Adebayo Injured After LaMelo Ball Incident as Heat Fall to Hornets in Play-In
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Updated · NBC News · Apr 15
Adebayo Injured After LaMelo Ball Incident as Heat Fall to Hornets in Play-In
53 articles · Updated · NBC News · Apr 15
Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo exited the play-in game against the Charlotte Hornets with a lower back injury after a controversial incident involving LaMelo Ball.
Adebayo left in the second quarter after Ball appeared to grab his leg, but no foul was called and Ball remained in the game, later scoring the winning basket.
Heat coach Erik Spoelstra criticized the officials and said Ball should have been ejected; the loss ended Miami's season.
Why did referees fail to review a play that ended a star's season and a team's playoff hopes?
Will Adebayo's injury force the NBA to finally scrap its controversial 65-game rule?
Are brutal injuries like Adebayo's the new, unavoidable cost of the NBA's faster modern game?
Was LaMelo Ball's trip an accident or does a history of similar plays prove intent?
How does losing their captain in a play-in game completely alter the Miami Heat's offseason?