Heat: Miami's previous season-high for turnovers was 23, at Toronto on Nov. There were 18 lead changes and six ties in the first half, none in the second half. “You probably want to pick your towns a little better than this one,” Bickerstaff said. The Cavs go to Charlotte Sunday and Tuesday, Brooklyn on March 21 and 23, and Orlando on April 4 and 6. We tried to handle it as best we possibly could, always paying Kevin his respect and the relationships that he built and what he did for this organization and this team.”Ĭavaliers: This is the start of four one-city, two-game stops that Cleveland has left on its schedule. “It’s still an emotional topic for all of us. “It is a very sensitive topic,” Bickerstaff said. He didn’t play in his final 12 games with the club, and joined the Heat during the All-Star break last month. He was with Cleveland for nine seasons, the last player left there from the 2016 NBA championship team and asked for a buyout after he fell out of the Cavaliers’ rotation.

Love had an immediate impact against his former club, getting Miami’s first two field goals and drawing two offensive fouls in the first 3:53. Kevin Love scored eight points for Miami, facing Cleveland for the first time since Nov. The teams play again in Miami on Friday night. The last six weeks, they’ve really turned up that disruptiveness.” “It is extremely tough to win in this league when you have 24 turnovers,” Spoelstra said. Herro made a 3-pointer with 20.1 seconds left to get Miami within two, but the Heat - who committed a season-high 24 turnovers, leading to 29 Cleveland points - got no closer the rest of the way. Jimmy Butler had 28 points for Miami (35-32), which got 22 from Tyler Herro and 17 from Bam Adebayo. “That's a big win on the road against a tough team,” Mitchell said. The Cavaliers (42-26) are now two wins away from matching last season’s win total, with 14 games left. Evan Mobley also scored 15 points, and Isaac Okoro had 13. Jarrett Allen had 15 points and 12 rebounds for Cleveland. These are two really good defenses that put you in difficult situations, forced a ton of turnovers both ways, but I thought our guys did a great job of maintaining their poise.” “It was an ugly fourth quarter for both teams. “The grit and the resilience that we showed,” Bickerstaff said. The Cavaliers allowed the Heat to shoot 57% in the first three quarters - then cranked up the defense and limited Miami to 29% in the fourth quarter. Whatever it was, it worked for the Cavaliers.ĭarius Garland scored 25 points, Donovan Mitchell added 18 and the Cavaliers assured themselves of a second consecutive winning season with a 104-100 victory over the Miami Heat on Wednesday night. Miami coach Erik Spoelstra called it disruptiveness.

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