The teams enter this postseason having never faced each other in the playoffs as Miami has faced every other Eastern Conference team in the postseason except Cleveland. PROJECTED STARTERS HEAT G Tyler Herro G Alec Burks C Kel'el Ware F Andrew Wiggins F Bam Adebayo Heat coach Erik Spoelstra on the season: "We’ve been through a lot.

In one corner, the Cleveland Cavaliers stormed out to 15 wins in their first 15 games and never really looked back, capturing the East’s No. 1 seed and, along the way, becoming just the second team in history to produce three separate winning streaks of at least 12 games.

The No. 1-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers will face the No. 8-seeded Miami Heat in the first round of the 2025 NBA playoffs.