Stephen Curry is all for physical playoff basketball and having to earn every shot, even if he is the one taking the brunt of it, with the Houston Rockets swarming the Golden State star and doing all they can trying to slow him down.

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.

The Miami Heat are on the brink of elimination after dropping a crucial Game 3 in their first-round series against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday. More NBA news: Charles Barkley Slams Cavaliers' Darius Garland For Missing Game 3 The Heat were rather flat in the must-win game,