The 133-121 NBA Cup win marks Miami's sixth victory in its last eight games after an 0-4 start.
Giannis Antetokounmpo and Bam Adebayo each scored 37 points as the Heat beat the Cavaliers 133-121 in NBA Cup group play on Friday night. It is the first time Heat teammates have both scored 35-plus in the same game since LeBron James and Dwyane Wade did it.
Miami started the season 0-4 and drew plenty of criticism for it, but the Heat have now won six of their last eight games, with this one standing as their best win of the year so far. Antetokounmpo and Adebayo said afterward that the performance was simply how the team was supposed to look all along.
The win offers a glimpse of what Miami's ceiling could be with its two biggest stars clicking at the same time. For a team still working to settle into its identity, beating a quality Cleveland squad by double digits with that kind of production from the top of the roster counts as meaningful evidence the pieces can fit.