Mitchell scored eight of his thirty points in the final three minutes to hold off the game effort of the Heat, who rallied back from a deficit as large as nineteen points.
Evan Mobley finished with twenty points and Darius Garland added nineteen to support the Cavaliers, who lead the series two games to zero.
Game three moves the series to Miami on Sunday afternoon.
Swashbucklings
1) Donovan Mitchell did what teams hope superstars do- step up in the clutch.
Mitchell scored seventeen points in the fourth quarter, eight in a row to pull away from Miami, who had closed within a possession of tying the game.
Mitchell drove to the basket, and Miami couldn't stop him.
Period.
2) Hats off to Miami, which trailed by nineteen points late in the third quarter and pushed Cleveland to the limit behind Tyler Herro.
Herro finished with thirty-three points to lead all scorers, and Herro almost matched Mitchell bucket for bucket down the stretch.
3) Evan Mobley didn't play well in game one, but he returned for game two with an excellent game,
Mobley finished with twenty points but held Bam Adebayo to only three field goals from the floor.
Mobley is a finalist for Defensive Player of the Year and would be a deserving winner.
4) The Cavaliers hit eleven three-point attempts in the second quarter, an NBA record for the playoffs.
5) Ty Jerome understandably cooled off after a great game one, scoring six points on two for eight shooting.
6) DeAndre Hunter took some slack from Jerome off the bench with twelve points.
I think Hunter will be a larger factor as the playoffs move forward.
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