MIAMI HEAT (65-16) 96, CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (24-57) 95
Quicken Loans Arena
Monday
Radio/TV: WTAM (1100 AM)/Fox Sports Ohio

WHAT HAPPENED: Let's forget that the Heat were playing without their top six players. No LeBron James, Dwyane Wade or Chris Bosh.

One would think the Cavs could have rolled over this bunch. But that was anything but the case. The Heat opened up an 11-point point lead on the Cavs. But those scrappy Cavs came back and had a chance to win the game.

The ball was in Kyrie Irving's hands. He was lined up opposite Heat guard Norris Cole.

Cole has always been a great defender. He was a former Defensive Player of the Year in the Horizon League. He stripped Irving of the ball - even though he was given a blocked shot on the official stat sheet.

So, the Cavs dropped their fifth game in a row to the defensive NBA champion Heat.

That team is going to win another title this year.

This could be the last time fans at The Q see Scott coaching the team. He's on the hot seat and might not be asked to come back next year.

If that's the case, I'll miss him. He's one of the nicest guys I've met.

LAST GAME: The Cavs lost at Philadelphia on Sunday, 91-77.

UP NEXT: The Cavs travel to Charlotte at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Time Warner Cable Arena. 

STARTERS

SF Alonzo Gee (6-6, 219) vs. Rashard Lewis (6-10, 235)
PF Tristan Thompson (6-9, 227) vs. Juwan Howard (6-9, 250)

C Tyler Zeller (7-0, 250) vs. Joel Anthony (6-9, 245)
SG Wayne Ellington (6-4, 200) vs. Mike Miller (6-8, 210)
PG Kyrie Irving (6-3, 191) vs. Norris Cole (6-2, 175)
INACTIVE LIST
Cavs - C Anderson Varejao, F Luke Walton
Heat - F Shane Battier, F Udonis Haslem
OFFICIALS
Tom Washington, JT Orr, Zach Zarba