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 top-seeded Cavs swept the Miami Heat out of the NBA playoffs Monday night, punctuating their first-round series win with a record-setting 138-83 Game 4 rout. It’s the largest point differential in Cavaliers playoff history. It’s also just the second time in the Erik Spoelstra era that Miami has been swept — and third time ever.