Heat pull away late, beat Cavaliers 133-121 behind Adebayo

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Bam Adebayo 37 PTS, 14 REB

9.5

Bam Adebayo scored 37 points with 14 rebounds, and the Heat beat the Cavaliers 133-121 at Kaseya Center in NBA Cup group play. Miami outscored Cleveland 41-30 in the fourth quarter to move to 6-6. The Cavaliers fell to 6-7.

The game turned on an 11-0 Heat run in the fourth. Miami trailed 94-93, then led 105-93 when the run ended. The Cavaliers never got back within single digits for long. Tyrese Proctor hit a three with 4:07 left, but Giannis Antetokounmpo answered with a fadeaway to make it 118-108.

Donovan Mitchell kept Cleveland close with back-to-back jumpers to cut it to 114-120 with 2:07 left. He finished with 25 points. Adebayo then hit a pullup from 21 feet with 31.1 seconds left to make it 128-115. Mitchell hit a three at 8.9 seconds, but Davion Mitchell's driving layup closed the scoring at 133-121. Davion Mitchell had 17 assists.

Chirp's Sim had the Heat at 56% before the game, and it called it.

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