The Miami Heat hosted the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 3 of their first-round Eastern Conference matchup in what became a nightmare game for the Heat that they’d probably rather forget.
Despite missing their starting point guard Darius Garland, the Cavaliers handed Miami their largest home playoff loss in franchise history, winning 124-87.
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The Cavaliers shot a blistering 53.5% from the field during the routing while holding Miami to 42.1% shooting. While Cleveland was the heavy favorite prior to tipoff, no one expected such a dominant blowout and the NBA world is already making predictions.
Get the brooms ready
— Kobe Wan (@ogKOBEWAN) April 26, 2025
— Chief Steve ???? (@ChiefSteve_YT) April 26, 2025
I don't care who you're playing. It's not normal to win a playoff game by 30 when you're down an All-NBA caliber player, ESPECIALLY when your best player has an off night.
Mobley, Allen, Strus, Hunter and Jerome were all excellent.
The totality of this Cavs roster is special.
— Carson Breber (@Carsobi) April 26, 2025
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Someone check on Tyler herro
— The Athlete (@TheAthleteOhio) April 26, 2025
All this to lose to the pacers
— D.J. ☘️ (@dawgdev196) April 26, 2025
The Heat lost by 37 to the Cavs at home and Darius Garland didn’t even play pic.twitter.com/FcRX5Rgx4N
— Mink Flow (@currypistonn) April 26, 2025
The series isn’t over yet, but it’s as close to being over as possible and the Heat will need to complete an unprecedented comeback after going down 0-3.
Game 4 is scheduled for Monday.
James Parker is an NBA writer for Ball Exclusives, follow him on X @TheJames_Parker
