Wrap-Up -- Friday’s meeting in Miami was truly a tale of two halves. Unfortunately, the second one looked all too familiar to the Wine & Gold on South Beach.
After a first half that featured 13 ties and 22 lead-changes, the second stanza featured the Heat making a procession to the free throw line, eventually pulling away to hand Cleveland the 126-110 loss – the Cavaliers’ 16th straight defeat at American Airlines Arena.
The Cavaliers led by one after one quarter and the game was knotted at 57-apiece at intermission, but Miami flummoxed Cleveland with their zone defense in the second half while putting up 69 points over the final 24 minutes.