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00:00exceptionally well for my love what Miami did overall great defensive
00:04disposition shot making on display but I wanted to talk a little bit about the
00:08bench and how well they performed came right in to support the first unit and
00:14coach well went four men deep he had Larson and Jaime Jaquez Jr. Kaleo Ware and
00:20Yaka Shonis they combined for 18 points they rebounded the ball well they were
00:24physical defensively but the 18 to 4 advantage just really kept I thought
00:29the pressure on the Cavaliers were on the second night of a back-to-back that's
00:34when you really lean on your bench when you're Cleveland and Miami didn't allow
00:39them to even get going at all these guys did such a nice job of taking care of
00:44both ends of the floor for the heat scoring the basketball rebounding and
00:49then really defending with authority nice work by Kaleo Ware and the heat
00:54reserves are great who's top performers two guys that started side by side
00:59tonight Tyler Hero and Norman Powell he getting a good look at how they look
01:03together and so far that that's looked really good 13 for Norman 11 for Tyler
01:09then they both have been on target each with three triples seven time they've
01:14started with a heat together that's not much when you played this is game number
01:1973 of the season for my and the big difference tonight the three-point
01:25shooting the heat with 13 makes the Cavaliers just three triples made in 15
01:31attempts by the way the Atlanta Detroit game is tightened up the Hawks with a
01:35one-point lead early in the fourth quarter at Detroit Philly's cruising up
01:40one twenty two eighty four lead through three quarters against Chicago we thank you for
01:45joining us first of three in a row on the road for the heat they're up sixty three to
01:50forty six as we open quarter number three John James Harden took just three shots in the
01:56first day I expect him to pick it up in a big way from an aggressive perspective
02:00right off the bat going down the lane up to your point and look to see more of
02:06that he knows he's got to pick it up to give Cleveland a chance I think Donovan
02:11Mitchell will up the ante as well for Cleveland so he's got to be ready to top
02:14what they've already done man needs to get going one for eight shooting in the
02:19first half oh that was awkward against more no damn at a bio now one for ten from
02:25the field of this game and the heat are still ahead by fifty seems unlikely but
02:32it's true Mobley Kate went up and down with it we'll get jump ball well neither big
02:38man has been able to get it cranked up offensively so far tonight
02:43I'm only just three attempts three rebounds
02:50that's Wiggins who beats him right there with the right hand just snuffs it see if
02:55he can get some quick hops against the much longer 611 he really missed Wiggins
03:01defense in those eight straight games he sat out with the injured to his big toe
03:08you see how Wiggins time that to perfection he actually out tipped it but
03:13tipped it out of balance got him too quick there too aggressive on the tip back back tip
03:20there there was nobody in that area you appreciate Wiggins what he means to the
03:26team when he's out you appreciate even more when he's hit it's closer hard to
03:31bouncing for Mobley look at that heat defense react Mobley missing you sometimes
03:36they say you're you're a step slow I say it again for the second time they either a
03:40step quick to yeah I think Mobley really not finishing well inside that was a good lead
03:46pass by hard big men kind of backed off they may have really been deferential to
03:52Miami whereas Miami has been the aggressive getting inside there yeah gorgeous little
03:56runner for Norma this the way he played for the first half of the season he's got
04:0015 points and I think it off by 17 to be a foul the number 22 and John Wiggins
04:08that's the third of the first team foul on Miami
04:15he's looking to make the playoffs for the 27th time in 38 season
04:21pretty good average you get another postseason actually they did it as the
04:26first-ever 10th season Evan Mobley able to strike on that running hook so seven
04:32points from Mobley was a first-time all-star a year ago same season he was
04:36defensive ploy
04:45and he got there you go the guy gets to his comfort zone strong right hand dribble
04:51gathers his feet with the right hand hook okay Pam's gonna keep right keep working
04:55the game
04:57hardy finding Ellis and out of bio reaching back for the rebound it has not
05:04been a good three-point shooting game for the Cavaliers at all okay of course it
05:09up and Mobley gets the rebound
05:14hardy cross court for Merrill's triple that's a great pass by James Harden
05:21diagonally across the court to their best three-point shooter Merrill's 44 percent
05:26beyond the arc quick catch-and-shoot for him from that right wing Davion sends it
05:32back the other way it's a turnover for the heat up by 14 it's back to the defensive
05:40Martin against Wiggins here he turned it over
05:47out of the Mitchell of a lethal crossover and power right there for the rebound
05:53sometimes you play your best defense and then you just hope the shot doesn't go
05:57in from a great shot make but the one-on-one defense from Miami is much
06:02better tonight that it was against San Antonio they're just defending
06:06on the perimeter and really containing the drivers and that's James Harden
06:11Donovan Mitchell who are outstanding players in the right right
06:15Foul hero hit wrong right that Donovan Mitchell here and then a Euro step swing to
06:22Donovan Mitchell making contact on the arm first free throws of the game for
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06:44Tyler here tonight a good game with 12 points
06:48Norman Powell with 15 Wiggins with 10 I'm trying to keep this double-digit lead they
06:55live in in front most of the world either 10 or 12 with their free throw
07:00free throw
07:02Oh a hero has made 53 of his last 56 three
07:06three were nine minutes left in the third group Ellis oh
07:12BAM almost forced to miss but good soft touch by key on Ellis who now has a dozen
07:18points in his eighth start this season BAM on the attack of Mowgli the quick attack for the bucket
07:25the second two scores in this quarter after a two point first hit
07:30lead is 16
07:36Merrill got it oh they find Sam Merrill don't they he really moves well without the
07:42ball and Donovan Mitchell knows where he's gonna be on a quick penetration kick out
07:48their second triple here this quarter for Merrill three on the game last night was his
07:53highest-scoring game in a month when he had 19 against the magic
07:57he's lead at 13 with four on the shot clock
08:02tough step back three just barely got the rim and Davion Mitchell darts in for the
08:08rebound
08:09Norman Powell missing a very difficult three-point shot while leaning out of
08:15that part of the steps into one and that bangs off to Wiggins a couple difficult three-point
08:23shots taken by both clubs on that last sequence there's a clear one we're going to miss this
08:29BAM fouled on the tip
08:32BAM going to get two free throws
08:34looks like James Harden going to get the foul
08:36that's his first of the game
08:39second team foul on the Cavaliers
08:41good work by BAM here
08:43getting on the inside of Harden
08:46trying to get the tip in with the right hand and just gets pushed right on the back
08:57they took the time out do not see the green light yet but we'll be right back with the heat
09:02up by 13. I think northwest people were sad when it left I loved the games there I grew up
09:10you know
09:10disliking the Sonics very much because I was trailblazer fan but it was an awesome environment
09:17it's a city that can really rally around their team I think we're adding two good markets it'll be a
09:24big positive for the league
09:28I feel like Coach Spoh loved the days of the Seattle Supersonics you were a one-time member of the
09:33Sonics the NBA
09:34approving expansion exploration the Vegas and Seattle Pistons 4-0 since Cunningham went out with a collapse long and not
09:42only did Paul George come back to the Sixers tonight
09:44so too did Joe LM beat we'll get you caught up with some of some key games around the association
09:49at the end of this quarter
09:51high low band to Wiggins Wiggins with a dozen the heat ahead by 15 with seven minutes and change left
09:58here in the third
10:00so a long way to go but so far so good
10:03Jonathan Mitchell hit a run it 15 for Mitchell
10:07he had 28 in his only matchup against Miami this year in the heats win over the Cavs
10:13back on the 10th of November
10:17zero gets a brush screen from BAM
10:21the dribble drive on Mobley draws the foul
10:25he with BAM you got to go out and respect the three-point shot and that's where Mobley got caught
10:30cheating in as BAM was dribbling by just that threat he hasn't shot it well but he's keeping Mobley off
10:36balance
10:37quick catch and go move and see Mobley picking up that's just his second personal foul
10:49so BAM to the stripe as Donovan Mitchell comes out of the game for
10:53first trip to the free throw line for BAM
11:02number eight hey folks you can score seats as low as 25 bucks tickets
11:08for the final few select home games of the regular season are moving fast so
11:13get yourself some seats to the heat's house for the four remaining regular season home games
11:19for the heat last year as the number 10 seed a lot of people forget that john they had to
11:24win two road
11:25play-in games to make it to the playoffs first time a 10th seed has ever done that a feat
11:32the
11:32heat are capable of doing again this year but obviously john they would rather not
11:36how about the fact that Miami actually after the finals coming out coming out of the play-in game two
11:43and 23 that was incredible oh Mobley was right there and spun it off the rim after a very nice
11:48set up fast by shooting or heat up by 15 6 20 to go in the third
11:57and then Mobley again double from Hartman six on the shot clock
12:06damn for three
12:11out of bio 0 for 6 on the three ball
12:16great deep by with Merrill again
12:20Sam Merrill four out of eight from downtown three of those triples have come in this quarter
12:27driving kick action there fifth assist by James Harden finding some Sam Merrill who just moves along the
12:34perimeter tracking James Harden so he can receive those passes oh hero got beat deep came back for a
12:39goaltend Merrill gets two more so an 11 point quarter for Sam Merrill
12:4818 points in the game for Merrill the heat lead is down to 10. driving kick action to Merrill and
12:54then
12:54a quick fast break to kick it ahead of the field and get Merrill another bucket
12:59quick times really done a nice job playing off the penetration
13:02of both James Harden and Donovan Mitchell getting to the open area that's what he excels at but he's changed
13:09his shot profile a bit where he can get inside the defense with floaters and runners but at his best
13:15getting out beyond the arc and almost 44 percent on those catch and shoot threes
13:21at 11 points here in the quarter he's got 18 overall to lead the Cavaliers on four of eight beyond
13:28the arc
13:29his coach Kenny Atkinson before the game since he's getting run off the three-point line a lot
13:34he's worked hard at going to the basket we call that player development yeah that's that look that's
13:39very similar to you recall Duncan Robinson the way he took his game from being a specialist to being
13:45able to put the ball down to the floor and become more complete here's what's happening for the heat
13:50they made 13 triples in the first half they are over six from downtown to start this second hand
13:58Cavaliers making a run back in they trailed by as many as 20. Ellis holds it in
14:07matter of fact the heat led by as many as 21 with two minutes left in the first day Ellis
14:12plays
14:13bigger than his 6-4 frame so active as a cutter and a quick straight line driver
14:17he's stretching the game right now with a heat up eight Haquez turning on the heart and missing
14:23bigger they're playing a two-three zone now he trying to throw off Miami a bit
14:27shooter lobbing broke it up but taken by mobile and stolen away by Larson
14:34fan on a pitch for Mitchell's through
14:39it's 0 for 7 from downtown to open this third quarter for the heat
14:48hardens against Pella hawkins leaning that way oh we got away with steps this is naquan tom
14:54back to hard with six on the shot count runs in the traffic and turns it over
15:00a hot get steal we will get a jump ball but generally he'd have done an incredible job so far
15:06defending James Harden tonight nine points he's only taken five shots he
15:11can't get to the rim there's they've bodied him they've not allowed him to
15:15create separation though they haven't been baited into fouls which is a huge
15:19part of his game just four for four from the free throw line overall two or five
15:24from the field he's got seven assists but he he hasn't fed the factory
15:28typically is scoring the ball coming off a game against Orlando that he really
15:33just controlled the entire flow of the game from start to finish at twenty six
15:38points and seven assists and just made everyone around him better he hasn't
15:42been able to do that against Miami he averages 24 he has not lost his
15:46fastball but the Heat have slowed him tonight good catch by Schroeder on the
15:50jump ball a second on the shot clock Mitchell knew it oh my he knew it and he
15:56did it oh that is a absolute killer right there to cut the lead to five great
16:03awareness by Mitchell to know that there was only a second on the clock on the
16:07jump ball he's got 18 BAM coming to hard down the runway drew a foul I believe on
16:12Thomas Bryan I draw a chorus of boos that's fine
16:18Adam and Mitchell made an incredible play a moment ago to give him 18 points look at
16:22the reaction split seven I don't think Schroeder knew there was that little time
16:27left and Donovan Mitchell did that was his second triple he's got 18 points for
16:33Cleveland grew up in Mount Vernon New York the hometown of the one and only Tony
16:37fear and team I hope he didn't fall off the couch
16:43coach Tony coach for your team of original assistant coach on the first hit
16:51heat coaching staff in franchise history with with Ron Ross in and gave roll that
16:58was the first heat coaching staff
17:02and gets one of the two by any ahead by six eight points nine rebounds five
17:10assists for out about three thirty six left in the third point Brian inside Tom
17:23there's Mitchell for three and a good box out by Yakut Jonas really tried groaned on
17:30that history
17:34I'm a against heart
17:37Yakut Jonas oh BAM chased it from one side of the court to the other to try to keep it
17:44in
17:44the other to try to keep it in the third point
17:45catch ball 310 left in the court
17:54the shooter and heart sharing the backboard
18:00true and that's a great looking rebound for for damn out of mine
18:05it's 10 three down to the nine
18:09open three nails big-time bucket for bad that's the shot he would not have taken
18:15to my opinion last year his offensive confidence has grown so much he's three
18:19of thirteen he was over six beyond the arc that's his first triple there just keep
18:25firing when you're confident your shot he get it back and by the way twelve points
18:2910 rebounds Powell on the move oh ball knocked out of his hands out of bounds off
18:35Cleveland that looked like a wide open lane he said it keeping the ball that right
18:40hip Norman brings it over to his left and it gets swiped away Mark Bryant
18:45excuse me Thomas Bryant playing the the hard drive and able to knock it down as
18:52man the captain missed that three damn out of Iowa playing in his first game this year
18:56against the Cavaliers he missed the first two but I've been with his 28th double
19:01double this season
19:03Mitchell colliding with Yaka chunks drawing double coverage forcing it up anyway
19:09and converting he can do that he's got 20 points in the game seven in this quarter
19:17I guess able a finger roll at home seven points for Hyman the heat lead is nine with
19:23just under two minutes left here in the third quarter
19:30Larson crowding hard against the zone here comes Bryant he laid it in to the left hand
19:37Thomas Bryant the nine-year vet former Indiana Hoosiers gets his first score
19:41good read by Bryant though finding that gap in the zone and going right at the rim
19:46using his size out of Iowa gets deep and hits it with a left-handed sweeping hook
19:53a 12-point quarter for Adebayo and a 14.10 rebound game that's a great footwork
19:59play there by band to swing around and get to that left hand and touch
20:03Harden for three got it
20:06second triple tonight for James Harden
20:11Harden
20:12Harden now with 12 points
20:13Miami leads by six
20:18foul not much room between him and the mid-court strike
20:25shot clock at six
20:26hot kids missed a tough baseline room
20:33Cleveland's turn
20:40three
20:40Donovan Mitchell he's got ten points now in the quarter
20:44twenty-three for the game and a timeout for Miami
20:48their lead is down to three no it's not a timeout
20:57forty-one seconds left in this quarter and the Cavaliers gaining momentum they
21:03that scored the heat by fourteen in the quarter it's thirty four to twenty
21:07Cleveland in this quarter
21:08after the heat at a twenty one point lead late in the first set
21:11Larson missed the turnaround
21:14Tomlin with the rebound
21:19well we've had no ties and not a single lead change in this game to this point
21:24under twenty seconds left in the third
21:30Mitchell off the crossover
21:35one of the best scores in the NBA Donovan Mitchell doing his thing
21:40he's got twenty six thirteen in the quarter our first tie of the game
21:47Larson unties it no he doesn't they take it away on an offensive foul on Bello
21:52with crashing into Thomas Bryan
21:56thought he got the hooks off but looks like the left shoulder went right into the
22:01the chin and chest of Thomas Bryan Thomas Bryan holding his mouth
22:10trying to walk off that shot
22:13Wow
22:14rare and hero in for the final segment of the fourth quarter and then Mobley comes on
22:18for the Cavaliers who replace Thomas Bryan
22:22James Harden has also come out of the game for
22:25for Gleason
22:27Merrill is in
22:30so tied for the first time tonight
22:33you have under two seconds left in this third pool
22:38picked off by hero he got it off
22:41almost nailed
22:42but the best quarter of the game for the Cavaliers
22:46they outscored Miami thirty seven to twenty in that third quarter
22:59the five game losing streak Cavaliers trying to extend what right now is a four game winning streak
23:07these two teams again Friday night in this building seven thirty sharp
23:11I guess who swallowed this way to the basket
23:15well I may hockey is jr. with nine points
23:18now
23:19he'd starting Larson
23:20Haquez here aware yaka chonis to open the fourth quarter
23:24Ellis
23:24that's a triple for Keyon Ellis
23:28Keyon Ellis with seventeen points
23:32the Cavaliers with their first lead of the game
23:35at eleven fifteen of the fourth quarter and a steal by Schroeder
23:39Mitchell for Proctor
23:40he missed the layup
23:41Tomlin underneath with a rebound
23:48that's Donovan Mitchell
23:50and Ware putting his hands through the clouds for that rebound
23:56he need a school
23:58first time they have trailed in this game
24:02zero step back through
24:04it's good
24:05oh my
24:05that's a beautiful
24:06big time range by Tyler Hero
24:09really important shot too for Miami to
24:12get back on top here with this momentum
24:14having shifted the crowd get involved here in Cleveland
24:18Donovan Mitchell
24:19he's feeling it now
24:20oh slicing through
24:21then ran into a dead end and Kahlil Ware
24:23loose ball skirmish
24:24hero trying to roll free
24:26and we're going to get
24:28either a jump ball or a foul here
24:30Courtney Kirkland was right on top of it
24:32let's see what his calls going to do
24:40really strong move by Donovan Mitchell
24:42but Kahlil Ware
24:44meeting him at the rim
24:45and he going right down on the deck in a wrestling match
24:48with
24:49number 45
24:50Donovan Mitchell can be called for a foul on there
24:52that's the third foul on Mitchell
24:54good hustle by Hero
24:57good job Tyler
24:58two hands that's what you got to do
24:59go to the ball
25:00number one hand but two
25:02Mitchell just kind of reached over him
25:04and grabbed Tyler there to pick up that foul
25:06that felt like unpiling in
25:08it really did
25:11two point he lead 10-18 remaining
25:13in what's been a very interesting game
25:15here against Naquan Tomlin
25:19Hawkins up top
25:20off the shot fake
25:22to get to the paint
25:22then it got stripped off his body out of
25:25back
25:28Miami turns it over for the 10th time tonight
25:35the game's hard kind of getting off the ball
25:37let Schroeder take it up and try to put some side pick and roll action
25:41Schroeder nice pass for Tomlin
25:44double dunk for Naquan Tomlin who's from Brooklyn New York
25:48a couple years at a junior college went to Kansas State for a year
25:54and then Memphis for a year
25:56he's got smaller cooks Kenny Atkinson
25:58with three guards on the floor right now
26:00Oh Huck has missed the runners Schroeder with a rebound
26:06Harden
26:07and then stop
26:10nine and a half left top one underneath
26:12and he's going to go to the free throw line
26:14the foul on Wiggins
26:16that's going to be number four on Andrew Wiggins
26:18willing passer
26:19as James Harden
26:21finds the cutting Tomlin going to the basket there
26:24again the side pick and roll action
26:27but they've gone small
26:28Schroeder providing some great drive and kick action
26:31you got Mitchell out there
26:32who's high scoring with 26
26:35and Harden always dangerous getting down
26:37John Naquan Tomlin
26:39young man grew up in Brooklyn New York
26:41could not start playing basketball until late in high school
26:45and he was discovered actually by Terrell Harris
26:48Tobias Harris his father
26:49on the playgrounds at Rucker Park in Ohio
26:52he's got him on track
26:53couple junior colleges later
26:55played two years of major college hoops
26:57and here he is in the NBA
26:59they both free throws
27:01gives Cleveland a two point lead at 90 to 88
27:06Cavaliers have made 15 of their 17 free throws in this game
27:11the Cavaliers have a come from behind in this one
27:14here are short on the three
27:16Wiggins back taps it out to Pelton
27:19Carson got by Mitchell and finishes
27:22as he so often does
27:25seven points for Pelton
27:27game tied at nine
27:28nine minutes to go
27:30two
27:30two
27:38Mitchell
27:39good D by Wiggins
27:41good D by Ware
27:43and the rebound away
27:45that's a strong defensive segment for the Heat
27:56and the Heat
28:11back on top by three
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28:16remember that the Heat
28:17right around the game start
28:17a couple of steals
28:18by Davion Mitchell
28:20a 21 point lead at the half for Miami
28:23when they scored 63 points
28:25and then came that third quarter
28:26they got outscored by 17
28:28but Donovan Mitchell trying to lead Cleveland back
28:31he had 13 of his 26 in the third quarter
28:34but right now we got quite the game brewing
28:37with 838 remaining
28:39and the Heat up 93 to 90
28:42real battle here going back and forth
28:45and excited to see Miami respond here
28:48this is such an important game here
28:51as they're playing with such a sense of urgency
28:54it is an important game to Miami
28:56trying to put the brakes on a five game losing streak
28:58they get a turnover on the Hero's Steve
29:02Wiggins in the corner against Hart
29:13Hero lunges it up and in
29:14tough shot
29:16you would be both saying that
29:18ball fake stepping in
29:19Ellis right on his hip
29:21able to knock that one down
29:2318 points for Hero
29:24a five-point Heat lead
29:26with just under eight minutes long
29:27Harton got fouled by Wiggins
29:29shooting a three
29:31Andrew Wiggins picking up his fifth foul
29:34and James Hart
29:36who has 12 points tonight
29:37gonna go to the line for three free drips
29:40so he can test for threes
29:42that only one other player in the league contests more
29:46but this is what happens sometimes when you're out there
29:49aggressively contesting from beyond the arc
29:52and that's the second time he's done that tonight
29:55Andrew Wiggins putting a three-point shooter on the line
30:02he's done that
30:02let's pause for a quick word from FPL
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30:15right in the Lakers 137 130 win at Indiana tonight
30:20Luke did not check at 43 LeBron 23
30:23nine boards nine assists
30:25and in Philadelphia's 157 137 win over the Bulls have beat at 35
30:31Paul George at 28 and the Sixers made 22 triples
30:35they've now won five of their last seven games
30:38we're trying to catch up to Atlanta
30:42who's a game ahead of them
30:47they're the Hawks and the Pistons in Detroit
30:49they're headed to overtime tied at 121
30:53here we've got a two-point heat lead 745 left
30:57Hero against Ellis deep in the corner
31:02Hawkins for three
31:04over B
31:05Larson saves it in the collab
31:07for the coming Hawkins who hammered it down
31:12big sequence for Jaime who has seven of his 14 points here on the fourth quarter
31:16but it's the critical save to keep the possession alive that allows Jaime to catch that on the move
31:23718 left of the game
31:25each scrambling in their two-three zone dig
31:28Merrill's for Bryant
31:30and it rims in
31:32Thomas Bryant just his second score of the game
31:36two-point heat lead
31:38seven-minute flow
31:42Colel lets it flop
31:43and drains it
31:45Colel Ware
31:47that's his third triple of the game
31:49nine points for Ware
31:51he got him with the catapult
31:52oh I love that catapult
31:56Schroeder he'll let it go
31:59Colel and Bryant battling for it
32:01that's gonna be a foul on Ware
32:09the Celtics with a 107-94 lead over O.K.C. with six minutes left in that game
32:15I'm a Hawkins junior really looking as well
32:18he is
32:19he's hobbling toward the bench
32:20he will come out for Bam
32:22and for the first time tonight
32:24it's Bam and Ware
32:25oh no
32:26the right ankles
32:28came down on James Harden's foot
32:30our kids have a good game tonight with 14 points
32:37seven here in the fourth quarter
32:39and out he comes with 640 left in the game
32:42and the Heat ahead by five
32:46shot clock at four
32:48Ellis for three
32:52right
32:54ball swatted away by Larson
32:57good defensive stand for the Heat
32:59Davion feels it right for Bella
33:01he got fouled going to the basket
33:04he will head to the strike
33:05on the key on Ellis fell
33:09second foul on Ellis
33:11second team foul on the Cavaliers
33:13by the way they're without
33:14Max Strews the former Heat forward tonight
33:17Strews has only played five games this year
33:19at foot surgery in the offseason
33:22has missed most of the year
33:23Max did play last night
33:25had 11 points in 27 minutes
33:27they don't want to use him on the second night of the back to back
33:29but remains the ultra competitive player
33:32we enjoyed in Miami for those few seasons
33:35he's done a nice job even last night
33:37had 11 points and three triples
33:39he's getting back in the rhythm
33:41they're trying to put him in the rotation right away
33:44seeing him as a valuable asset
33:46spread the floor along with Sam Merrill
33:48Max played 187 games
33:51in a Heat uniform over three seasons
33:52started 49 of them
33:54had his best year in the 22-23 season
33:57the average 11 and a half points
33:58and tripled 197 times
34:00remember him and Duncan Robinson
34:02a pair of three point threats
34:05with the Heat just a few years back
34:08and a hit by 7 102 to 95
34:12nine points now for Larson
34:14no
34:14hard strength rebound
34:16for Kahlil Wynn
34:18nine points and ten rebounds for Kahlil
34:24beat up seven under six minutes to play
34:31six on the shot clock
34:34gotta find one here
34:37Powell
34:38made something happen
34:39late in the shot clock
34:41Norman Powell gets his first points of the fourth quarter
34:44he's got 17
34:45they heat up by nine
34:47tough shot
34:48fight
34:53only quick move on where and hello to miss the fact
34:56quick rip through
34:58locally able to stretch out and draw contact at the rim
35:02as where
35:02looked to contest but caught him on the wrist
35:06where picks up the foul
35:0814 foul on Miami
35:11for where his second person
35:14we will go to the strike
35:20Cavaliers two and a half games behind the Celtics and the Knicks in the East
35:26we're very interested at the top of the East John there there's no guarantee
35:29that a great regular season we want to give you postseason success look that happened to Cleveland last year
35:3464 wins and out in the second round it will be topsy-turvy again between those top four in the
35:40East issue
35:41there's so much of it you know these matchups
35:44he's hot and healthy at that time of the year too
35:47you build on the principles he's
35:50put together during the course of the regular season you can't short cut
35:54and get to the playoffs and think it's all going to come together
35:59eight point heat lead 518 remaining here in the fourth quarter
36:04Sam on the catch against heart
36:06underneath that dotted line comes out to pellet
36:08that's a big time three for Larson his first triple of the game
36:13and Miami's 18th triple tonight
36:16it puts him up 107 to 96 with 5 minutes left
36:19Mitchell comes right back
36:22well you cannot relax against Donovan Mitchell
36:25he now has 28 for Cleveland
36:27he is such a
36:30such an incredible score
36:32it's 11 to 21 now
36:3526 points overall
36:37four and nine for three
36:39I love the way Paul Larson's plan though
36:42he is such a competitor
36:44that's a tough turnover propeller
36:47picks up on the inbounds Cavaliers get it back
36:49down by nine points
36:514-52 left here in the fourth
36:55Merrill miss fires
36:57Powell deflects it back
36:59and the Cavaliers reboot
37:01Hart
37:03Ellis
37:06and who's going to get that loose ball
37:08it's Ellis saving it into Mitchell
37:11just like the never ending possession for Cleveland
37:14oh that's an offensive foul on Donovan Mitchell
37:18you cannot just push off a pit bull
37:21fellow Mitchell you cannot push off
37:23Dave got a great position there
37:26you're going to see the off hand
37:27the left hand boom
37:28right there
37:30that's because he's just crowding
37:33Donovan Mitchell
37:33he's pesky
37:37makes it hard to get comfortable
37:39and let's see how many fouls
37:41that's his fourth
37:42Mitchell picking up his fourth
37:45little chill of theater NBA style when we come back
37:53we're protecting this town
37:55welcome back to Cleveland exactly three minutes ago in this game
37:59a huge hustle play Miami has outscored the Cleveland Cavaliers 10-5 since then
38:04but here we go right here what do you see
38:06I see a lot of space and I see a lot of the back of the heads of the Cleveland
38:11Cavaliers
38:11so Pella makes an excellent save and if you stop it right there
38:16Jaime straight line my friend all the way down
38:18to the rim
38:20and roll it
38:21so that was an excellent finish right there
38:24that ignited this 10-5 run for the Miami Heat
38:28Pella Larson coming up with some huge plays down the stretch
38:33this comes off a paint touch and it's a kick out right to Pella
38:36as he catches and releases
38:40Eric let's go back up to you for this big finish
38:42alright thank you Amy the Heat have outscored the Cavs here on the fourth quarter
38:4524 to 15 after getting outscored by 17 on the third quarter
38:50413 left now in the game
38:53Powell got in there but it won't count
38:55a traveling violation on that one extra step there to create space
38:59he's got caught with the scoop
39:03the 12th turnover of the game for Miami team that shot 49% tonight he with 18 main triples
39:10Cavaliers have made 11 threes
39:12rebounds nearly even Cavs a 2 rebound edge
39:15Mobley against Wade
39:18block shot by Kalal loose ball to Larson
39:22that's defensive and hustle segment of the game
39:24Bam on the attack of Merrill
39:27put it in plus a foul
39:30double jeopardy delivered by Bam Adebayo
39:34oh my
39:35Kenny Atkinson can't believe that Bam didn't get a charge on Sam Merrill here
39:41this is just great defense get out of here with that
39:45since Kalil where the Heat are off and running
39:49watch the contact here
39:50with Bam going right at Merrill
39:53and that's what has the Cleveland crowd and bench just boiling over right now as Bam gets an end one
40:00opportunity to keep putting this game out of range
40:03we have all due apologies to the fans here in Cleveland general is my favorite segment of the game the
40:08block by Ware leading to a hustle play by Larson and a three point play by Bam Adebayo
40:15heat up by 12 but get another turnover out
40:18waits for help and find some of a rare finger roll
40:23and a foul with 339 left the heater up by 14
40:28that is just so fortuitous it goes right to Norman Powell but how about Kalil fill in the lane contact
40:37stay with it big fella and I love when that man shows a little emotion good flex there Michael where
40:44four for four now from the field and ten boards for the big man
40:50Kolo where eleven points ten rebounds four assists he's made all three of his triples
40:56he's had a dramatic impact John and when Bam and Kalil have these kind of games they've combined for
41:04twenty rebounds tonight
41:08they're both in double-figure points and it bodes well for the Heat when both bigs play like this
41:13up by 14 three and a half minutes left in the game
41:17narrow
41:18has to pitch it out to Ellis where was rim protected
41:22Harton misses the three and Kalil reaching out for that rebound is 11th of the game
41:27okay him and Kalil right eighth and ninth in the NBA in rebounding they remain the only two teammates in
41:33the NBA ranked in the NBA's top ten in rebound
41:38in the game
41:39out of by this moment
41:43four on the shotgun
41:44Bam got to let it go
41:48and Larson brings it down
41:50and gets fouled by Merrill
41:52and Larson comes up ready for for a little bit more
41:56he was not happy with that Merrill foul
42:02Bella Larson Johnny comes off the bench tonight for the first time in the last 30 games
42:06it doesn't matter to him
42:07every minute he's out there he's playing the win
42:10I think he took umbrage with the fact that
42:14Merrill swung the left arm
42:16towards the back of his head there but
42:18he is just making the hustle plays right now that make a difference between winning and losing that save earlier
42:27that Amy showed up on the replay of the ability to make the extra
42:34rebound
42:36pass and then the energy finds guys when the ball finds guys that make those kind of plays and he's
42:42been able to make some
42:43out of the baskets too
42:45he's got nine point fourth quarter Pella Larson nine of the fourth quarter
42:4913 in the game
42:51actually 14 in the game
42:54248 left
42:55Harden's triple got it
42:57James Harden that's when you started breathing easier James Harden triples
43:02it's a 13 point game with 2 40 to go
43:07and bringing it across draws a double team
43:12beat him no hurt
43:13he's got it
43:13he's got it
43:13he's got it
43:20Damian
43:22working against Keyon Ellis
43:25Larson with 2 on the shot clock
43:28gotta let this go Norman
43:29he got it off but it was blocked by Mobley and it turns into a 24 second violation on Miami
43:35not the worst thing you use all that clock it's a dead ball you get back and are able to
43:40match up
43:41up by 13 to 10 left
43:43Schroeder
43:45trust the foul on Davion Mitchell
43:48Schroeder does a good job at getting to the body of Davion there
43:52and leaning in any movement you make as a defender there is a foul
43:57that puts Schroeder on the line as first two free throws in the night
44:02Dennis Schroeder
44:03originally from Germany has been with the Hawks the Thunder the Lakers the Celtics the Rockets the Raptors
44:10the Nets
44:12the Warriors the Pistons the Kings and Mount Cleveland John that's 11 teams eight of them in the last five
44:18years crazy isn't it
44:20515 in the last two seasons he's been getting
44:25part of trade packages consistently I like his game I really think it's a good role coming off the bench
44:31for him because he can change the game with the way he attacks
44:35he's streaky shooting the basketball
44:37pretty good defender
44:39and again really good driving kick type player as a creator
44:42Mitchell scooting past the defensive shooter
44:45by the way this Cleveland team has made 21 of their 24 foul shots tonight
44:50they're down by 11 under two minutes to play
44:57and
44:58doubled on the cash Mobley and Ellis
45:00whoops for the collab crush
45:03that's what you call a finishing crush
45:06116 to 103 Miami
45:09Colella where 13 points and 11 points
45:13like one big man assisting the other
45:17Mobley hooked it up missed it on where that knocked it out of bounds
45:20and time is running out on Cleveland a minute 30 left and they heat up by 13 about the vision
45:26of BAM right over top
45:28he sees Colella catches that as high as the box
45:32two-hand finishes there on the defensive player of the year a season ago Evan Mobley flat footed
45:40BAM's seventh assists on a night where he also has 17 points and 10 rebounds so never mind that he
45:47struggled to shoot the ball in the first half
45:48but the man finds a way to impact it positively
45:51Fabian Mitchell the pit bull wanted some points
45:54he's got himself two he's got 11 and the heater up by 15 now with a minute eight left
46:05Mobley
46:05the Heat have sewn up well tonight
46:08Merrill missed it and
46:10Mitchell leaves Powell
46:12and the Heat will win this game 19 for Norman Powell
46:16it's 120 to 103 a 17 point lead with under a minute left
46:21this will end the five game losing streak for Miami and keep them in the chase
46:27for a better spot in either the play in or the playoffs
46:35jump just the way it started just the way it started was was so impressive the Heat scored the first
46:40eight points of this game
46:42they jumped out to a 28-19 lead after Juana at 63 points at the half and even though they
46:48got outscored in the third quarter by 17 they took the best punch of the Cavaliers and finished extremely well
46:56tonight it's a it's a very significant win for the year really quality win and needed it you know had
47:03to play with a sense of urgency and desperation of losing five straight games this team was a proud team
47:10you see right there are some
47:11some beliefs some some happiness there from this group they put a lot of work in good to come away
47:18finally with a win so the Heat will improve their record to 39 and 34 it will vault them from
47:2410th to 8th in the Eastern countries
47:29every night every night every night it's going to shift a little bit now just nine games left in the
47:33regular season but the Heat took a real positive step forward tonight and John this is what Eric Spulcher wants
47:39looking for the consistency on the defensive end the chemistry on the offensive end they got both tonight a convincing
47:47start to finish
47:49Cavaliers 120-103 victory Cavaliers have their four game win streak stop they fall to 45 and 28 the Heat
47:5739 and 34 and I love when I hear that music after games means the Heat win and Heat Nation
48:03you know what that means you win with Papa John's Pizza tonight the Heat victorious tomorrow you get 50%
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48:15savings
48:16you know Pella Larson didn't start tonight for the first time in 30 games but he sure helped the Heat
48:20finish with 14 points off the bench he's in the winner's circle with Amy Audubon Eric thanks so much Pella
48:26you didn't start tonight but you sure finished this game and when you look at those final couple minutes you're
48:30making winning plays tough plays what's your mindset as this tough one winds down you know whatever it takes at
48:37the end honestly I mean they came back
48:40we couldn't really score we couldn't really score in the third and we let them come back so you know
48:44we really had to make sure in the fourth that we did everything we could which is diving on the
48:48floor getting loose balls getting rebound stops and get to the free throw line when you talk about your team's
48:54defense you guys held them to 19 points in the first quarter but 20 points in the fourth quarter specifically
48:59what did you like about what you executed on the defensive end as a team I mean we did a
49:04way better job just stopping their first attack in the fourth quarter
49:08third quarter they got way too easy downhill and just kind of picked us apart and we let one of
49:13their shooters get hot in the zone and then after that we kind of you know shut that down with
49:18better closeouts forget about the outside chatter and this talk about standings and play ins what does this win mean
49:25for your locker room today great man we deserve it you know we had a couple close ones disregarding the
49:32last one but before that we've been playing good just hasn't clicked at the end and it kind of
49:38felt like that for a while tonight but then we came out in the fourth and then we got it
49:41done thanks fella great job tonight you got a scratch on your neck it's not that bad right we'll go
49:45back up to you Eric women notice everything don't they now Miami got outscored in the third quarter 37 to
49:5320 you know what they did in the fourth quarter outscored Cleveland 37 to 20 a win that'll put a
49:59smile right on a heat fan's face
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