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Miami Heat at Cleveland Cavaliers Preview & Picks
Miami Heat at Cleveland Cavaliers Preview & Picks
Cleveland are backed to cover a double digit spread as they open up a 2-0 series lead.
The Cavaliers boast a perfect record against the Heat in 2025, and a couple of those victories have been blowout wins.
- Cleveland Cavaliers are 11-3 in their last 14 home games
- Cleveland Cavaliers are 3-0 against Miami in 2025
- Cleveland Cavaliers are 2-1-0 ATS against Miami this year
- The Over has cashed in 7 of the last 9 meetings
Head To Head
- Miami Heat lead the all-time series 80-54
- Cleveland Cavaliers won 121-100 when the two teams last met on April 20
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Miami booked their place in the playoffs by going 37-45 in the regular season before successfully navigating the Play-In Tournament.
The Heat cost themselves home court advantage in the first round of the Play-In as they lost four times in their final six games in the regular season.
That meant they had to register two road wins to advance to the postseason, but that is exactly what they did.
Miami avenged a recent blowout loss to Chicago with a 109-90 victory, and they backed that up in the second round with a 123-114 success in overtime in Atlanta.
The Heat’s reward was a playoff series with Cleveland, and they find themselves 1-0 down already following a 121-100 defeat in Game 1.
Cleveland Cavaliers Form
Cleveland secured their place in the playoffs by compiling a 64-18 regular-season record to finish top of the the Eastern Conference standings.
The Cavaliers entered this series on a mixed run of form though, having won eight of their final 12 regular season games but just two of the final five.
They compiled a couple of three-game winning runs to start this sequence, before cooling off following a 120-113 loss to Sacramento.
Cleveland bounced back with a 135-113 victory over Chicago, and then responded to a 114-112 defeat in Indiana with a 108-102 win in New York.
The Cavaliers closed out the regular season with a 126-118 double overtime defeat to Indiana, but they issued an immediate response in Game 1 of this series as they beat Miami 121-100.
Verdict
Cleveland have not been the most reliable of spread bets in recent weeks, but they delivered big time in Game 1.
The Cavaliers look fresh and sharp, and that gives them the edge over a Miami team that is playing their fourth straight road game after making it through the Play-In.
The Cavaliers look fresh and sharp, and that gives them the edge over a Miami team that is playing their fourth straight road game after making it through the Play-In.
Cleveland -12.0
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