The Cavaliers reach the next round in the NBA playoffs and humiliate the opponent.
During fireworks, the Cleveland Cavaliers made the sweep against Miami Heat and followed Oklahoma City Thunder to the quarter-finals with an NBA record. The team around Donovan Mitchell won 138: 83 in Florida, which ended the most one-sided playoff series in history. The best-of-Seven series went to the Cavs with a total of 122 points, the previous record had set up Denver 2009 against New Orleans (+121).
Erik Spoelstra, coach of the Heat, was ashamed of his basketball players. “Damn it was humiliating,” said the 54-year-old, “this series was humiliating. The last two games were embarrassing.” The game duel had also lost 87:124 at home.
Cleveland, the best main round team of the Eastern Conference, followed the example of Oklahoma City Thunder. The best main round team of the Western Conference around the German international Isaiah Hartenstein had also made short work against the Memphis Grizzlies in the 4-0.
Cavs humiliate the Heat
“We came here with one goal,” said Topscorer Mitchell (22 points) at TNT Television . “We wanted to get on their nerves.” That succeeded. In the next round, the Cavaliers play against the Milwaukee Bucks or the Indiana Pacers – Indiana leads 3-1.
The Cavs showed Miami, which had only come to the round of 16 via the play-in tournament, quickly who is the lord in the house. After the first quarter, the guests led 43:17, at the break it was almost at 72:33. Cleveland fights for his second NBA title after 2016.