Cavs give Heat historic playoff shellacking, sparking Charles Barkley ribs

The Cleveland Cavaliers enactment an exclamation constituent connected their expanse of the Miami Heat connected Monday nighttime with an historical 138-83 win. 

Cleveland volition determination connected to the 2nd circular of the playoffs.

Three starters and 3 seat players were successful treble figures for the Cavaliers. Donovan Mitchell led the mode with 22 points and 5 assists, portion Jarrett Allen had 14 points and 12 rebounds. De’Andre Hunter led the seat scoring with 19 points. Ty Jerome added 18.

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Cleveland Cavaliers defender Donovan Mitchell, #45, fouls Miami Heat guardant Nikola Jovic, #5, during the archetypal fractional of Game 4 of an NBA hoops first-round playoff bid connected Monday, April 28, 2025 successful Miami. (AP Photo/Rhona Wise)

Cleveland led by arsenic galore arsenic 60 points successful the game. The 55-point borderline successful Game 4 was the fourth-biggest playoff triumph successful NBA history.

The Cavaliers’ 92-point borderline betwixt Games 3 and 4 was the largest constituent differential successful 2 games successful playoff history, arsenic good arsenic the 122-point differential successful the full series, according to ESPN.

"We came retired present with a extremity successful mind," Mitchell said.

Heat defender Nikola Jovic led Miami with 24 points arsenic Bam Adebayo added 13. However, Miami caput manager Erik Spoelstra summed the decision up perfectly.

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Cleveland Cavaliers guardant De'Andre Hunter, #12, shoots astir Miami Heat guardant Andrew Wiggins, #22, during the 2nd fractional of Game 4 of an NBA hoops first-round playoff bid connected Monday, April 28, 2025 successful Miami. (AP Photo/Rhona Wise)

"Damn, it was humbling. This bid was humbling. These past 2 games were embarrassing," Spoelstra said. "But Cleveland's besides a precise bully team. ... They showed america wherefore we weren't acceptable for that."

Basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley piled connected astatine halftime.

"I effort not to ever usage the connection discontinue oregon choke... This is quitting astatine its finest close here," helium said connected TNT. "I stake if we went to their house, each their worldly is already packed. … If you mislaid by (37) the past game, you can’t enactment successful Miami … If you suffer by 37 and travel backmost and suffer by 40, you can’t enactment successful town."

Cleveland looked arsenic unsafe arsenic advertised during the series.

Mitchell had the lone 30-point crippled for the Cavaliers during the series, doing it Games 1 and 2. The squad ne'er had a crippled with less than 20 squad assists. In Game 4, Cleveland changeable 54.7% from the field.

Cleveland Cavaliers caput manager Kenny Atkinson reacts during the 2nd fractional successful Game 4 of an NBA hoops first-round playoff bid against the Miami Heat connected Monday, April 28, 2025 successful Miami. (AP Photo/Rhona Wise)

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"We came down present with the close mentality and, again, our maturity, our leadership, each that worldly we've been talking astir each year," Cavaliers caput manager Kenny Atkinson said. "We don't look to person letdowns. That's rare."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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