Schedule and 2024-25 Results
Regular Season Records: Cleveland 64-18, Miami 37-45
Game 1 on Sunday, 20 April: Miami loses at Cleveland, 121-pts-100
Game 2 on Wednesday, 23 April: Miami loses at Cleveland, 121-pts-112
Game 3 on Saturday, 26 April: Cleveland wins at Miami, 124-pts-87
Game 4 on Monday, 28 April: Cleveland wins at Miami, 138-pts-83

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 4: The Cleveland Cavaliers visited and defeated the Miami Heat 138-pts-83 to complete a 4-games-nil best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1599 victory. With the series 1599 win, the Cleveland Cavaliers improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 25-13 overall and 11-1 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1599 loss, the Miami Heat see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 31-17 overall and 11-7 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Cleveland Cavaliers in series 1599 was WWWW: Series 1599 thus becomes the 39th NBA Preliminary-round series, the 97th NBA series (all rounds), and the 257th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. The Cleveland Cavaliers led the Miami Heat after all sixteen quarters of series 1599, thus rendering the series 1599 sweep the first best-of-7 NBA playoff series pseudo-annihilation since series 1208 (in which the San Antonio Spurs swept and pseudo-annihilated the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2013 NBA Preliminary round). Cleveland led Miami by 26 points after the first quarter of series 1599 Game 4; the 26-point end-of-first-quarter lead ties for the largest such lead in best-of-7 NBA playoffs history. Cleveland led Miami by 39 points after the second quarter of series 1599 Game 4; the 39-point end-of-first-half lead becomes the second-largest such lead in best-of-7 NBA playoffs history (next only to series 1347 Game 2, in which Cleveland led the Celtics in Boston 72-pts-31 [41-point lead] at halftime in their 2017 NBA Semifinals Game 2). The 55-point series 1599 Game 4 victory by Cleveland in Miami becomes the third-largest best-of-7 NBA playoffs victory margin in best-of-7 NBA playoffs history. The sum of the four game victory margins of series 1599 is 122 points, breaking the record for best-of-7 NBA playoff series lasting four games (101 points, set in series 1113 in the 2010 NBA Quarterfinals in the sweep by the Orlando Magic over the Atlanta Hawks). In series 1599, the sum of the Games 3-4 victory margins by the victorious Cleveland Cavaliers was 92, which is the largest such sum by a victorious team in Games 3-4 in best-of-7 NBA, obliterating the previous high of 68 (in series 843, set by the Los Angeles Lakers against the San Antonio Spurs in the 2001 NBA Semifinals en route to the 2001 NBA championship). In the ten pseudo-annihilations in best-of-7 NBA playoff series history, the one with the largest sum of end-quarter leads by the annihilating team (eg. Cleveland in series 1599) was 346, again by Cleveland in series 1599; the previous largest such sum in a best-of-7 NBA pseudo-annihilation was 217 (by the San Antonio Spurs against the Los Angeles Lakers in series 1208, in the 2013 NBA Preliminary round). A strong case can thus be made that series 1599 is the most one-sided series in best-of-7 NBA playoff series history, in the context of the Cleveland defeat/sweep/pseudo-annihilation of Miami in that series.

After Game 3: The Cleveland Cavaliers visited and topped the Miami Heat 124-pts-87 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1599 lead of 3-games-nil. The Miami Heat in series 1599 have become the 411th MLB/NBA/NHL team to fall behind 3-games-nil in a best-of-7 playoff series, and will now strive to become the sixth MLB/NBA/NHL team (and the first NBA team) to surmount that deficit for a 4-games-3 series victory.

After Game 2: The Cleveland Cavaliers hosted and defeated the Miami Heat 121-pts-112 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1599 lead of 2-games-nil.

After Game 1: The Cleveland Cavaliers hosted and defeated the Miami Heat 121-pts-100 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1599 lead of 1-game-nil.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2024-25 NBA regular season, the Cleveland Cavaliers finished 27 games ahead of the Miami Heat. From 1947 through the 2024 NBA Finals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by 27 regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 1-0 (1.000) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1599 is the 38th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the 48th for the Miami Heat. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Cleveland Cavaliers have an all-rounds series record of 24-13, a Preliminary-round series record of 10-1, and a Game 1 record of 19-18, while the Miami Heat have an all-rounds series record of 31-16, a Preliminary-round series record of 11-6, and a Game 1 record of 27-20. Series 1599 is the first best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Miami Heat. The 27-game regular season lead by the Cleveland Cavaliers over the Miami Heat in best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1599 ties for the fourth-largest regular-season game differential between two best-of-7 NBA playoff series opponents: In series 1071 (in the 2009 NBA Preliminary round), the 66-16 Cavaliers also led the 39-43 Detroit Pistons by 27 regular-season games, and swept the Pistons in four games.