{"id":274977,"date":"2025-04-26T09:19:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T09:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/26\/cleveland-cavaliers-vs-miami-heat-predicted-starting-lineups-and-depth-charts-for-game-3-april-26\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:08:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:08:44","slug":"cleveland-cavaliers-vs-miami-heat-predicted-starting-lineups-and-depth-charts-for-game-3-april-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/26\/cleveland-cavaliers-vs-miami-heat-predicted-starting-lineups-and-depth-charts-for-game-3-april-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleveland Cavaliers vs Miami Heat predicted starting lineups and depth charts for Game 3 (April 26)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\" data-postid=\"4892558\" data-slug-id=\"2492402\">\n<div class=\"vidazoo-player-container\">\n<span class=\"vidazoo-close-btn  hidden \"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/cmc-predictor\/v2\/cross-icon.png?w=40\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" alt=\"close\"\/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/basketball\/cleveland-cavaliers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> will play Game 3 of the Eastern Conference first round against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/basketball\/miami-heat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Miami Heat<\/a> at Kaseya Center on Saturday. On Wednesday, they defeated Miami 121-112 to take a 2-0 lead in the series. The Heat needs to win their first game at home, or else they\u2019ll go 3-0 down, at which point their playoff run will be all but over. <\/p>\n<p>Miami made things interesting in game two and even outperformed the Cavaliers during the second half. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/basketball\/tyler-herro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Tyler Herro<\/a> had a stellar game, recording 33 points, six rebounds and five assists. Davion Mitchell was also solid, finishing his night with 18 points and six assists.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Cavaliers relied on Donovan Mitchell, who went 7-for-10 from 3-point range, recording 30 points, six rebounds and six assists. Darius Garland was key and put up 21 points and nine assists. If the Heat hopes to catch up to the Cavs, players like Andrew Wiggins and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/basketball\/bam-adebayo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Bam Adebayo<\/a> will need to be a bigger part of the proceedings. <\/p>\n<p><template id=\"also-read-articles-template\"><\/p>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<p><template id=\"bets-today-poll\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"preview-card-holder bets-today-poll\">\n<p><span class=\"date\"\/> \u2022 <span class=\"time\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"march-madness-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/skm\/assets\/march-madness-logo.png\" height=\"42\" width=\"99\" alt=\"march madness logo\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<p>Herro alone won&#8217;t be able to take Miami past Cleveland. It&#8217;ll be interesting to see how the Heat adjusts for their Game 3. <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2>Cleveland Cavaliers vs Miami Heat Injury Reports for April 26 <\/h2>\n<h3>Miami Heat injury report <\/h3>\n<p>The Heat still don\u2019t have a clean bill of health as they have a few players listed on their injury report for Saturday\u2019s game. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/basketball\/kevin-love\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Kevin Love<\/a> (personal reasons) and Terru Roszier (ankle) will both miss game three against Cleveland.<\/p>\n<h3>Cleveland Cavaliers injury report<\/h3>\n<p>The Cleveland Cavaliers are mostly healthy, but could be without Darius Garland, who is listed as questionable with a toe sprain.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2>Cleveland Cavaliers vs Miami Heat Starting Lineups and Depth Charts for April 26 <\/h2>\n<div class=\"sportskeeda-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/basketball\/youtube\">\n<div 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is expected to start Tyler Herro, Davion Mitchell, Andrew Wiggins, Bam Adebayo and Kel\u2019el Ware.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sportskeeda-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/basketball\/table\">\n<table border=\"1\" id=\"save-dynamic-table\">\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"124\"\/>\n<col width=\"123\"\/>\n<col width=\"123\"\/>\n<col width=\"123\"\/>\n<col width=\"123\"\/><\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span><b>Point Guard<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span><b>Shooting Guard<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span><b>Small Forward<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span><b>Power Forward<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span><b>Center<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>Tyler Herro<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>Davion Mitchell<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>Andrew Wiggins<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>Bam Adebayo<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>Kel\u2019el Ware<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>Alec Burks<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>Duncan Robinson<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>Haywood Highsmith<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>Kyle Anderson<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>Nikola Jovic<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>Pelle Larsson<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>Jaime Jaquez Jr.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Cleveland Cavaliers starting lineup and depth charts<\/h3>\n<p>The Cleveland Cavaliers are expected to start Darius Garland, Donovan Mitchell, Max Strus, Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sportskeeda-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/basketball\/table\">\n<table border=\"1\" 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