The Miami Heat’s great 3-point shooting during their two feel-good wins over the Milwaukee Bucks and Chicago Bulls last week without Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo didn’t travel to Cleveland for the first of Miami’s four-game road trip Monday night.
Despite a 10-0 run to open the second half to turn an 11-point halftime deficit into a one-point game, the Heat struggled to score against the Cleveland Cavaliers for the second time in two weeks. Miami shot just 13-of-40 from 3 Monday night while the Cavs knocked down 16 of 36 3s to come away with a 105-94 victory and leapfrog the Heat for the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference.