The Cleveland Cavaliers had multiple players step up in their Game 3 win against the Miami Heat. They needed the boost, too, as Darius Garland was sidelined with a toe injury and Donovan Mitchell struggled shooting from the floor despite Cleveland's victory.

Homecourt didn’t help the Miami Heat against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Not against this, an opponent able to lock down on defense, light up on offense.

But it was the Eastern Conference’s top-seeded Cavaliers’ stifling defense on Herro that became the story of their dominant 124-87 Game 3 win over the East’s eighth-seeded Heat on Saturday at Kaseya Center to take a commanding 3-0 lead in the best-of-7 playoff series.