In the end, cold, hard realities caught up to the Miami Heat, their season ending with Monday night’s thrashing at the hands of the Cleveland Cavaliers at Kaseya Center.

The Cleveland Cavaliers obliterated the Heat in Game 4 Monday, sweeping them with ease. The tests in the playoffs will only get tougher.

Darius Garland will get at least a couple more days off, after the Cleveland Cavaliers ruled the All-Star guard out of Game 4 of their Eastern Conference first-round series against the Miami Heat on Monday night.