Heat
Miami
Eastern Conference
Southeast
40
29
69
1593
2044
19
11
58
84
46
55
23
19
83
29
13
42
5
29
7
11
14
122
4
54
34
63
2118
1311
62
38
28
74
95
41
136
22
89
12
53
3134
6060
46
22
48
2223
139
6
66
54
82
87
53
140
01
75
13
12
3324
6060
5
3
60
21
13
62
3
2
67
9
4
13
2
8
1
5
31
60
4
4
100
18
11
61
8
8
100
5
1
6
2
9
2
3
34
60
4
2
50
22
13
59
6
5
83
8
5
13
0
7
1
1
33
60
6
2
33
23
9
39
6
4
67
7
3
10
1
5
3
2
24
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Joe
Johnson
Joe Johnson
True
30
7
11
64
4
6
67
0
0
0
1
2
3
2
2
0
0
0
18
30
none
Goran
Dragić
Goran Dragić
True
29
7
12
58
0
0
0
4
4
100
1
3
4
11
1
0
2
1
18
15
double
Dwyane
Wade
Dwyane Wade
True
28
10
17
59
0
0
0
4
4
100
2
2
4
4
1
0
2
1
24
28
none
Luol
Deng
Luol Deng
True
23
1
3
33
1
2
50
0
0
0
0
3
3
1
0
2
1
1
3
14
none
Amar'e
Stoudemire
Amar'e Stoudemire
True
12
3
4
75
0
0
0
2
2
100
2
3
5
1
0
0
2
4
8
9
none
Josh
Richardson
Josh Richardson
False
32
6
9
67
4
6
67
3
4
75
0
2
2
2
1
1
2
0
19
10
none
Justise
Winslow
Justise Winslow
False
31
2
8
25
0
1
0
0
2
0
2
1
3
4
1
0
0
3
4
3
none
Hassan
Whiteside
Hassan Whiteside
False
24
6
9
67
0
0
0
4
5
80
4
9
13
2
0
2
2
0
16
12
double
Josh
McRoberts
Josh McRoberts
False
11
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
100
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
2
0
none
Gerald
Green
Gerald Green
False
10
3
8
38
2
4
50
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
0
0
0
3
8
-7
none
Udonis
Haslem
Udonis Haslem
False
6
1
2
50
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
2
-9
none
Tyler
Johnson
Tyler Johnson
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
22
March
2016
Tuesday
Smoothie King Center
New Orleans
Pelicans
New Orleans
False
Cavaliers
Cleveland
Eastern Conference
Central
49
20
69
1839
1388
24
10
42
76
40
53
13
11
85
23
3
26
3
19
6
14
22
101
4
55
11
20
1821
812
45
20
20
100
43
11
54
00
37
23
52
1925
6060
77
35
45
1819
1010
56
38
36
95
511
01
512
03
36
10
34
2631
6060
5
1
20
18
8
44
2
2
100
4
1
5
0
3
2
5
19
60
5
1
20
21
12
57
0
0
0
3
1
4
0
7
3
2
25
60
7
3
43
18
10
56
3
3
100
5
0
5
0
3
1
3
26
60
7
5
71
19
10
53
8
6
75
11
1
12
3
6
0
4
31
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Kyrie
Irving
Kyrie Irving
True
27
5
8
62
1
2
50
3
3
100
0
0
0
4
3
0
4
0
14
-21
none
LeBron
James
LeBron James
True
26
13
20
65
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
3
1
0
3
1
26
-23
none
Iman
Shumpert
Iman Shumpert
True
22
1
4
25
0
2
0
2
2
100
1
2
3
4
0
0
0
2
4
-10
none
J.R.
Smith
J.R. Smith
True
19
1
2
50
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
-18
none
Kevin
Love
Kevin Love
True
16
3
7
43
1
4
25
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
3
7
-13
none
Richard
Jefferson
Richard Jefferson
False
29
7
10
70
3
4
75
3
3
100
0
4
4
1
1
0
0
4
20
-5
none
Matthew
Dellavedova
Matthew Dellavedova
False
24
4
12
33
2
3
67
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
0
0
2
2
10
-24
none
Tristan
Thompson
Tristan Thompson
False
17
1
2
50
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
4
2
-9
none
Channing
Frye
Channing Frye
False
15
1
2
50
1
2
50
0
0
0
0
4
4
0
0
0
1
2
3
-6
none
Jordan
McRae
Jordan McRae
False
15
0
3
0
0
0
0
1
2
50
0
3
3
2
0
0
2
1
1
8
none
Timofey
Mozgov
Timofey Mozgov
False
11
2
2
100
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
4
0
0
3
1
2
4
7
none
James
Jones
James Jones
False
10
2
4
50
2
3
67
1
1
100
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
7
7
none
Sasha
Kaun
Sasha Kaun
False
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
50
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
none
21
March
2016
Monday
Quicken Loans Arena
Cleveland
Nuggets
Denver
True
The Miami Heat ( 40 - 29 ) handily defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers ( 49 - 20 ) 122 - 101 on Saturday . The Heat ambushed their unsuspecting visitors right from the jump , and kept the foot on the gas the rest of the way . Miami won the first quarter by a margin of 31 - 19 , and had built up a 65 - 44 lead by halftime . They tallied one of their best point totals of the season through superior shooting , as they managed a 55 success rate from the field , and an even more impressive 58 percent figure from beyond the arc . Dwyane Wade stepped up to lead the starters , and Josh Richardson and Hassan Whiteside were outstanding contributors off the bench . LeBron James did manage an impressive effort at the scene of some of his greatest career accomplishments , posting 26 points , three points , three assists and a steal . Kyrie Irving contributed 14 points , four assists and three steals . Richard Jefferson paced the bench with 20 points , four rebounds , an assist and a steal . Matthew Delladedova also managed double - digit scoring off the bench , supplying 10 points , three assists and a rebound . Despite the loss , Cleveland remains atop the Eastern Conference 's Central Division , and the conference as well , albeit by a slim 2 games ahead of the Toronto Raptors . They head back home to face off against the Denver Nuggets on Monday night . Wade totaled 24 points , four rebounds , four assists and a steal . Goran Dragic and Joe Johnson were next with a pair of 18 - point efforts . Dragic also dished out 11 assists , hauled in four rebounds and recorded a steal , while Johnson posted three boards , two assists and two steals . Richardson led the bench with 19 points , two rebounds , two assists , a steal and a block . Whiteside managed a 16 - point , 13 - rebound double - double , which also included two assists and two blocks . Miami is currently in second place in the Eastern Conference 's Southeast Division , and is presently slotted in the fourth seed as well . They travel to New Orleans to face the Pelicans on Tuesday .
The Miami Heat (40 - 29) handily defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers (49 - 20) 122 - 101 on Saturday. The Heat ambushed their unsuspecting visitors right from the jump, and kept the foot on the gas the rest of the way. Miami won the first quarter by a margin of 31 - 19, and had built up a 65 - 44 lead by halftime. They tallied one of their best point totals of the season through superior shooting, as they managed a 55 success rate from the field, and an even more impressive 58 percent figure from beyond the arc. Dwyane Wade stepped up to lead the starters, and Josh Richardson and Hassan Whiteside were outstanding contributors off the bench. LeBron James did manage an impressive effort at the scene of some of his greatest career accomplishments, posting 26 points, three points, three assists and a steal. Kyrie Irving contributed 14 points, four assists and three steals. Richard Jefferson paced the bench with 20 points, four rebounds, an assist and a steal. Matthew Delladedova also managed double - digit scoring off the bench, supplying 10 points, three assists and a rebound. Despite the loss, Cleveland remains atop the Eastern Conference's Central Division, and the conference as well, albeit by a slim 2 games ahead of the Toronto Raptors. They head back home to face off against the Denver Nuggets on Monday night. Wade totaled 24 points, four rebounds, four assists and a steal. Goran Dragic and Joe Johnson were next with a pair of 18 - point efforts. Dragic also dished out 11 assists, hauled in four rebounds and recorded a steal, while Johnson posted three boards, two assists and two steals. Richardson led the bench with 19 points, two rebounds, two assists, a steal and a block. Whiteside managed a 16 - point, 13 - rebound double - double, which also included two assists and two blocks. Miami is currently in second place in the Eastern Conference's Southeast Division, and is presently slotted in the fourth seed as well. They travel to New Orleans to face the Pelicans on Tuesday.
The Miami Heat (40 - 29) handily defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers (49 - 20) 122 - 101 on Saturday. The Heat ambushed their unsuspecting visitors right from the jump, and kept the foot on the gas the rest of the way. Miami won the first quarter by a margin of 31 - 19, and had built up a 65 - 44 lead by halftime. They tallied one of their best point totals of the season through superior shooting, as they managed a 55 success rate from the field, and an even more impressive 58 percent figure from beyond the arc. Dwyane Wade stepped up to lead the starters, and Josh Richardson and Hassan Whiteside were outstanding contributors off the bench. LeBron James did manage an impressive effort at the scene of some of his greatest career accomplishments, posting 26 points, three points, three assists and a steal. Kyrie Irving contributed 14 points, four assists and three steals. Richard Jefferson paced the bench with 20 points, four rebounds, an assist and a steal. Matthew Delladedova also managed double - digit scoring off the bench, supplying 10 points, three assists and a rebound. Despite the loss, Cleveland remains atop the Eastern Conference's Central Division, and the conference as well, albeit by a slim 2 games ahead of the Toronto Raptors. They head back home to face off against the Denver Nuggets on Monday night. Wade totaled 24 points, four rebounds, four assists and a steal. Goran Dragic and Joe Johnson were next with a pair of 18 - point efforts. Dragic also dished out 11 assists, hauled in four rebounds and recorded a steal, while Johnson posted three boards, two assists and two steals. Richardson led the bench with 19 points, two rebounds, two assists, a steal and a block. Whiteside managed a 16 - point, 13 - rebound double - double, which also included two assists and two blocks. Miami is currently in second place in the Eastern Conference's Southeast Division, and is presently slotted in the fourth seed as well. They travel to New Orleans to face the Pelicans on Tuesday.
<GAME> <DATE> 19 March 2016 <DAY> Saturday <STADIUM> American Airlines Arena <CITY> Miami <HOME> <TEAM> Heat <CITY> Miami <TEAM-RESULT> lost <TEAM-PTS> 122 <WINS-LOSSES> 40 29 <QTRS> 31 34 33 24 <TEAM-AST> 29 <3PT> 11 <TEAM-FG> 46 <TEAM-FT> 19 <TEAM-REB> 42 <TEAM-TO> 11 <NEXT-HOME> <NEXT-DATE> 22 March 2016 <NEXT-DAY> Tuesday <NEXT-STADIUM> Smoothie King Center <NEXT-CITY> New Orleans <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> New Orleans <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Pelicans <NEXT-IS-HOME> no <VIS> <TEAM> Cavaliers <CITY> Cleveland <TEAM-RESULT> won <TEAM-PTS> 101 <WINS-LOSSES> 49 20 <QTRS> 19 25 26 31 <TEAM-AST> 19 <3PT> 10 <TEAM-FG> 40 <TEAM-FT> 11 <TEAM-REB> 26 <TEAM-TO> 14 <VIS-NEXT> <NEXT-DATE> 21 March 2016 <NEXT-DAY> Monday <NEXT-STADIUM> Quicken Loans Arena <NEXT-CITY> Cleveland <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> Denver <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Nuggets <NEXT-IS-HOME> yes <PLAYER> Dwyane Wade <TEAM> Miami Heat <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-0 <MIN> 28 <PTS> 24 <FG> 10 17 59 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 4 4 100 <REB> 4 <AST> 4 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 2 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Josh Richardson <TEAM> Miami Heat <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-1 <MIN> 32 <PTS> 19 <FG> 6 9 67 <FG3> 4 6 67 <FT> 3 4 75 <REB> 2 <AST> 2 <STL> 1 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Goran Dragić <TEAM> Miami Heat <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-2 <MIN> 29 <PTS> 18 <FG> 7 12 58 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 4 4 100 <REB> 4 <AST> 11 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 1 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> double <PLAYER> Joe Johnson <TEAM> Miami Heat <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-3 <MIN> 30 <PTS> 18 <FG> 7 11 64 <FG3> 4 6 67 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 2 <STL> 2 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Hassan Whiteside <TEAM> Miami Heat <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-4 <MIN> 24 <PTS> 16 <FG> 6 9 67 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 4 5 80 <REB> 13 <AST> 2 <STL> 0 <BLK> 2 <DREB> 9 <OREB> 4 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> double <PLAYER> Gerald Green <TEAM> Miami Heat <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-5 <MIN> 10 <PTS> 8 <FG> 3 8 38 <FG3> 2 4 50 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 2 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Amar'e Stoudemire <TEAM> Miami Heat <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-6 <MIN> 12 <PTS> 8 <FG> 3 4 75 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 5 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 2 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Justise Winslow <TEAM> Miami Heat <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-7 <MIN> 31 <PTS> 4 <FG> 2 8 25 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 0 2 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 4 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 2 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Luol Deng <TEAM> Miami Heat <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-8 <MIN> 23 <PTS> 3 <FG> 1 3 33 <FG3> 1 2 50 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 2 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Udonis Haslem <TEAM> Miami Heat <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-9 <MIN> 6 <PTS> 2 <FG> 1 2 50 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Josh McRoberts <TEAM> Miami Heat <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-10 <MIN> 11 <PTS> 2 <FG> 0 1 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 0 <AST> 1 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Tyler Johnson <TEAM> Miami Heat <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> LeBron James <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-0 <MIN> 26 <PTS> 26 <FG> 13 20 65 <FG3> 0 3 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 3 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 0 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Richard Jefferson <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-1 <MIN> 29 <PTS> 20 <FG> 7 10 70 <FG3> 3 4 75 <FT> 3 3 100 <REB> 4 <AST> 1 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Kyrie Irving <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-2 <MIN> 27 <PTS> 14 <FG> 5 8 62 <FG3> 1 2 50 <FT> 3 3 100 <REB> 0 <AST> 4 <STL> 3 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 4 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Matthew Dellavedova <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-3 <MIN> 24 <PTS> 10 <FG> 4 12 33 <FG3> 2 3 67 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 3 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> James Jones <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-4 <MIN> 10 <PTS> 7 <FG> 2 4 50 <FG3> 2 3 67 <FT> 1 1 100 <REB> 1 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Kevin Love <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-5 <MIN> 16 <PTS> 7 <FG> 3 7 43 <FG3> 1 4 25 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Timofey Mozgov <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-6 <MIN> 11 <PTS> 4 <FG> 2 2 100 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 4 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 3 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 1 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Iman Shumpert <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-7 <MIN> 22 <PTS> 4 <FG> 1 4 25 <FG3> 0 2 0 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 3 <AST> 4 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Channing Frye <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-8 <MIN> 15 <PTS> 3 <FG> 1 2 50 <FG3> 1 2 50 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 4 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Tristan Thompson <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-9 <MIN> 17 <PTS> 2 <FG> 1 2 50 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 2 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> J. R. Smith <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-10 <MIN> 19 <PTS> 2 <FG> 1 2 50 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Sasha Kaun <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-11 <MIN> 2 <PTS> 1 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jordan McRae <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-12 <MIN> 15 <PTS> 1 <FG> 0 3 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 3 <AST> 2 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 0 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none