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Donovan Mitchell scored 30 points, including 17 in the last quarter, and the Cleveland Cavaliers remained for a 121-112 victory over the Miami Heat on Wednesday night for a 2-0 advantage in his first round series of the East Conference.
The best planted cavaliers established a NBA playoffs record with 11 triples in the second quarter and had 22 for the game. However, Cleveland had to contain a burden of the second half of Miami.
Tyler Herro scored 33 points for Miami, which organizes game 3 on Saturday afternoon.
The Cavaliers had an advantage of 19 points with less than 3 minutes in the third quarter before the heat made their career to obtain an advantage of 105-103 with 3:11 remaining.
Mitchell, who also had six rebounds and six assists, then put the game on his shoulders. He scored the next eight Cleveland points, including a couple of triples, during an 8-2 race to give them a space to breathe.
Evan Mobley had 20 points and Darius Garland 19 for the Cavaliers.
Miami had an advantage of 16-7 before the cavs recovered and rose 25-24 at the end of the first quarter.
Cleveland had an advantage of 33-30 before taking control with a 17-4 race that included five triples, with two each of Max Strus and Sam Merrill.
De’andre Hunter’s overturning with remaining 2:33 in the third quarter gave the Cavaliers a 93-74 advantage before the heat made its load with 10 consecutive points. That began a 25-8 race that saw the heat inside a basket. Davion Mitchell had 12 of his 18 points during the rally, with five points each of Herro and Nikola Jovic.
Associated Press reports.
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