{"id":678744,"date":"2026-03-25T19:26:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T19:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/678744\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T19:26:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T19:26:25","slug":"cavs-vs-heat-how-to-watch-odds-and-injury-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/678744\/","title":{"rendered":"Cavs vs. Heat: How to watch, odds, and injury report"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> are in the midst of a three-game stretch against teams from the Sunshine State. On Wednesday, they\u2019ll take on the Miami Heat for the first of two games in a row against an opponent they could face in the first round of the playoffs.<\/p>\n

The Cavs\u2019 position at fourth in the conference is seemingly set. Spots five through 10 in the standings aren\u2019t. Right now, two-and-a-half games separate the fifth-seeded Toronto Raptors<\/a> and the 10th-seeded Heat.<\/p>\n

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Miami is struggling and has fallen to the bottom of the Play-In as a result. They\u2019ve lost five in a row. We\u2019ll see if the Cavs can extend that losing streak a couple of games further this week.<\/p>\n

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Who:\u00a0Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> (45-27) vs. Miami Heat (38-34)<\/p>\n

Where: Rocket Arena \u2013 Cleveland, OH<\/p>\n

When: Wed., March 25 at 7:30 PM<\/p>\n

TV: FanDuel Sports Network Ohio, FanDuel Sports App, NBA League Pass<\/p>\n

Point spread: Cavs -2.5<\/p>\n

Cavs injury report: Jaylon Tyson \u2013 OUT (toe), Jarrett Allen \u2013 OUT (knee)<\/a>, Craig Porter Jr. \u2013 OUT (groin), Larry Nance Jr. \u2013 QUESTIONABLE (illness), Olivier Sarr \u2013 OUT (G League)<\/p>\n

Heat injury report: Terry Rozier \u2013 OUT (not with team), Vladislav Goldin \u2013 OUT (G League), Trevor Keels \u2013 OUT (G League), Jahmir Young \u2013 OUT (G League)<\/p>\n

Cavs expected starting lineup: James Harden, Donovan Mitchell, Sam Merrill, Dean Wade, Evan Mobley<\/p>\n

Heat expected starting lineup: Davion Mitchell, Tyler Herro, Pelle Larsson, Andrew Wiggins, Bam Adebayo<\/p>\n

Previous matchup: The shorthanded (and later fined) Cavs defeated the Heat 130-116 on Nov. 12<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a look at both teams\u2019 impact stats via Cleaning the Glass<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Offensive Rating<\/p>\n

Defensive Rating<\/p>\n

Net Rating<\/p>\n

Cavs<\/p>\n

118.9 (6th)<\/p>\n

114.5 (13th)<\/p>\n

+4.4 (9th)<\/p>\n

Heat<\/p>\n

116 (13th)<\/p>\n

113.2 (7th)<\/p>\n

+2.7 (11th)<\/p>\n

Dealing with a busted bracket?<\/p>\n

The Sweet 16 is almost here \u2013 who\u2019s still alive? We\u2019re reviewing the week that was in the first week of the NCAA tournament and turning our focus to remaining teams. How bad (or good!) is your bracket? Join us in the SB Nation March Madness Feed<\/a> and let\u2019s talk about who\u2019s most likely to make a run to glory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cleveland Cavaliers are in the midst of a three-game stretch against teams from the Sunshine State. On…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":678745,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3778],"tags":[500,2648,7,305,193,14901,491,5759,864,576,144,10699,560,1178,2286,2988,295,189,3881,6,16672,2248,1166,1677,476,30919,492,3548],"class_list":["post-678744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami-heat","tag-andrew-wiggins","tag-bam","tag-basketball","tag-cleveland","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-craig-porter-jr","tag-davion-mitchell","tag-dean-wade","tag-donovan-mitchell","tag-evan-mobley","tag-heat","tag-jahmir-young","tag-james-harden","tag-jarrett-allen","tag-jaylon-tyson","tag-larry-nance-jr","tag-miami","tag-miami-heat","tag-miamiheat","tag-nba","tag-olivier-sarr","tag-pelle-larsson","tag-sam-merrill","tag-terry-rozier","tag-toronto-raptors","tag-trevor-keels","tag-tyler-herro","tag-vladislav-goldin"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116291464441846603","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=678744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/678745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}