Heat Win Against Cavs In Last Two Minutes

Heat Win Against Cavs In The Last Two Minutes

For the last two minutes, LeBron James' current team was in big trouble against his former team, as they are still down by seven points.

That is, until the Miami Heat saved their very best for the very end.

James found Ray Allen for the go-ahead 3-pointer with 18.2 seconds left, highlighting a nine-point run to end the game and lift the Heat to a 110-108 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday night.

Miami held the lead for just 2 minutes, 29 seconds. Cleveland led 108-101 with 1:58 remaining, before the reigning NBA champions found a way to stay perfect at home.

''It speaks to the competitive will that the guys have at the end of close games,'' Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. ''We have a lot of gamers in that locker room. They rise to the occasion. They want situations like that. That can be dangerous, as well.''

James finished with 30 points for the Heat. Chris Bosh scored 23 points, Dwyane Wade added 18 and Allen finished with 17 - 15 in the fourth quarter - for the Heat, who lost Shane Battier in the third quarter to a sprained right knee.

Of the nine Cleveland players who logged minutes, everyone but Tyler Zeller scored at least 10 points. Jeremy Pargo and Dion Waiters each scored 16 for Cleveland. Omri Casspi got 15, 13 from Tristan Thompson, 12 from Alonzo Gee, 11 from Gibson, a 10-point, 15-rebound night from Anderson Varejao, and 10 more points from CJ Miles.

''Tough loss,'' Varejao said. ''We had control of the whole game and at the end we gave away easy layups and we didn't play smart on offense and we lost the game.''

Posted by Andre Monohan on Monday November 26 2012, 4:38 AM EST. Ref: Google. All trademarks acknowledged. Filed under Featured News. Comments and Trackbacks closed. Follow responses: RSS 2.0