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ABOUT THE HEAT (7-3): Butler worked to get his teammates involved early on Tuesday and finished with a season high in assists while adding 20 points. "He just really controlled the entire game in the fourth quarter offensively for us," Miami coach Erik Spoelstra told reporters of Butler. "He choreographed basically every action. Either we got him in the middle against the zone or had him handle up top versus the man or zone going down the stretch. He just reads the game and plays the right way, even when there's some stress and pressure and some tough possessions and the momentum shifting." Adebayo added 18 points and a season-high 14 rebounds on Tuesday for his fifth double-double.
ABOUT THE CAVALIERS (4-6): Cleveland is in a rebuilding year but continues to play hard and has already pushed East contenders like Boston and Philadelphia to the final buzzer. "Things are slowly coming together. I feel that we're moving in the right direction," Cavaliers coach John Beilein told cleveland.com. "I love some of the leadership that we are getting, and I love the progression of the young guys. It's never fast enough for me. It's never fast enough for them. They all want to be stars and I want them to be really good as a team and do it fast too. But it is positive right now." Second-year guard Collin Sexton is coming along fast and followed up a 31-point outburst in a win at New York on Sunday with 18 points against the 76ers.
- Tyrone Black, Gambling911.com
