But that’s exactly what happened in Game 1, as the Eastern Conference’s eighth-seeded Heat was out-talented and outhustled in a 121-100 blowout loss to the top-seeded Cavaliers on Sunday night at Rocket Arena. The Cavaliers lead the best-of-7 series 1-0.

Game 1, for most people, had a fairly expected outcome. The Cavs just came out of a historic regular season run and are poised to prove that they should be in title contention talks. Coach Erik Spoelstra's Heat, on the other hand, may have caught fire late in the season, but the schemes and rotations all seem very half-baked.

Donovan Mitchell scored 30 points, Ty Jerome had 16 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Miami Heat 121-100 on Sunday night in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference first-round playoff series.