The Eastern Conference’s top seed, the Cleveland Cavaliers, will take on the eighth-seeded Miami Heat, who advanced out of the play-in tournament, in the first round of the 2025 NBA playoffs. This marks the first time the two franchises will square off in the postseason. Which is good, because they haven’t really had anything in common until now.
What we know about the Cavaliers
After white-knuckling it through a seven-game, first-round slugfest with the Magic before getting drummed out in Round 2 by the eventual champion Celtics, the Cavs entered this season with reason to believe.