All-Star guard Darius Garland was ruled out by the Cleveland Cavaliers for Game 3 of their Eastern Conference first-round series Saturday against the Miami Heat because of a sprained left big toe.

Cleveland Cavaliers star guard Darius Garland will sit out Saturday's Game 3 of the Eastern Conference first-round series against the host Miami Heat due to a toe injury. Sam Merrill will start in his first career playoff game in the absence of Garland,

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."