A Cavaliers veteran sent a key text message to a group thread for the team that reminded them of the job at hand. What followed was a historic win.

The top-seeded Cavs swept the Miami Heat out of the NBA playoffs Monday night, punctuating their first-round series win with a record-setting 138-83 Game 4 rout. It’s the largest point differential in Cavaliers playoff history. It’s also just the second time in the Erik Spoelstra era that Miami has been swept — and third time ever.

Cleveland took a 39-point halftime lead over Miami on Monday night in Game 4 of the teams’ Eastern Conference first-round series, the third-largest lead after two quarters in NBA playoff history