Cavaliers Thrash Miami To Win Play-off Series 4-0

The Cleveland Cavaliers hit nan Miami Heat 138-83 to unafraid a 4-0 first-round play-off bid triumph and book their spot successful nan Eastern Conference semi-finals.

Donovan Mitchell scored 22 points for nan visiting Cavaliers, who were besides helped by De'Andre Hunter adding 19 points, Ty Jerome scoring 18 points and Evan Mobley contributing 17 points arsenic they won by nan fourth-largest winning separator successful an NBA play-off game.

"We came retired present pinch a extremity successful mind, to support our ft connected their pharynx and connected their cervix and proceed to play 48 minutes of basketball," Mitchell told TNT television

The 55-point separator was Miami's biggest play-off conclusion and overtook nan erstwhile grounds of 37 points which had been group successful nan 3rd crippled of nan best-of-seven series.

"We were humbled, but they had truthful overmuch to do pinch really we looked," said Miami coach Erik Spoelstra.

"None of america would person guessed this bid would person gone this measurement coming retired of our 2 play-ins. They conscionable took it to different level. They near america down these past 2 games."

The Cavaliers will play either nan Milwaukee Bucks aliases nan Indiana Pacers successful nan adjacent round, pinch nan second starring that bid 3-1.

In San Francisco, nan Golden State Warriors took a 3-1 lead successful nan Western Conference first-round play-off bid against nan Houston Rockets pinch a 109-106 location win.

Jimmy Butler was backmost for nan Warriors aft missing crippled 3 pinch a pelvic wounded and scored 14 of his 27 points successful nan 4th quarter, while team-mate Brandin Podziemski made six three-pointers successful his 26 points.

The Warriors had trailed by 7 points astatine half-time earlier going connected an 18-1 tally astatine nan commencement of nan 3rd quarter, but nan people was tied astatine 104 pinch 1 infinitesimal 20 seconds near of nan contest.

Fred VanVleet scored 24 of his 25 points from three-point region for nan Rockets but missed a long-range changeable successful nan last 2nd that would person tied nan game.

Game 5 will beryllium successful Houston connected Wednesday, 30 April astatine 19:30 section time.