Miami Heat star Tyler Herro downplays his spat with fellow star player Kevin Durant

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Tyler Herro has always had one of the biggest personalities on the Miami Heat. He is known for making flamboyant plays, which is reflected in his performances as a top scorer and playmaker for the Heat. Sometimes, this irks some of his opponents, but he usually does not have any big spats.

On Saturday, the Heat won a 115-105 game against the Houston Rockets. During that game, Herro and Rockets superstar Kevin Durant had a spat, which led to a viral clip of them going at each other. However, it seems that was just something in the heat of the moment.

Herro does not mind the spat he had with Durant

Trash talk is part of the game, especially in the NBA, where there are a lot of big personalities. Herro and Durant are two of that kind of player because they love to talk, and they usually back it up with their elite performances.

With that kind of personality, players of their caliber are bound to clash at some point. Other players might want to just hoop and beat each other with their performances, but some want to do that while talking some trash back and forth.

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That is what happened with Herro and Durant, as they became frustrated with each other as the star players. Neither of them took it personally, as they knew it was just a game. Herro even went on to say that he and Durant go way back, days after the matchup.

"Me and Kev been cool for a long time. He used to send me shoes in high school. I’ve always been knowing KD for a minute. Yeah, he almost came here last year in the offseason. We were just competing. We were just talking normal competitive stuff," Herro said to Anthony Chiang of the Miami Herald.

Moving forward, this will be something that keeps happening. Herro and Durant are the types of players, who will keep doing this, and they will keep fighting for their rights as the star players.

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