This all started when a reporter asked Garland to explain the key to playing clean basketball -- i.e. not turning the ball over -- against the Heat. "Pick on Tyler Herro and take care of the ball," Garland responded. "Don't play in tight spaces and pick on their weak defenders. Go at them."

The Cavaliers made it fairly clear based on their offensive strategy in the first two games of their series against the Heat that they were targeting a perceived weak link on Miami’s defense.

MIAMI—As the Miami Heat prepare for Game 3 against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday afternoon, a specific matchup between Tyler Herro and Darius Garland will undoubtedly be amplified. After Garland revealed the game plan to “pick on” the Heat star, Herro responded candidly after Friday's practice.