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01:00Hi everyone, John Michael alongside Brad Doherty, welcome to Miami.
01:05Well there are a number of intriguing storylines tonight, let's start with these offenses.
01:10The Cavaliers, with the return of Darius Garland, are rediscovering the firepower that rewrote the record books a season ago.
01:17As for these Heat, they are playing at a faster pace and scoring more points than they have in decades, Brad.
01:23As tonight, our Toyota key to the game involves the offensive side of the ball.
01:27Yeah, you're exactly right.
01:28I think after our playoff series last year, the Miami Heat recognized they're going to have to play faster, quicker, get the ball in the shooting position, much more expediently.
01:36And both teams are doing it at an excellent rate this season.
01:38Cavaliers are extremely fast-paced basketball team, limiting turnovers, attacking you at all angles.
01:44And then you go to the Miami side of the ball, they're getting the ball into scoring positions, the second quickest pace in the entire NBA.
01:50This is going to be a high-paced, high-octane offensive night for both of these teams.
01:55Turnovers will be critical.
01:56Let's take a look at the breakdown.
01:58While the Cavs are simply launching away from three-point territory, the Heat is flying around at a breakneck pace and playing at an elite level in transition this season.
02:08So this summer, the Heat acquired a veteran from L.A. who seems to just get better and better every season.
02:13With Tyler Hero and Bam Adebayo out, Norman Powell has done a lot of the heavy lifting, Brad.
02:19And the Cavs will have to slow him down here tonight.
02:21He is an absolute nightmare to try to stay in front of.
02:24Norman Powell is exquisite at posting up small guards, scoring in the mid-post.
02:29He can shoot the three.
02:30He handles it extremely well.
02:31He is a difficult double-teamer.
02:33Double-team because he passes so well out of that.
02:36The Cavs will have to keep him in front of them tonight.
02:38He will get his numbers, but you try to contain him as much as possible.
02:42Coming up, a showdown on South Beach as we now invite you to sit back, crack open your favorite beverage, and settle on in.
02:50It's the Cavs in the Heat, and it's next.
02:54And with your home.
02:57Well, yesterday we received the sobering news that a pioneer and a friend, Lenny Wilkins, was lost much too soon.
03:04We just had a moment of silence here inside Kaseya Center.
03:07We will also have a moment of silence for Coach Wilkins Thursday night inside Rocket Arena,
03:12which we will cover prior to tip-off against the Raptors.
03:15Brad Doherty, you knew Lenny well.
03:17Yeah, John, a very sad day for me and my teammates back, you know, from 86 to 93 with Coach Wilkins.
03:25You know, you look at his basketball resume, and it just blows you away.
03:28And I remember vividly those days of him working with Mark Price, unleashing Mark's game at the pro level,
03:34and talking with us about the game of basketball.
03:36But the thing I remember the most is just how he carried himself.
03:40And I'll tell you what, he's one of my heroes.
03:42And to this day, I try to emulate Lenny Wilkins in so many ways of composure, dignity, class, sportsmanship.
03:50He was just beyond reproach when it comes to those things.
03:53I learned so much from him, not only on the basketball court, but off the basketball court.
03:58He was such a competitor, but he did it in a reserve and sportsman-like manner.
04:02And we are all, all at a great loss for our Coach Lenny Wilkins.
04:07Lenny was a Hall of Fame player, coach, and NBA ambassador who steered the Cavaliers for seven seasons,
04:12winning a franchise record 316 games.
04:16In 2022, he was inducted into the Cavaliers' Wall of Honor
04:19for his contributions to the organization as both a player and a coach.
04:24Our hearts and sincere condolences go out to Lenny's wife, Marilyn, and their children,
04:29Leisha, Randy, and Jamie.
04:32Leonard Randolph-Wilkins was 88 years old.
04:37Rest in peace, coach.
04:38Rest in peace.
04:40Garland who beats the clock.
04:41And buries a three!
04:43A haymaker by Darius Garland!
04:46Mitchell looking to settle things down.
04:48That's three stars order here in Cleveland with a big-time three!
04:55Allen's there!
04:56Off the Jerome feed!
04:57Allen cranks it home!
04:59The shirt of Bobley!
05:00Bobley down!
05:01And thunders it home!
05:03Wow, I have a nice little pump fake right there.
05:06Believe it, Cleveland, the Cavaliers have punched their ticket to the second round of the playoffs
05:10with just a professional, workman-like, four-game disposal of the Miami Heat.
05:16The Cavaliers return to the site where last postseason they completed one of the most dominant sweeps in NBA history
05:27as tip-off between the Cavaliers and the Heat is only moments away.
05:32Let's take a look at the starting lineups.
05:37Darius Garland suits up for his third game.
05:40Donovan Mitchell enters action, fifth of the entire NBA in scoring.
05:44As for the Heat, Tyler Hero is yet to play this season.
05:47No bam out of bio.
05:49Norman Powell has done the lion's share of the work offensively for the home club.
05:5455-year-old Eric Spoelstra is in his 18th season as the head coach of the Heat,
06:02which makes him the most tenured coach in the NBA.
06:06His Heat interaction at 6-4, and they are a perfect 4-0 here at home.
06:10As for Kenny Atkinson's Cavaliers, they began the season shorthanded
06:17and scratched their way to a 3-3 start.
06:19As their health has improved, so has their record.
06:22And the Cavs have now won four in a row and check in at 7-3.
06:26Kenny said part of the Cavs' resurgence has been getting Evan back in positions
06:40where he can have success.
06:42Mobley and the Cavaliers have won four in a row.
06:45They check in at 7-3.
06:47Here's our injury report here this evening.
06:50Max Struis has yet to play this season.
06:52Larry Nance remains out.
06:54Bam out of bio missed the last two games.
06:56The Heat are 2-0 in those contests, and Tyler Hero had surgery on that ankle.
07:01He is still a number of weeks away.
07:05It'll be interesting tonight.
07:06Evan's going to have an opportunity to, again, continue to evolve his game.
07:11Liking, you know, I think Coach Wackett's drained in the ball handling just a little bit,
07:16but wants him to be aggressive forward-facing handling the basketball.
07:20And I like it.
07:20I like it because it gives Evan the ability to attack and then get rid of the ball.
07:24He doesn't have to actually, you know, initiate the offense.
07:27We started out doing that at the beginning of the season,
07:29and I think it just slowed us down a little bit.
07:30So put him in a position of strength.
07:33You get the sense that the Heat likely are looking for a bit of redemption this evening.
07:37When these teams met in the first round of the playoffs a season ago,
07:40the Cavs steamrolled the Heat and now scored Miami by 122 points,
07:45which was the largest aggregate margin of victory in an NBA playoff series ever.
07:52The Cavs won game three in this building by 37, game four by 55.
07:57Yeah, and a lot of people forget that as we went to that second round against Indiana.
08:01We ended up with those injuries of Darius Garland and Evan,
08:04and we just kind of ran out of steam.
08:06And, of course, you know, the national media, they don't recognize that.
08:09It's just that you guys are bad, you got beat.
08:11There's a reason for that.
08:12So both teams are going to play at a high pace tonight.
08:15We'll see what happens.
08:16The tip is won by the Heat, and we are underway.
08:19John Michael, Brad Doherty, and Serena Winters,
08:22thanks so much for kicking off your week with us here in Miami.
08:26Here's Powell down the alley.
08:27He puts it up.
08:28He missed the shot.
08:29It's rebounded by Darius Garland after Jared Allen altered the Powell effort.
08:35Garland now finds out.
08:37Off it goes to an open DeAndre Hunter.
08:39Hunter fires and opens the scoring.
08:41Right away, tremendous ball movement by the Cavaliers.
08:44Darius Garland gets ball to Jared.
08:46Feed it, feeding it towards the basket.
08:47Jared Smart recognizes the defender stepping into the middle of the lane.
08:51Nice little kick out to the corner.
08:53Very well, well-designed play.
08:54Hunter played easily his best game of the season on Saturday
08:58in the victory over the Bulls.
09:00It was Hunter and Mobley that kept the Cavs close in the first half
09:03as Tuggets moves it back.
09:06It's almost a power three that's no good.
09:08Hunter and Mobley kept the Cavs close
09:10before a resurrected Donovan Mitchell slammed the door in the second half.
09:14Here is Mitchell.
09:16The long rebound is grabbed by Andrew Wiggins.
09:19Mitchell had 26 of his 29 in the second half,
09:22and the Cavs come from behind victory over Chicago.
09:26Hunter fouls Wiggins out around the perimeter.
09:28The ball movement is critical.
09:32Watch Darius Garland come off this nice screen by Jared.
09:34He slips it.
09:35Whole idea is to get the ball.
09:37If that defender steps over like he's supposed to,
09:39it's going to leave somebody wide open, and Hunter is wide open.
09:41Great observation and being able to recognize the play quickly by Jared.
09:45Wiggins to inbound Scott Foster, Sean Corbin, and Jenna Schroeder.
09:52Think of our officiating three here tonight.
09:55Well, Ware cries a three from the corner that's no good
09:58as Hunter now strides into the four court.
10:01He'll hand off to Mitchell.
10:02Mitchell slides here by Powell.
10:03Back it goes to Hunter.
10:04That three is going to have rebounded by Ware.
10:08Told Scott Foster before the game, I said,
10:10Scott, you know, you've been around a long time,
10:12and back in my day, you do an excellent job.
10:16As an official, he looked at me twice.
10:18He's like, huh?
10:19I said, you do a great job.
10:20He said, I never hear that.
10:21I said, that's why I said it to you.
10:23Don't screw up the game about you.
10:24Alan dabs it back to Hunter.
10:26He said, is that you, Doherty?
10:27He said, you don't ever say that when you're broadcasting, Doherty.
10:30Nor did you say that when you played there.
10:34Don't push it.
10:35Just take it and be happy.
10:37Ware with the offensive rebound.
10:39Now, float it off.
10:40He air mails it.
10:42Ware checked in with 21 offensive rebounds in 10 games.
10:46He's been hitting that offensive glass hard.
10:48Now, Mitchell swings one over to Hunter.
10:50Hunter puts it on the floor, and he's fouled by Davion Mitchell.
10:53Good start here for the good guys.
10:55Yeah, nice job by the Cavaliers.
10:57I love the fact that they're trying to move that basketball.
10:58You know, it's just prolific when they do that
11:01because it creates such a dynamic, you know, motion and rhythm for the team.
11:06And defensively, it's difficult to adjust to it.
11:09You don't know where that ball is going.
11:10You assume Donovan is going to touch it sometime throughout the possession.
11:13But, boy, when DeAndre Hunter is hot, you still got Evan Mobley and Jared Allen.
11:17I mean, it just makes it very, very tough to coach again.
11:20Now, right to the basket.
11:22You have to wonder if Eric Spolster is already having flashbacks to last season on this floor.
11:27And Devs finished off the heat in four as Wiggins finally gets the heat on the board.
11:33Wiggins is really good at slashing to the basket.
11:35That's where he's best.
11:37You have to do a better job on making sure we turn him away from the middle of the lane,
11:41forcing him to shoot over top.
11:43Mitchell chased by Pella Larson.
11:45They'll find Garland in the corner who got Mitchell on a flyby.
11:48Rebounded by Mobley.
11:50Mobley puts it up.
11:52That's popped out to Larson.
11:54The sweep puts it on the floor, works into the floor.
11:56Court deals off to Davion Mitchell for a standstill three that's long and no good
12:00and reeled in by Donovan Mitchell.
12:02Cavs need to be really careful and pay attention to the offense with the heat.
12:07He's shooting that basketball.
12:08There's no one on the backboard.
12:10So, make sure you get that rebound.
12:12No long rebounds by the Cavs.
12:15Hunter.
12:18Cavaliers have taken more threes than any other team so far here in the early going
12:22as Larson wanted a three.
12:23Mitchell talked him out of it.
12:25Weir now from the foul line.
12:26Down the alley.
12:27Rejected by Jared Allen.
12:29Boy, Weir got baptized by both Allen and Mobley in the playoffs last season.
12:34Mitchell for three.
12:35That's no good.
12:36Mobley reels it in.
12:37Hunter's open.
12:38Stutter sets past Wiggins.
12:39Drive.
12:40Flops.
12:41Rebounded by Weir.
12:42Cavs are being just so aggressive on that offensive end.
12:45Can't get anything to go down.
12:46But doing a great job of executing.
12:50Greta Donovan Mitchell who got a piece of that pass.
12:52Then it deflected off Powell and out of bounds as Allen on one end takes it right through Weir.
12:58Weir tries to return fire.
13:00And Jared Allen says, no, sir.
13:02Put a stamp on both ends of the floor.
13:04Jared's been playing outstanding basketball on a nightly basis.
13:07We saw this all season long last year.
13:09That consistency is what gives the Cavs the ability to thrive.
13:12How about that pass by Donovan Mitchell.
13:15A no look to a cutter.
13:16And Mobley is Mobley tiptoed baseline.
13:19He thumps it home.
13:19And the Cavaliers take a 9-2 lead.
13:22What a nice bounce pass.
13:23A very porous defense by this Miami team.
13:26He's just trying to live by the shot.
13:29Powell for three.
13:30The defense has been pretty good this season for Miami.
13:34Fits in field goal percentage against.
13:39Fourth and three-point percentage against as Mitchell is able to bank it in.
13:43And he thought he got fouled by Powell.
13:45He still somehow muscled it off the window.
13:47Yeah, I thought I heard a whistle too.
13:49But it wasn't.
13:49What a shot.
13:51Damian Mitchell works on Garland.
13:53Now Ware.
13:54Ware didn't want any of that shot.
13:55His pass was deflected by Mitchell.
13:57Out of close to Wiggins.
13:58Wiggins shot is no good.
14:00And remounted by Darius Garland as Garland skips toward the timeline.
14:05Finds Mitchell.
14:05Mitchell off the 100.
14:06Gets it back.
14:07Drives.
14:08Steals to Allen.
14:08Allen puts it up and in and draws the foul.
14:11And Jared Allen has a chance for the three-point play.
14:15Execution is just at such a high level for the Cavaliers.
14:18They've got the Miami Heat guys just turning in circles.
14:21You see Kel Ware comes out.
14:22He has to spin around.
14:23Powell's too late to get over there to help.
14:26He's got to be there before that.
14:27And Jared uses his body very well.
14:29They're all collapsing to Donovan's level.
14:31That's four guys basically around him.
14:33Nice pass to Evan Mobley who goes back door behind the defender.
14:37Very nice.
14:39Man, it's nice to be back at close to full strength.
14:41I'll tell you, it is huge.
14:43And that's what we have in band.
14:44And you try to explain around it.
14:46And it's just like, just wait.
14:48Just wait.
14:48We still got Max Fuse coming too.
14:49So it's going to get better.
14:52Larson from a sharp angle.
14:53It's just the ball movement.
14:54The eye test.
14:55It doesn't take very long.
14:56A possession or two really.
14:57That's right.
14:59Allen twirls on Wiggins.
15:01Got it.
15:03Boy, that is great footwork by Jared Allen.
15:05That is classical, fundamentally sound, drop step, big man footwork.
15:09Nice job.
15:11Eric Spolster wants a timeout.
15:13Jared Allen coming off three of his best games of the season.
15:16It's a perfect three of three to open it here in Miami tonight.
15:20We take a look at the live odds for tonight's game, courtesy of FanDuel.
15:29If you want to play the money line right now, you can play it at minus 670 for the Cavs.
15:34Over or under, it's 242 and a half.
15:36If you won both, you can play a parlay at plus 118.
15:39These are the live odds, courtesy of FanDuel.
15:43Each of these teams was last in action on Saturday.
15:47Both earned quality home wins.
15:48The Cavs erased a 19-point deficit and rallied from 6 with 100 seconds left to play for a gutsy 128-122 victory.
15:57As they close the show on a 12-0 run.
15:59The Heat, meanwhile, outgunned an upstart Blazer team.
16:02They won a wild 136-131 contest.
16:07The Heat started slowly in that game as well.
16:08Powell fires a three and knocks it down.
16:11The Heat filled Portland 15-3.
16:14Just a couple of minutes in.
16:15They filled our Cavaliers 15-5.
16:17Prior to that Powell triple as Sam Merrill has checked in along with Jalen Tyson.
16:22Mobley, fine Garland.
16:27Garland cheeks on Ware.
16:28Back it goes to Mobley.
16:29Mobley's watched by Davion Mitchell.
16:31Stumbles, recaptures, drew some contact, and drew a foul.
16:37Nice job by Evan getting control of that basketball as he was scrambling there just a little bit.
16:42Great attack.
16:42I like the fact that once he gathers it, he's going to the front of the goal.
16:47Nice job just going hard to the front of that rim, drawing that foul.
16:52Here is Evan Mobley, president of basketball ops, Colby Altman, raved about how locked in Evan was this offseason.
17:03Not only growing physically, Brad, but also in terms of the leadership piece of the puzzle
17:07as he drove the offseason charge along with Donovan.
17:11Mobley hosted his own team minicamp this summer in L.A.
17:14Yeah, no doubt about it.
17:15Veterans stuff.
17:16I went down, got a box of donuts, set up in the stands and watched.
17:19I didn't want to get too close to all that activity.
17:20But these guys were working their rear ends off.
17:23And we got good character individuals.
17:26They all want to be great.
17:27And our fans back home need to realize these guys are workers and good characters, good human beings could be in our community.
17:34And they're giving it everything they got.
17:37Howell again.
17:39Howell has eight quick points.
17:41Howell has his check for the heat.
17:43He is really at a resurgence, and this is third NBA season.
17:47I used to trade off that Miami bench.
17:49Miami reserves have been terrific this season.
17:52Hunter over the corner.
17:53There's Ake from the weak side.
17:55Ake has the averaging 17 points.
17:58Long lead pass.
17:59As he finds it, Gilbitch is a check that it was Pella Larson.
18:03As Larson went down, he plays it in.
18:05Once again, an example of that pace we talked about with Miami.
18:08They're trying to get that ball up court, get a shot off within three seconds.
18:12They've done a good job of that thus far.
18:14When you talk about that pace this season, the heat, as you see the pass from Hawkins, current paces first.
18:29Last season, they were four slowest.
18:31In fact, get this, in the 17th season that Eric Spolster has coached this team, the heat had finished in the top 20 in pace only twice.
18:38And never in the top half of the league, they are number one in pace of play this season.
18:45Yeah, they've always been more of a half-court basketball team and trying to take advantage of you.
18:48And Jimmy Butler and those guys back in the day in that half-court setting now, they don't quite have that.
18:53So, they're spreading you out.
18:55They're going to make you run end-to-end and defend them.
18:57They're going to try to get up more shots than you do and hopefully make more.
19:01It's really been a theme for this Miami team.
19:03Serena's going to have more on that later in this first quarter.
19:05Here is Hawkins, and off of the rebound, and lays it up and in.
19:09Started to say, Hawkins, this season is active 17-7-5 all off that Miami bench as they beat him off at a 9-1 run.
19:18You see that run there on your screen, Merrill, from the elbow.
19:22Now it's Garland.
19:23Garland puts it on the floor, tears inside.
19:25He draws the fouls.
19:26He got Nick Yovic leaning.
19:29Nice job, but Darius turning the corner there.
19:31He got the defender on his back.
19:33He's just smart.
19:34He knows he's there, back into him.
19:36There's the foul.
19:37Very nice.
19:38Keeps that dribble.
19:39He doesn't give up that dribble, which is Cardinal sin in basketball,
19:42and he's the best at it, keeping that dribble alive at all times.
19:50Here is Garland.
19:54He's already grabbed four rebounds in this ballgame as we pause for a word from Kia.
19:58Darius and the Cavaliers have hoisted just a slew of three-point shots this season.
20:12They lead the NBA in three-pointers made.
20:15Get this, Brad.
20:16And the Cavs coming in had taken 457 twos and 453 threes.
20:23I tell you, it's balance, I guess you would call that.
20:26As long as they're good.
20:27Yo, but that's what Kenny says.
20:28Kenny says, in terms of the shot profile, if we are getting good looks,
20:32fine, is this how we're going to stay for the remainder of the season?
20:35Highly unlikely.
20:37I think it's a friendly fire there as Jalen Tyson got thumped in it.
20:41He is slow getting to his feet.
20:43He might have taken a knee to the back of the head.
20:51Watch this.
20:53Oh, we sure did.
20:54It was friendly fire.
20:55It was Sammys needed.
20:57Caught him in the back of the head.
21:02Tyson shakes off the cobwebs.
21:05What a start to his second season.
21:08He was huge down the stretch in that comeback win over the Bulls on Saturday
21:12as Tyson scored 12 of his 17 in the fourth quarter.
21:16He had a perfect 4 of 4 with two critical threes.
21:19The closing minutes over his last six games.
21:22He's averaging 15 at night.
21:24He's at 50% as you see it there from three-point range.
21:27And, boy, did he look comfortable in the clutch.
21:30He really did, John.
21:32I said earlier in the pregame show here.
21:34You know, we expect him to be amped up and aggressive defensively, but the offensive end was just a breath of fresh air.
21:41I mean, he had some big threes down the clutch, big put-back dumps, offensive rebounds.
21:46This was doing it all.
21:48So, as he gains more and more confidence and becomes more and more comfortable on that floor at this level,
21:55he offers a lot of things aggressively and done in a hard-nosed manner.
21:59There he is right there as Tyson knocked down that Mitchell pass.
22:03Jennifer Simone Fantecchio.
22:04Here's Lonzo Ball.
22:06Ball's going to buy Hawkins.
22:07He deals off to Merrill.
22:08Now it's Allen.
22:09Allen operates from the elbow.
22:11Gives back to Merrill.
22:12Once more to Allen.
22:13Allen.
22:14Austin.
22:15There's Hawkins.
22:16There's Hawkins.
22:17He has been everywhere for the Heat this season as Hawkins deals back to find Tecchio who fires and ties this game at 18.
22:25And now Kenny Atkinson wants a timeout.
22:30The Heat.
22:31The Heat.
22:32The Heat.
22:33The Heat.
22:34Finally, some extra motivation for this Heat team tonight.
22:37As you mentioned, this team looks a lot different than last year's team in both personnel and style.
22:43And a big reason for that are these Cavaliers and what happened in the postseason.
22:48Eric Spoelstra admitted before this game that last year's loss was humbling and embarrassing.
22:52And after having months to think about it, it pushed them to make changes.
22:55Play faster being the main one.
22:57They've gone from 27th last season to first in base.
23:00And being tougher in the paint where they're now second in the league.
23:03It's all equaled more points, Sean.
23:05They're currently second in the league in that category.
23:07Last year they finished 24th.
23:08And guys like Jovic and Hawkins told local reporters that they haven't forgotten what's happened here.
23:13It's motivation in tonight's game.
23:15But Kenny Atkinson told me he's not focused on any Miami revenge.
23:18He's just worried about his own.
23:19Spoken like a true pro.
23:20And Jared Allen knocks it down.
23:22Jared Allen got the loose ball.
23:24And he just buried Hawkins to give the Cavaliers his 2018 lead.
23:28This is heat basketball brand that we frankly haven't seen in two decades here.
23:33Yeah, no, they've always focused on the defensive end.
23:35Being very aggressive, very physical, defensive rebounding team.
23:38This is a different brand.
23:40Like you're saying, high octane, a lot of shots going up quickly.
23:43They're not going to rebound as well, but there could be a lot of long rebounds
23:46to play against teams that shoot deep.
23:48A lot of threes like we do are.
23:49So you don't have to be as dominant inside.
23:52Just outscore people sometimes.
23:55Venture for three.
23:56Eric Spolstra loves to go zone.
23:58How do you dissect it?
23:59Well, you can fire right over the top.
24:01Yep.
24:02He's going to make it take a tough shot.
24:03But we got the guys who can make those shots.
24:05And we have another time out on the floor.
24:14Two minutes, 49 seconds remain here when the first the Cavs were on top 23-20.
24:20The Cavs have gotten eight points from Jared Allen.
24:24The last one with an exclamation point.
24:27So you want to play in the paint the NBA.
24:31He just put Hawkins on his wallet there.
24:35Hawkins, he's not a shot blocker.
24:40He maybe should have reconsidered that one.
24:42They probably won't try that again.
24:43Wow.
24:44Perhaps business decision time.
24:48He's not a shot blocker.
24:49You know, don't do that.
24:53Hawkins has been part of a Miami bench that is number one in the NBA
24:58in terms of scoring among reserves.
25:01They got 63 off that bench.
25:03That's a wild victory here on Saturday.
25:06That's incredible.
25:0736-1, 31 over Portland.
25:11So we will do it again here inside Kaseya Center on Wednesday.
25:16And then in late March, the teams will meet in Cleveland.
25:21There's a look at Tyler Hero, who has yet to play this season.
25:24He was the Heat's leading scorer just a season ago.
25:27Wearing sunglasses.
25:28Indeed.
25:29It's Miami.
25:30Are we inside?
25:31What's wrong with people?
25:32I guess it's not.
25:33I have no fashion sense, so.
25:34I'm going to start wearing sunglasses.
25:35Oh, come on.
25:36Don't sell yourself short.
25:37I'm going to start wearing sunglasses.
25:38Fashion icon over there.
25:39Yeah, not Cleveland.
25:40Next time y'all see me at the Coliseum, I don't wear my sunglasses on.
25:41He should throw some on for Wednesday's game.
25:42And Merrill has that knocked into the backcourt.
25:43Lonzo Ball allows it to end up out of bounds.
25:58The Cavs have seven seconds with which to work.
26:01There's a good look at Lonzo.
26:02He certainly has provided some grit and length on the defensive end of the floor for Kenny
26:07Atkinson.
26:08Yeah, no doubt if it makes it a big, big basketball team.
26:10You can take one of the two big men off the court, Jared Evans, when you have him on the
26:15court.
26:16Lonzo had to hurry and he did not get that shot off in time.
26:19Scott Foster made the call.
26:22A couple of veterans here.
26:24Scott's in his 32nd season.
26:25Our referee Sean Corbin's in his 31st.
26:27And one of our good young officials, Jenna Schroeder, is in her seventh.
26:35Jobich, coming off his best performance as a pro, finds Hawkins who missed badly.
26:39He comes back to Jobich.
26:40Hawkins I think shuffled his speed and Jenna Schroeder caught him.
26:44He saw Jared Allen and said, you know what?
26:48I recognize that face.
26:51He goes to the basket there and you'd think he would just go up and shoot it, but number
26:5531 steps up.
26:56Like I saw that 31 about three plays ago.
26:59No parts of that.
27:00My tail has yet to recover.
27:01Yes.
27:02No thank you.
27:032-10 to go here on the first cap.
27:0523.
27:06Keep 20.
27:08Works on Fontecchio.
27:11Goes to Lonzo.
27:13Ball's guarded here by Hawkins.
27:15Lonzo puts it on the floor.
27:16He'll fire a three.
27:18Tyson's there and Tyson guides it in.
27:20Nice job by Tyson.
27:21Boy, we need it there.
27:22Needed that bucket to kind of stem the tide here from this heat pace.
27:26They're coming at us so fast.
27:27Gets so many shots up.
27:29Montecchio.
27:30Finger rolls with the left hand.
27:33100 seconds to go here on the first.
27:35Montecchio was a piston a season ago.
27:39Mitchell over the top of Jovic.
27:41Back to Lonzo for a standstill three.
27:43Lonzo knocks it down.
27:45Nice shot by Lonzo.
27:46Nice rhythm on that shot.
27:47Good pass by Donovan.
27:48That little pull over top.
27:50Move he makes.
27:51Gets everybody open.
27:52Montecchio.
27:53Hits for the corner.
27:55He shot that ball up into the Rafters.
27:58Mitchell the other way again.
28:00Over the top of Jovic.
28:02He'll put it up and in.
28:03Got to come back down.
28:04They're spreading us out defensively, John.
28:06That's making it difficult for anyone to help.
28:08They're shooting it so quickly as well.
28:11We've got to get transition baskets, but we've got to make it efficient.
28:14Got to take care of the ball.
28:16Merrill for three.
28:18Tyson, a fingertip on it, but it comes to Fontecchio.
28:22Could Tyson get it back?
28:23Not quite.
28:24Here's Drew Smith.
28:25Smith has been solid off the Miami bench.
28:27Boy, the Heat are firing away here in this first quarter as Jovic can't hit.
28:32Can't even turn around quick enough to see who's going to shoot it.
28:37Mitchell Saunders into a three.
28:41Jovic with that long reach.
28:43Jovic had a career-high 29 here two nights ago.
28:46Drew Smith.
28:47Drew Smith.
28:48No.
28:49The Heat will fire quickly.
28:51Allen rebounds.
28:54You mentioned this Heat team has played at the fastest pace in the NBA this season.
28:59And they get into that position quicker than anyone else in the league.
29:02Maybe the second fastest.
29:03That's 35 feet and in.
29:04They're in the scoring position.
29:05The ball goes up.
29:06Before you know it.
29:07Mitchell off to Allen.
29:08I can hear that up here.
29:09We're up in the draft.
29:10Vontekio and it's slapped away by Lonzo Ball.
29:15And out of bounds it goes.
29:17A tenth of a second remain in this first quarter.
29:23Nice hustle by Lonzo Ball.
29:25Good speed.
29:26Good job.
29:27Almost saves that basketball.
29:28Great hustle.
29:29Better both of those gentlemen.
29:30If Merrill doesn't slow Vontekio down enough, Lonzo can't get there in time.
29:35Here's Lonzo.
29:36In his ninth season out of UCLA.
29:40Terrific teammate.
29:41Yeah.
29:42He's been fantastic in his debut for the Cavaliers.
29:45A lot of fun to watch play.
29:46Uh-oh.
29:47The Cavaliers were looking around and never saw Jovic.
29:51Jovic got it off in time.
29:52It could not connect.
29:53And the first quarter is over.
29:55I'm exhausted.
29:56That was so quick.
29:59Had he like 56 combined field goal attempts.
30:0312 minutes of play.
30:05The second quarter for Miami.
30:07Straight ahead.
30:12Back to Miami for the start of the second quarter.
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30:34As off we go here on the second inside Kaseya Center.
30:37We'll set the line up for you in a moment.
30:39Here's Donovan Mitchell.
30:40Mitchell feeds Craig Porter, who has just checked in.
30:43Back it goes to Mitchell.
30:45Wade got a hand on it.
30:47Credit Wade for hitting the offensive glass as the Cavs will keep possession.
30:51It's Mitchell, Wade, Merrill, Mobley, and that man, Craig Porter, who make up the Cavalier 5.
30:57Yeah, Donovan's got some good opportunities.
30:59He's missed that shot a couple times over there.
31:01I don't anticipate that to continue.
31:03Oh, Wade got it back and throws it down.
31:07Great job getting that ball inside.
31:09Let's get Evan going at the front of the glass.
31:11Let's not try to match threes with this team.
31:13Let's take advantage of what we've got.
31:15That's a dynamic offensive score inside and out.
31:18Don't just focus on one aspect.
31:21Wiggins is out here with four reserves for the Heat.
31:23Jaquez, Jogic, Fantecchio, and Smith.
31:27That three is no good.
31:28The Heat now have taken 16 triples here.
31:31Less than a minute in second quarter.
31:33Porter had a three.
31:35Now he'll take it.
31:40Jaquez grabs another rebound.
31:41That's already his sixth to go along with four assists.
31:44Jaquez dumps it back.
31:46Now Fantecchio, he'll shake his way inside.
31:49Jovic for three.
31:50A long rebound's tracked down by Fantecchio,
31:53who turns and fires and scores.
31:55Let that fake flop.
31:57My goodness.
31:58Fantecchio!
31:59Fantecchio debuted three seasons ago.
32:01He's a 26-year-old rookie after a decorated career in Europe.
32:05Only inside, double clutches.
32:08That's rebounded by Jovic.
32:09And then Jovic gets fouled.
32:11Almost unsettling on the other end.
32:16Defensively trying to guard that basketball knowing it's going up so quickly.
32:20You don't want to run out at a guy who's, you know, 25 feet from the goal,
32:23but you don't want to give him a free shot either.
32:25It just pulls you away from the rebounding opportunity.
32:27So, as long as we can keep Evan around the basket for rebounding proudness,
32:31we're going to chase these guys tonight and make them take tough shots.
32:33It's going to be hard.
32:35Smith badgered by Porter.
32:37Fantecchio slashes and passes.
32:39Jaquez got stripped by Wade and out of bounds it goes.
32:44Opening minutes, second quarter.
32:46Dean Wade's in his seventh season out of Kansas State.
32:50Kenny Atkinson calls this man a connector.
32:52He reads the game well.
32:54Smith deals back to Jaquez.
32:56Again, we told you that the Heat have used Jaquez a ton.
33:00He's been a hub off that Miami bench this season.
33:03Joven with a wild runner that's no good.
33:06Wiggins can't collect.
33:07Porter does.
33:08Great example of good defense by the Cavaliers.
33:10They can take a difficult shot and then end up with that rebound.
33:13No second shots against this porous offensive defense.
33:19Mitchell has that pass deflected and out of bounds it goes.
33:22It will stay with the Cavs.
33:24Donovan left his feet on that pass.
33:30He's trying to make a nice spin.
33:31Pulled the defender to him as if he was shooting and got caught in the air.
33:35Got a good break on that.
33:37Let's take advantage of it.
33:38Kenny was asked about Donovan's prolific early three-point shooting.
33:41He said yes.
33:42However, when Donovan is attacking and getting to the rim,
33:45we are unstoppable as only finds Wade.
33:48Wade has that walloped out of bounds.
33:51Nice cut by Dean.
33:53Comes back door.
33:55Gave Evan a nice outlet there.
33:56Just the defense collapsed on top of him.
33:58Good pass to Evan.
34:00Good shovel pass.
34:01I think Evan can go over Hakezo.
34:03Go right at him.
34:04Cannot stop him.
34:06Mitchell takes the inbounds.
34:08He got Wiggins in the air.
34:10Thought he got fouled as Wiggins was trying to put his arms behind his back
34:14after he got caught.
34:16Jovich lobs inside to Wiggins.
34:19Wiggins, he played for Kenny Atkinson.
34:21Golden State, and Kenny was a part of Steve Kerr's coaching staff.
34:26He connects that Cavalier lead to two.
34:29Wiggins had a good year at Golden State, and Merrill unloads.
34:33Mobley at it for a moment.
34:35Out comes Jovich.
34:36Long lead pass.
34:37Wiggins is there.
34:38He's shadowed by Merrill.
34:39Hawkins is the cutter.
34:41He went right through Wade.
34:42He puts it up and in.
34:43Hawkins has a chance for three.
34:46Let's go!
34:48Miami did a good job of getting back into that front court and just being aggressive.
34:53You know, you've got Hawkins coming out as a trailer.
34:56Cavaliers were defending aggressively in the paint.
34:59Sam did a good job.
35:00Wiggins just made a really nice pass right across the defense.
35:03You've got to close and collapse around that top of that key.
35:07And somebody's becoming that hawk as the help as well.
35:10Too easy of a pass.
35:12And unhappy Kenny Atkinson just got teed up by Sean Corbin,
35:17and Sean Corbin, and he continues to bark at Sean.
35:24Kenny is consistently protecting his club,
35:27and Kenny stepped onto the floor and really gave it to Sean Corbin.
35:31Sean had enough, turned, and gave Kenny the tee.
35:37That's a veteran move by Scott Foster.
35:39He said, I'm going to go over.
35:40I'll talk to Kenny for a while.
35:41Refuse the situation, yeah.
35:45He's not real happy with his team right now,
35:47and the way they're playing.
35:49Giving up too many easy layups.
35:50You don't mind the three onslaught.
35:52You don't want to give up layups.
35:54Too good of a defensive team can do that.
35:56Kenny's club has surrendered an 8-0 Miami run
35:59as the Heat have taken this 33-32 lead.
36:04Really impressed with Miami's pace, though.
36:06I mean, it doesn't look like it's sustainable as far as getting good shots,
36:10but thus far they're not backing off of it.
36:13Gav's just got to execute, do a little more patient on this offensive end
36:17and pick them apart.
36:18Mobley like that.
36:19Right through.
36:20Bruce Smith.
36:21The foul is called.
36:22I think Smith's going to be the tough luck recipient of that foul call.
36:26He is.
36:27And it's these young legs for this Heat team
36:30that are getting up and down the floor.
36:32A lot of these reserves getting big-time minutes
36:34as Mobley just pounded right through the shorter Smith.
36:38The foul is on the floor.
36:39Oh, brother.
36:40To the trigger and he couldn't get it in in time.
36:45Peter swarming on that defensive end as his associate head coach,
36:57Johnny Bryant, who has a word with Sam Merrill,
36:59as the Cavs head back to that bench.
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37:21Cavaliers last season in the first round.
37:25Swept this Miami team.
37:27The Cavs won a series by an aggregate 122 points.
37:31The largest margin of victory in NBA playoff history.
37:35Serena touched upon it in the first quarter.
37:39It's reported that that really sparked some off-season talk
37:43about ways in which the Heat could do things better,
37:46including picking up the pace.
37:48They have been a lead in transition, first in pace,
37:50second in fast break points, third in points off turnovers
37:53as Mitchell Street doesn't go.
37:55It's also worth noting that they're doing this
37:57without a pure starting point guard.
38:00Yeah.
38:01They've got multiple guys who are interchangeable.
38:04They all touch the basketball and can all make it happen.
38:06That's been a great move by Craig Porter.
38:09Achromatic way by Porter to get to the rim
38:11and recapture the lead for the Cavs.
38:13Look at the lineup of Miami.
38:15They're all about the same size.
38:17So it's just whomever is open to shoot.
38:19And that is really difficult to guard.
38:21I'm going to tell you, I don't know how you come up with a game plan
38:24to stop that because you're going to have to be
38:27just going to be accountable on the defensive end.
38:29That's all you can do.
38:30We mentioned it on the other side of the break.
38:31It's a lot of these young reserve legs for the Heat.
38:35Yeah.
38:36How about that move?
38:37That's 6-7 right there, John.
38:39Very 6-7.
38:40You don't know nothing about that.
38:41Listen to you.
38:43Trendy Brad Dory.
38:44There you go, baby.
38:45We have a coach's challenge.
38:47Kenny did not like that.
38:49Foul called on Donovan Mitchell.
38:51So Scott Foster will look it over.
38:53Time has been called a challenge rolling on the floor.
38:56And we will sort it out when we come back.
38:59Pretend he has taken another strike coach's challenge.
39:03Will he go 11 for 11?
39:06No doubt about it.
39:07That was a terrible call.
39:08It's not hard to pick.
39:09It's not hard to pick when these challenges.
39:11You can't help yourself, can you?
39:13Yeah, I don't know what they're doing, yeah.
39:15Scott Foster has the head set on.
39:16So does Sean Corbin.
39:17Here's the play.
39:18Was Wiggins losing the ball?
39:19That's a question.
39:20There was a little bit of contact.
39:22Donovan called for the coach's challenge right away.
39:26A little contact on the arm right there.
39:28You wonder if Wiggins still had possession.
39:30Here's Scott.
39:31After review it's been determined that although there was contact to the arm is after Wiggins lost control of the ball.
39:37Therefore the contact is marginal.
39:39And then possession lied with Cleveland.
39:41They'll be awarded possession of the ball.
39:42It's a successful challenge.
39:43However, they will be charged to time out since we're inside the mandatory window.
39:47And they will be able to challenge subsequent plays.
39:50So Kenny Atkinson now is 11 for 11.
39:55Used a lot of challenges last season.
39:5964 all-told.
40:01He won right around two-thirds of those challenges.
40:04Yeah, too.
40:05They missed all these calls.
40:06I mean, I saw that right away.
40:08Just ridiculous.
40:09Not that hard.
40:10Guys.
40:11Come on, man.
40:12More good news.
40:13The Cavs had proximate possession as the ball went right into the hands of one of the Cavs.
40:18Even in possession, I should say, as the Cavaliers now get the ball to Sam Merrill.
40:23And it's rebounded by Nick Jovic.
40:26Second part of that is after the foul, where does the ball go?
40:29And the team that has imminent possession will get it after the coach's challenge.
40:34That ball was tipped by Porter and out of bounds.
40:36So it's Miami basketball.
40:38A little over eight to go here in the second quarter.
40:41The Cavs are on top 34-33.
40:43A little cold shooting for the Cavaliers.
40:46We're getting shots in our normal positions that we really like.
40:50And Sam's getting good looks.
40:52Donovan's getting good looks.
40:53We're just not able to make those out shots consistently.
40:56I just think that's going to happen, and that will change the tide significantly.
41:00The Cavs have been good.
41:01Fantecchio has been good off the Miami bench.
41:03He misses that three, however badly.
41:05Fantecchio has 11 points in just nine minutes of play.
41:11Fonzo Ball and the Cavaliers are on top 34-33.
41:15This second quarter has taken a long time to play.
41:18A lot of starts and stops.
41:21And the Cavs are but two of 11 here in the second quarter.
41:24And the ball frees up a wide open Dean Wade.
41:27And Wade, the line drives it home.
41:29Nice play by Alonzo Ball.
41:31Alonzo put Dean in a good spot.
41:33Dean spots up.
41:34Knocks down a big three.
41:35He's going to come back and get a couple of stops.
41:37Hawkins ended up out of fouls.
41:39And he stumbled on the drive.
41:41He got back in the lane and took the Wiggins team.
41:44And the Cavs lead to two.
41:46Hunter, back in the ball game, feeds Mobley.
41:50Mobley backs into Jovic.
41:52Returns it to Hunter who got Hakez on a flyby.
41:54Hunter's runner is long.
41:56Rebounded by Fantecchio.
41:59Jovic has his head up.
42:01Shovel to Drew Smith.
42:03Smith down the lane.
42:04Stops and lost it.
42:05Loose ball.
42:06Pride free.
42:07And we have a held ball.
42:09So Porter and Hakez will jump.
42:21Hawkins at 6-6.
42:22Porter at 6-2.
42:24Remember, however, Greg Porter could jump out of the gym.
42:28Just to get a decent toss.
42:30They usually mess up the toss.
42:31That's the problem.
42:32Nearly five minutes gone here in this second quarter.
42:38There's Porter and Hakez.
42:41A perfect toss by Scott Foster.
42:46What Scott did to it.
42:47It was a good toss.
42:48I'll give him credit.
42:49And here's Hawkins.
42:50Hawkins wins the tip.
42:51He's bothered now by quarter.
42:53Cut off by Lonzo Ball.
42:54Off it goes to Smith.
42:55Smith fires.
42:56Doing a good job of making the Cavaliers just chase.
42:58We're always chasing and pursuing.
43:02He can pick up basketball full court.
43:04Slow it down.
43:05It's just making it difficult.
43:06Allen got fouled by Smith.
43:08Boy, he's a good toss.
43:09He's a good toss.
43:10He's a good toss.
43:11He's a good toss.
43:12I'll give him credit.
43:13And here's Hawkins.
43:14Hawkins wins the tip.
43:15He's a good toss.
43:16Oh!
43:17Allen got fouled by Smith.
43:19Boy, did Allen have a productive first shift.
43:21In ten minutes he scored eight points and grabbed five rebounds.
43:24He also dished out a couple of assists.
43:27And the big man finds himself back on the line.
43:30Nice drive by Dean.
43:31Good pass.
43:32Put a contact there.
43:35Jerry got lucky to get a call out of that one.
43:37But good contact.
43:38Good job getting the ball inside.
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43:57Last season this was a heat team that dealt with a handful of injuries as well.
44:01You may recall with a disgruntled Jimmy Butler.
44:04Butler played only 25 games.
44:05He was suspended three separate times before he was finally traded in February.
44:10It is now, as we've seen in this first, to have a younger, faster group.
44:14But you'd have to imagine that the environment is a lot more drama free.
44:18Oh, I would imagine so.
44:19When they've got this thing where you've got these young guys who are learning and on the fly.
44:24And just a lot of energy.
44:26No one's ball dominant.
44:28It's interesting.
44:29It's a great shift for this organization.
44:31Show they're flexible enough.
44:32Their exposure is a great basketball coach.
44:34You know, you're looking at this and saying this is going to be dynamic if they can continue.
44:38How about Jared Allen as he's stripped hot kids.
44:40It's almost strange to be here in this building and see Miami play this way.
44:45Yeah, not focusing on the defensive end, which is where they've always been stalwart, so.
44:51Lonzo with a bounce pass off the Hunter who twists, fires, and scores.
44:55And now Eric Spolstra wants a timeout.
44:59He has a word with Pella Larson.
45:02This is an interesting pass by Lonzo Ball as Ball freed up Hunter.
45:07As Hunter has given the Cavaliers this three-point lead.
45:10Io has been over the last handful of seasons as Serena was back behind the Cavalier huddle with that last timeout.
45:17Yeah, John Kenny said, look, our process is right right now.
45:20Once we start making shots, it's going to be over.
45:22He loves the way this team is defending.
45:24Out of the timeout, Davion Mitchell.
45:28Cutting the Cavalier late to 41-40.
45:31John Michael, Brad Doherty, and Serena Winters were just past the midway point of the second quarter.
45:36It's been a slow-moving second as Garland steps inside the line.
45:39As long two is true, he gets the shooter's roll and puts the Cavaliers back up by three.
45:45Yeah, I agree.
45:46As soon as the Cavs get a little offensive firepower going, they're going to be in a good spot.
45:49Just stop making the shots at home tonight.
45:51Jaquez missed it.
45:52We air-drafts his second offensive rebound of this first half.
45:55But then we have a foul called on Jaquez.
45:58Jaquez had a terrific freshman season.
46:03His numbers dipped across the board last year.
46:06Eric Spoelstra has implored this young man to be more aggressive.
46:09Certainly here is like he heard what his coach had to say.
46:13Yeah, he's a very versatile player.
46:15He can play through him.
46:16He handles it extremely well.
46:17Good defender.
46:18He can score it.
46:19And he's kind of the center of the offense when he's on the floor.
46:23So he's done a good job tonight.
46:25He's been nothing short of terrific in the early going.
46:27Yeah.
46:28Here's Garland.
46:29Here's Garland.
46:30He looks for an opening.
46:31He has Big Jobich in front of him.
46:32He uses an Allen screen and buries a three.
46:35Big shot by Garland.
46:36We saw him make those consistently last year.
46:38Big shot after big shot.
46:39That looked really good.
46:40He's starting to get his legs under him.
46:42And he could be vital for us tonight.
46:44Need his offense.
46:45Ball gets called for the foul.
46:48A lot.
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