The team with the best record in the East takes on the team with the worst record in all the NBA Playoffs in a series that starts on Sunday, April 20, in which the Cleveland Cavaliers will host the Miami Heat at Rocket Arena in Cleveland.

Cleveland Cavaliers fans are gearing up for game one of the Eastern Conference playoffs. On Sunday afternoon, the scene around Rocket Arena was calm compared to the storm of fans expected to converge downtown by the time the Cavs begin their 2025 playoff run at 7 p.

Amid a sea of white, as fans packed Rocket Arena donning their playoff shirts and their rally towels, the Cavaliers welcomed in the 2025 NBA Playoffs with the kind of energy special to Cleveland.