NBA 2026-27 · Regular season · NBA Cup · East Group B · Meeting 1 of the season

What does Cavaliers vs Heat change in the NBA playoff race?

Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers

4-2

8:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Heat

Miami Heat

2-4

Fri, Nov 13, 2026 · 8:00 PM ET (Nov 14, 10:00 KST)Kaseya Center, Miami

What's at stake

Current standings (93 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for the 15 East teams. Arithmetic, not odds.

Cavaliers win

CavaliersMagic 75→73Top-6 magic 75→74
HeatEast #10→#11play-in (7–10)→outside the top 10Tragic 76→75

9 more teams

76ersMagic 73→72
CelticsMagic 74→73
PistonsMagic 74→73
RaptorsMagic 76→75
WizardsMagic 76→75
HawksMagic -→75
HornetsMagic -→75
KnicksMagic -→76
MagicEast #11→#10outside the top 10→play-in (7–10)Magic -→76

Heat win

CavaliersEast #4→#5Magic 75→-Top-6 magic 75→-
HeatEast #10→#8Tragic 76→-
RaptorsEast #5→#4
HornetsEast #8→#9
KnicksEast #9→#10

Both teams going in

Team	Magic	Tragic	Top-6 magic
CavaliersEast #4 · 4-3	75	-	75
HeatEast #10 · 2-4	-	76	-

Magic number = wins left to lock a top-10 (play-in) finish (top-6 magic: a direct berth); tragic number = losses left until elimination. Ties count against the team. How we calculate →

Season series

Meeting 1 of 3 this season

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Team records

Cavaliers4-2
Heat2-4

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Cavaliers

Jaylon TysonOut
Peyton WatsonOut

Heat

Tre DonaldsonAvailable
Vladislav GoldinAvailable
Tim Hardaway Jr.Available

BALLDONTLIE injury report (status only). It can change before tip-off.

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Game data: BALLDONTLIE. Magic and tragic numbers are computed by this site.