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Miami Heat vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

November 12, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Cavaliers beat the Heat 130-116 on 2025-11-12 on the road against the Heat. The Heat started Andrew Wiggins, Norman Powell, Davion Mitchell, Pelle Larsson, and Kel'el Ware. The Cavaliers started Lonzo Ball, Jarrett Allen, De'Andre Hunter, Dean Wade, and Sam Merrill. De'Andre Hunter (Cavaliers) scored 11 points (4/7) in his matchups, with Andrew Wiggins as his primary defender. Norman Powell (Heat) scored 12 points (3/5) in his matchups, with Dean Wade as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MIA
Miami Heat
Miami Heat 116

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Davion Mitchell GS 33:53 16 3 4 1 0 1 3 7-13 2-4 0-0 -10
Andrew Wiggins GS 33:14 17 9 6 0 2 5 3 7-13 2-5 1-2 -9
Norman Powell GS 32:30 27 2 5 0 0 3 3 10-18 5-10 2-2 -3
Kel'el Ware GS 27:43 15 13 1 1 1 1 3 6-7 1-1 2-2 -2
Pelle Larsson GS 27:25 9 0 4 0 1 3 3 3-7 2-3 1-1 +3
Jaime Jaquez Jr. 29:51 11 3 4 0 0 1 4 4-15 0-4 3-3 -16
Nikola Jović 22:03 2 4 3 2 2 4 1 1-6 0-3 0-1 -16
Simone Fontecchio 19:14 13 4 0 1 0 2 4 4-7 3-5 2-2 -13
Dru Smith 14:07 6 6 2 1 0 1 5 3-8 0-2 0-0 -4
Totals 116 44 29 6 6 21 29 45-94 15-37 11-13

Did not play: Vladislav Goldin (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kasparas Jakučionis (DNP - Coach's Decision), Keshad Johnson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

CLE
Cleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland Cavaliers 130

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
De'Andre Hunter GS 28:21 21 6 2 2 0 3 1 8-13 1-5 4-5 +4
Jarrett Allen GS 27:26 30 10 2 0 0 1 0 12-20 0-1 6-7 +2
Dean Wade GS 26:13 8 3 2 1 0 1 0 3-7 2-4 0-0 -7
Sam Merrill GS 20:39 5 0 3 1 1 0 3 1-10 1-8 2-2 -8
Lonzo Ball GS 20:29 15 2 8 1 1 3 1 4-8 4-7 3-3 -9
Craig Porter Jr. 32:10 19 4 9 3 4 2 2 7-12 3-3 2-3 +21
Tyrese Proctor 22:44 12 2 2 0 0 0 4 4-15 2-8 2-2 +19
Larry Nance Jr. 19:25 3 5 2 2 0 1 4 1-3 1-2 0-0 +3
Nae'Qwan Tomlin 17:39 9 6 2 2 1 1 4 2-7 0-4 5-6 +20
Thomas Bryant 12:48 4 7 0 0 1 0 1 2-4 0-2 0-1 +14
Luke Travers 12:06 4 4 0 1 2 0 1 1-5 0-3 2-2 +11
Totals 130 49 32 13 10 12 21 45-104 14-47 26-31

Did not play: Chris Livingston (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

MIA
Miami Heat
Miami Heat

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

CLE
Cleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

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

Heat defense

Defender Guarded most
Andrew Wiggins De'Andre Hunter: 19 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Larry Nance Jr.: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Davion Mitchell Lonzo Ball: 15 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Craig Porter Jr.: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Norman Powell Dean Wade: 23 poss., 7 pts (3/5) · Craig Porter Jr.: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Jaime Jaquez Jr. Craig Porter Jr.: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Tyrese Proctor: 9 poss., 5 pts (1/2)
Kel'el Ware Jarrett Allen: 33 poss., 7 pts (3/3) · Dean Wade: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Pelle Larsson Sam Merrill: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Lonzo Ball: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nikola Jović Jarrett Allen: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dean Wade: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Simone Fontecchio Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Sam Merrill: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dru Smith Craig Porter Jr.: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Tyrese Proctor: 6 poss., 4 pts (2/2)

Cavaliers defense

Defender Guarded most
Craig Porter Jr. Davion Mitchell: 20 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Dru Smith: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jarrett Allen Kel'el Ware: 32 poss., 9 pts (4/11) · Nikola Jović: 8 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
De'Andre Hunter Andrew Wiggins: 23 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Davion Mitchell: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Dean Wade Norman Powell: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tyrese Proctor Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Pelle Larsson: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Lonzo Ball Davion Mitchell: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Pelle Larsson: 12 poss., 3 pts (0/0)
Nae'Qwan Tomlin Norman Powell: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Simone Fontecchio: 8 poss., 1 pts (0/2)
Sam Merrill Pelle Larsson: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Norman Powell: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Larry Nance Jr. Norman Powell: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Thomas Bryant Nikola Jović: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Luke Travers Simone Fontecchio: 7 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Dru Smith: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)