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."

All-Stars Darius Garland and Tyler Herro have entered into a battle on the court and now a war of words off it during the first-round series between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Miami Heat. After the Cavs' 121-112 Game 2 victory on Wednesday,

Fear The Sword's Jackson Flickinger also explained how it's reductive to say Cleveland is only going after Herro. Head coach Kenny Atkinson and his staff want their players to seek out mismatches across all of Miami's defense.