Tyler Herro's attempt at a mean mug in NBA Finals gets swatted by Twitter

Tom Gatto

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Tyler Herro's attempt at a mean mug in NBA Finals gets swatted by Twitter image

Can a babyface produce a really good mean mug? Tyler Herro tried Sunday night in the NBA Finals. Twitter said, "Nah."

Herro, 20, was feeling feisty as his Heat got back into the series with a win over the Lakers in Game 3. The rookie guard didn't have a great game, shooting 6 for 18 from the floor and finishing with 17 points.

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And then this video of Herro snarling/sneering late in the game hit Twitter:

Which made his face the butt of jokes — and kind of a bull's-eye, too.

Tom Gatto

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Tom Gatto joined The Sporting News as a senior editor in 2000 after 12 years at The Herald-News in Passaic, N.J., where he served in a variety of roles including sports editor, and a brief spell at APBNews.com in New York, where he worked as a syndication editor. He is a 1986 graduate of the University of South Carolina.