NBA 2026-27 · Regular season · Meeting 3 of the season
What does Heat vs Cavaliers change in the NBA playoff race?
Mon, Mar 29, 2027 · 7:00 PM ET (Mar 30, 08:00 KST)Rocket Arena, Cleveland
What's at stake
Current standings (103 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for the 15 East teams. Arithmetic, not odds.
Heat win
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 3 of 3 this season
Heat 0Cavaliers 0
Before this game
- Nov 13 Cavaliers @ Heat (Scheduled)
- Nov 29 Heat @ Cavaliers (Scheduled)
- Mar 29 Heat @ Cavaliers (Scheduled)
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Team records
Injury report
Heat
- Tre DonaldsonAvailable
- Vladislav GoldinAvailable
- Tim Hardaway Jr.Available
Cavaliers
- Jaylon TysonOut
- Peyton WatsonOut
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.