Andrew Wiggins made an alley-oop dunk at the buzzer in overtime, leading the Miami Heat to a thrilling 140-138 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers

After the Heat's exciting win over the Cavs, Andrew Wiggins uses a familiar word to describe the difference between this season and last.

Last season’s first-round playoff series between the Miami Heat and Cleveland Cavaliers is remembered for how dominant the Cavaliers were. After all, the Cavaliers swept the Heat out of the first round of the playoffs by outscoring Miami by 122 points in the four games for the most lopsided playoff series in NBA history.

Miami Heat (7-5, sixth in the Eastern Conference) vs. New York Knicks (7-4, third in the Eastern Conference) New York; Friday, 7 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Knicks -9.5; over/under is 223.5 BOTTOM LINE: The Miami Heat travel to face the Miami Heat in an NBA Cup in-season tournament group play matchup.

Of course, the only game the Cavaliers have lost recently was in an instant classic with the Miami Heat on Monday. It appears the Cavaliers are treating the rematch only two days later as a rest day of sorts ahead of a six-game homestand that will begin Thursday against the Toronto Raptors.

The Cavaliers and Heat decide whether Donovan Mitchell and Bam Adebayo will play in their matchup on Wednesday.

With the Miami Heat coming off a 136-131 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday night, the team looks ahead to Monday, where they take on the Cleveland Cavaliers. However, as Heat captain Bam Adebayo continues to deal with a toe injury, he will once again be absent from the team.

The Miami Heat just played in what is already an early game of the year candidate against the Cleveland Cavaliers. In an overtime thriller, Andrew Wiggins converted on a game-winning lob with 0.4 seconds left on the clock to propel the Heat to a 140-138 victory.

The Portland Trail Blazers enter Saturday's matchup against the Miami Heat with a huge advantage, as both center Bam Adebayo and guard Tyler Herro will miss the

The worst stretch of Miami Heat center Kel'el Ware's young NBA career might have come against the Cleveland Cavaliers in his first NBA playoff series in April. But arguably the best game of Ware's young NBA career came seven months later in his first matchup against the Cavaliers since that rough playoff series.