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Cavs sweep Heat and complete the most lopsided series in NBA playoff history

Cleveland did not leave any doubt on her way to round 2 – and she finished the most unbalanced chain in The American Professional League Qualifiers history.

Donovan Mitchell 22 points scored, Dennder Hunter added 19 points and Cavaliers The past rolled Miami Hit 138-83 pm on Monday to sweep the first round of the eastern conference in four games.

Tae Jerome It was 18 points, Ivan Mobly He added 17 and Garrett Allen He got 14 points, 12 rebounds and six theft for Cavaliers – led by up to 60 points.

Cleveland won four games with 122 points. Previous record: 121 combined points from Denver won New Orleans in 2009.

The margin of 55 points in the game 4 was the fourth largest victory in a decisive match ever. The record for the largest qualifying win is 58 points, twice: Minneapolis on Saint Louis in 1956 and Denver over New Orleans in 2009. Los Angeles Lakers Golden Station defeated 56 points in 1973.

CAVS approached. Bill Larson Miami kept this piece of important history. It has made a 3 -point index to cut off the topland to 55 with about 38 seconds.

Nicola Govic He commanded the heat with 24 points. Ban Adibayo 13 and Andrew Wigins He added 12 Miami.

Cleveland will play either Indiana or Milwoki in the semi -finals of the eastern conference. the Pesrez Driving that series 3-1; Regardless of whether Pacers or Bucks Advance, game 1 of this series will be in Cleveland and will not be played until Saturday as soon as possible.

This is the third case of Miami, which was swept in the best chain of seven. The other: against Chicago in 2007 and against Milwoki in 2021, both in the first round, both also ended on the Heat Home floor.

It has finished quickly. Cleveland-who used 33-5 early to detonate the 3-Open game-43-14 in the first quarter of Divion Mitchell Overcoming the bell with an index 3. 26 points correspond to the worst quarter in the qualifying history. It was the second best margin of any quarter in the history of the CAVS qualifiers.

The lead only continued to grow.

It looked like a team of 64 wins that led the East Wire-To-Wire team to climb to the tenth position that needs to win two games only to enter the tournament.

Cleveland’s progress was 39-72-33-in half, the third largest progress after two quarterly in the history of the American Professional League. The only second half leads to greater: Cleveland 41 on Boston on May 19, 2017 and Detroit at a rate of Washington on April 26, 1987.

Report by Associated Press.

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