mobley GS	30:37	8	5	4	0	0	2	2	3-8	0-0	2-5	-5
Sam Merrill GS	28:42	18	2	4	0	0	3	1	6-13	4-10	2-2	-22
Dennis Schröder	27:44	4	6	6	0	0	0	2	1-5	0-1	2-2	-5
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	17:54	6	4	0	0	0	0	4	2-3	0-0	2-2	-2
Thomas Bryant	16:03	4	5	0	0	0	1	2	2-7	0-1	0-0	-13
Tyrese Proctor	6:25	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	+2
Totals		103	40	26	4	1	14	21	35-81	12-37	21-24

Did not play: Tristan Enaruna (DNP - Coach's Decision), Riley Minix (DNP - Coach's Decision), Larry Nance Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dean Wade (DND - Injury/Illness)

MIA

Miami Heat 120

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Norman Powell GS	33:59	19	4	2	2	0	1	2	7-12	3-7	2-2	-6
Bam Adebayo GS	33:09	17	10	7	2	0	1	1	6-19	1-9	4-5	-1
Davion Mitchell GS	31:53	11	2	3	1	1	2	2	4-6	2-4	1-2	+5
Tyler Herro GS	30:15	18	2	4	3	0	2	1	6-11	4-8	2-2	+21
Andrew Wiggins GS	23:37	12	3	2	2	0	0	5	5-9	2-5	0-0	+2
Pelle Larsson	34:04	14	5	2	1	1	5	1	3-5	1-2	7-7	+14
Kel'el Ware	20:03	13	11	4	0	1	0	2	5-5	3-3	0-1	+32
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	19:22	14	2	5	0	0	1	1	6-12	2-5	0-1	+6
Kasparas Jakučionis	13:38	2	1	2	0	0	0	2	0-2	0-2	2-2	+12
Totals		120	40	31	11	3	12	17	42-81	18-45	18-22

Did not play: Simone Fontecchio (DNP - Coach's Decision), Myron Gardner (DNP - Coach's Decision), Keshad Johnson (DNP - Coach's Decision), Nikola Jović (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dru Smith (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

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Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

James Harden · Donovan Mitchell · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley · Keon Ellis Starter 13.4 min
James Harden · Dennis Schröder · Donovan Mitchell · Thomas Bryant · Nae'Qwan Tomlin 8.2 min
James Harden · Dennis Schröder · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley · Keon Ellis 5.7 min
James Harden · Dennis Schröder · Evan Mobley · Keon Ellis · Nae'Qwan Tomlin 3.4 min
James Harden · Donovan Mitchell · Evan Mobley · Keon Ellis · Tyrese Proctor 3.2 min

MIA

Miami Heat

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Andrew Wiggins · Norman Powell · Bam Adebayo · Tyler Herro · Davion Mitchell Starter 13.9 min
Tyler Herro · Jaime Jaquez Jr. · Pelle Larsson · Kel'el Ware · Kasparas Jakučionis 7.6 min
Norman Powell · Bam Adebayo · Davion Mitchell · Pelle Larsson · Kel'el Ware 6.3 min
Andrew Wiggins · Norman Powell · Bam Adebayo · Davion Mitchell · Pelle Larsson 4.9 min
Norman Powell · Bam Adebayo · Jaime Jaquez Jr. · Pelle Larsson · Kasparas Jakučionis 3.7 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Cavaliers defense

Norman Powell 2 pts (1/5) in 64 possessions

Guarded by: Keon Ellis (36 %, 2 pts) · Sam Merrill (15 %, 0 pts) · Donovan Mitchell (15 %, 0 pts)
Tyler Herro 15 pts (6/11) in 58 possessions

Guarded by: Sam Merrill (27 %, 8 pts) · Keon Ellis (25 %, 5 pts) · Donovan Mitchell (19 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
James Harden	Andrew Wiggins: 18 poss., 3 pts (0/0) · Davion Mitchell: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Donovan Mitchell	Tyler Herro: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Davion Mitchell: 11 poss., 10 pts (4/4)
Keon Ellis	Norman Powell: 23 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Tyler Herro: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Evan Mobley	Bam Adebayo: 28 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Davion Mitchell: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sam Merrill	Tyler Herro: 16 poss., 8 pts (3/4) · Norman Powell: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dennis Schröder	Pelle Larsson: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Kel'el Ware: 8 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Thomas Bryant	Kel'el Ware: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Pelle Larsson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyrese Proctor	Davion Mitchell: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Pelle Larsson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Heat defense

Donovan Mitchell 19 pts (6/9) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: Pelle Larsson (23 %, 5 pts) · Davion Mitchell (15 %, 1 pts) · Norman Powell (13 %, 3 pts)
James Harden 15 pts (6/12) in 80 possessions

Guarded by: Andrew Wiggins (27 %, 3 pts) · Jaime Jaquez Jr. (22 %, 7 pts) · Pelle Larsson (16 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Pelle Larsson	Donovan Mitchell: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Norman Powell	Keon Ellis: 30 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Donovan Mitchell: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Bam Adebayo	Evan Mobley: 29 poss., 6 pts (2/12) · James Harden: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Davion Mitchell	Dennis Schröder: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Sam Merrill: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyler Herro	Keon Ellis: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Sam Merrill: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Andrew Wiggins	James Harden: 22 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Donovan Mitchell: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	James Harden: 18 poss., 7 pts (3/8) · Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kel'el Ware	Thomas Bryant: 15 poss., 9 pts (3/3) · Evan Mobley: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kasparas Jakučionis	Donovan Mitchell: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 6 poss., 2 pts (0/0)