Cavs give Heat historic playoff shellacking, sparking Charles Barkley ribs

The Cleveland Cavaliers put an exclamation point on their sweep of the Miami Heat on Monday night with an historic - win Cleveland will move on to the second round of the playoffs Three starters and three bench players were in double figures for the Cavaliers Donovan Mitchell led the way with points and five assists while Jarrett Allen had points and rebounds De Andre Hunter led the bench scoring with points Ty Jerome added CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMCleveland led by as several as points in the tournament The -point margin in Encounter was the fourth-biggest playoff win in NBA history The Cavaliers -point margin between Games and was the largest point differential in two games in playoff history as well as the -point differential in the entire series according to ESPN We came out here with a goal in mind Mitchell revealed Heat guard Nikola Jovic led Miami with points as Bam Adebayo added However Miami head coach Erik Spoelstra summed the defeat up perfectly BUCKS STAR DAMIAN LILLARD TEARS ACHILLES PUTTING HIS - SEASON AT PERIL Damn it was humbling This series was humbling These last two games were embarrassing Spoelstra mentioned But Cleveland's also a very good unit They proved us why we weren't ready for that Basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley piled on at halftime I try not to ever use the word quit or choke This is quitting at its finest right here he mentioned on TNT I bet if we went to their house all their stuff is already packed If you lost by the last contest you can t stay in Miami If you lose by and come back and lose by you can t stay in town Cleveland looked as dangerous as advertised during the series Mitchell had the only -point match for the Cavaliers during the series doing it Games and The gang never had a meeting with fewer than association assists In Tournament Cleveland shot from the field We came down here with the right mentality and again our maturity our leadership all that stuff we've been talking about all year Cavaliers head coach Kenny Atkinson mentioned We don't seem to have letdowns That's rare The Associated Press contributed to this record Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter