4 craziest stats from Cleveland Cavaliers' 138-83 record-setting win over Miami Heat

Billy Heyen

4 craziest stats from Cleveland Cavaliers' 138-83 record-setting win over Miami Heat image

The Cleveland Cavaliers played one of the most impressive games in franchise history on Monday night.

In Game 4 of the first round of the NBA playoffs against the Miami Heat, on the road, the Cavs walloped their hosts to complete a series sweep.

The final score: Cleveland 138, Heat 83.

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In the process, the Cavs did all kinds of crazy statistical things. Here are a few of the most notable:

Largest playoff win ever?

The Cleveland Cavaliers had never won a playoff game by this wide of a margin.

Their previous best was 44 points, a 130-86 victory over the Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals.

That night did hold onto one record, the Cavs' 41-point halftime lead. On Monday, the Cavs only led by 39 at the intermission.

This goes down as the third-widest margin in NBA playoffs history, with the 55 points trailing just a 58-pointer and a 56-pointer.

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50/40/90 club

One of the most sought-after shooting statistics in the NBA for an individual is the 50/40/90 club. That's when a player shoots 50 percent from the field, 40 percent from 3-point range and 90 percent from the foul line.

The Cavs nearly reached those marks as a team on Monday.

Cleveland finished at 54.7 FG% (47-86), 46.8 3FG% (22-47) and 88 FT% (22-25).

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Jarrett Allen afro power

Cavs center Jarrett Allen had one of the best first halves in NBA playoffs history.

The big fella tallied 12 points, 11 rebounds and six steals before the break.

It's the first 10-10-5 half in that arrangement since 1997-98, per the NBA.

Allen's season-high for steals in a game was five before this crazy outburst.

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Streaking Cavs

There hasn't been a playoff team this potent in years.

The Cavs have now scored 120 or more points in four consecutive games.

The last time a team did that in the playoffs was the 2021 Jazz. Their star was a familiar name to this Cleveland roster: Donovan Mitchell.

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Billy Heyen

Billy Heyen is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. He is a 2019 graduate of Syracuse University who has written about many sports and fantasy sports for The Sporting News. Sports reporting work has also appeared in a number of newspapers, including the Sandusky Register and Rochester Democrat & Chronicle