The Cleveland Cavaliers categorically razed the Miami Heat on Monday, sweeping them in four games that looked — frankly — like the Cavs were on cruise control.
On one hand, it was impressive. Cleveland’s 73 bench points Monday night were just 10 fewer than Miami’s entire team scored in the 138-83 victory.
But, realistically, no one should read too much into this result.
Simply put: the Cavaliers, the wire-to-wire No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference, did exactly what they needed to do. Guard Donovan Mitchell shined throughout the series, center Jarrett Allen worked the paint and Ty Jerome and De’Andre Hunter ignited off the bench.