{"id":492513,"date":"2025-04-29T02:33:55","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T06:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=492513"},"modified":"2025-04-29T02:33:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T06:33:55","slug":"cavaliers-dominate-heat-in-historic-blowout-sweep-series-4-0","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/cavaliers-dominate-heat-in-historic-blowout-sweep-series-4-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Cavaliers dominate Heat in historic blowout, sweep series 4\u20130"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Cleveland Cavaliers emphatically punched their ticket to the Eastern Conference semi-finals with a 138\u201383 demolition of the Miami Heat, completing a 4\u20130 sweep in their first-round playoff series. The 55-point margin marked not only the fourth-largest blowout in NBA playoff history, but also Miami\u2019s worst-ever postseason defeat.<\/p>\n<p>Donovan Mitchell led the charge with 22 points, while De&#8217;Andre Hunter (19), Ty Jerome (18), and Evan Mobley (17) all added to a relentless offensive attack.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83c\udfc6 MONDAY&#8217;S FINAL SCORES \ud83c\udfc6<\/p>\n<p>Donovan Mitchell and the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cavs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@cavs<\/a> secure their place in the East Semis!<\/p>\n<p>De&#8217;Andre Hunter: 19 PTS<br \/>\nTy Jerome: 18 PTS, 5 AST<br \/>\nEvan Mobley: 17 PTS, 7 REB, 2 BLK<br \/>\nJarrett Allen: 14 PTS, 12 REB, 6 STL <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DjCzrbxYlj\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/DjCzrbxYlj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1917052190650470684?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 29, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe came out here with a goal in mind, to keep our foot on their throat,\u201d Mitchell said postgame. \u201cWe wanted 48 minutes of full-pressure basketball.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Cavaliers dominated from start to finish and never let the Heat into the game. Miami\u2019s previous worst playoff loss was by 37 points \u2014 a record shattered in a series where they never found their rhythm.<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland now awaits the winner of the Milwaukee Bucks vs. Indiana Pacers series, with the Pacers leading 3\u20131.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M-6O6gUUk0Y?si=piOdfeZj6HrZGBCL\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Out West, the Golden State Warriors held off a determined Houston Rockets squad with a 109\u2013106 win to take a 3\u20131 series lead.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jimmy Butler, returning from a pelvic injury, came up clutch with 14 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter. Brandin Podziemski added 26 points, including six three-pointers, to fuel the Warriors\u2019 offense.<\/p>\n<p>Golden State overcame a seven-point halftime deficit with an 18\u20131 run in the third quarter, but the game was knotted at 104 in the final minutes. Fred VanVleet, who had 25 points with eight threes, missed a potential game-tying shot at the buzzer.<\/p>\n<p>Game 5 is set for Wednesday, April 30 at 7:30 p.m. local time in Houston.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IKKzTJT8dQM?si=z3HYY1ZP-omvuqQM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cleveland Cavaliers emphatically punched their ticket to the Eastern Conference semi-finals with a 138\u201383 demolition of the Miami Heat, completing a 4\u20130 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":492514,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17531,16989,17010,23474],"news_category":[16706,16715,14084],"gn_keywords":[18066,17876,17912,23475],"acf":{"announce":"Warriors took 3-1 lead against Pacers as jimmy Butler returned","video":["video"]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/492513"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492513"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/492513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":492515,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/492513\/revisions\/492515"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492513"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=492513"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=492513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}