Cavaliers vs Heat: head-to-head
43 meetings since 2015-16
Cleveland Cavaliers18wins
Miami Heat25Rivalry analysis
Since the 2015-16 season, the Cavaliers and the Heat have met 43 times, regular season and playoffs combined. The Heat lead the series 25-18.
Over the last 6 meetings, the Cavaliers won 4 and the Heat won 2. The most recent game, on March 27, 2026, ended Cavaliers 149-128.
The home team won 27 of the 43 games (63%). These matchups averaged 217.0 total points, with a typical winning margin of 16.4 points; 8 of them were decided by five points or fewer.
Season-series sweeps: Heat in 2020-21, Heat in 2018-19. They have also met 4 times in the playoffs (2024-25), with the Cavaliers winning 4 and the Heat 0. Their next meeting is scheduled for November 13, 2026 in Miami.
Next meetings
| Nov 13, 2026 | Cavaliers @ Heat | 8:00 PM EST | CLE 52% |
| Nov 29, 2026 | Heat @ Cavaliers | 6:00 PM EST | |
| Mar 29, 2027 | Heat @ Cavaliers | 7:00 PM EDT |
Probability from today's Elo ratings (home court included); the frozen pre-game figure appears on the game page 7 days before tip-off.
Biggest wins
| Cavaliers | CLE 138 – 83 MIA · 2025-04-28 |
| Heat | CLE 84 – 121 MIA · 2024-03-24 |
2025-26 CLE 2 – 2 MIA
| 2026-03-27 | MIA 128 – 149 CLE | Final |
| 2026-03-25 | MIA 120 – 103 CLE | Final |
| 2025-11-12 | CLE 130 – 116 MIA | Final |
| 2025-11-10 | CLE 138 – 140 MIA | Final/OT |
2024-25 CLE 6 – 1 MIA
| 2025-04-28 · playoffs | CLE 138 – 83 MIA | Final |
| 2025-04-26 · playoffs | CLE 124 – 87 MIA | Final |
| 2025-04-23 · playoffs | MIA 112 – 121 CLE | Final |
| 2025-04-20 · playoffs | MIA 100 – 121 CLE | Final |
| 2025-03-05 | MIA 107 – 112 CLE | Final |
| 2025-01-29 | CLE 126 – 106 MIA | Final |
| 2024-12-08 | CLE 113 – 122 MIA | Final |
2023-24 CLE 1 – 3 MIA
| 2024-03-24 | CLE 84 – 121 MIA | Final |
| 2024-03-20 | MIA 107 – 104 CLE | Final |
| 2023-12-08 | CLE 111 – 99 MIA | Final |
| 2023-11-22 | MIA 129 – 96 CLE | Final |
2022-23 CLE 2 – 2 MIA
| 2023-03-10 | CLE 115 – 119 MIA | Final |
| 2023-03-08 | CLE 104 – 100 MIA | Final |
| 2023-01-31 | MIA 100 – 97 CLE | Final |
| 2022-11-20 | MIA 87 – 113 CLE | Final |
2021-22 CLE 2 – 1 MIA
| 2022-03-11 | CLE 105 – 117 MIA | Final |
| 2021-12-13 | MIA 94 – 105 CLE | Final |
| 2021-12-01 | CLE 111 – 85 MIA | Final |
2020-21 CLE 0 – 3 MIA
| 2021-05-01 | MIA 124 – 107 CLE | Final |
| 2021-04-03 | CLE 101 – 115 MIA | Final |
| 2021-03-16 | CLE 98 – 113 MIA | Final |
2019-20 CLE 1 – 3 MIA
| 2020-02-24 | MIA 119 – 125 CLE | Final/OT |
| 2020-02-22 | CLE 105 – 124 MIA | Final |
| 2019-11-20 | CLE 100 – 124 MIA | Final |
| 2019-11-14 | MIA 108 – 97 CLE | Final |
2018-19 CLE 0 – 4 MIA
| 2019-03-08 | CLE 110 – 126 MIA | Final |
| 2019-01-25 | MIA 100 – 94 CLE | Final |
| 2019-01-02 | MIA 117 – 92 CLE | Final |
| 2018-12-28 | CLE 94 – 118 MIA | Final |
2017-18 CLE 2 – 1 MIA
| 2018-03-27 | CLE 79 – 98 MIA | Final |
| 2018-01-31 | MIA 89 – 91 CLE | Final |
| 2017-11-28 | MIA 97 – 108 CLE | Final |
2016-17 CLE 1 – 3 MIA
| 2017-04-10 | CLE 121 – 124 MIA | Final |
| 2017-03-06 | MIA 106 – 98 CLE | Final |
| 2017-03-04 | CLE 92 – 120 MIA | Final |
| 2016-12-09 | MIA 84 – 114 CLE | Final |
2015-16 CLE 1 – 2 MIA
| 2016-03-19 | CLE 101 – 122 MIA | Final |
| 2015-12-05 | CLE 84 – 99 MIA | Final |
| 2015-10-30 | MIA 92 – 102 CLE | Final |
Results from BALLDONTLIE. Our database starts with the 2015-16 season, so this is not an all-time franchise record.