{"id":76833,"date":"2026-04-15T01:21:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T01:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/heats-bam-adebayo-injured-in-nba-play-in-tournament-after-lamelo-ball-grabs-ankle-on-fall\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T01:21:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T01:21:54","slug":"heats-bam-adebayo-injured-in-nba-play-in-tournament-after-lamelo-ball-grabs-ankle-on-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/heats-bam-adebayo-injured-in-nba-play-in-tournament-after-lamelo-ball-grabs-ankle-on-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"Heat\u2019s Bam Adebayo injured in NBA Play-In Tournament after LaMelo Ball grabs ankle on fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Miami Heat big man Bam Adebayo was forced to leave the team\u2019s Play-In Tournament game in the second quarter after he appeared to be tripped by Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball on a loose ball. The Heat star is questionable to return with a lower-back injury, while Miami\u2019s bench was incensed that no foul was called on the play.<\/p>\n<p>With 11:10 remaining in the second quarter, Ball attempted a floater, but it was blocked by Miami\u2019s Simone Fontecchio. Adebayo saved the ball from going out of bounds, sending it back to Fontecchio to save the possession.<\/p>\n<p>As Fontechhio blocked the shot, he made contact with Ball, who fell to the ground. As he came down, the Hornets\u2019 star pulled Adebayo\u2019s leg as Adebayo tried to land, forcing the Heat big man to fall to the floor.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Should LaMelo Ball have been called for a flagrant foul for this play on Bam Adebayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5zH7DCfZBH\">pic.twitter.com\/5zH7DCfZBH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Athletic NBA (@TheAthleticNBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAthleticNBA\/status\/2044221416678236392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Over the ensuing possessions, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra and other players were upset no infraction was called. The play was also not reviewed for a flagrant foul, though, as Prime sideline reporter Cassidy Hubbarth explained, that was not possible because it included a change of possession and the game continued immediately after the injury, so there was no stoppage to give officials a chance to review the play. Once a play resumes, officials are not allowed to then go back and review a play that occurred before the next stoppage.<\/p>\n<p>At halftime, Prime analyst Udonis Haslem, who has notable ties to the Heat, said that he did not think Ball was intentionally trying to hurt Adebayo\u2019s ankle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDefinitely a little WWE there,\u201d Haslem said. \u201cWhat I will say is LaMelo is not a dirty player, so I don\u2019t think he meant to do that intentionally to try to hurt Bam. But in the heat of the moment \u2026 you sometimes make split second decisions. I think he made a split second decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Haslem did call out the officials for not calling any sort of foul on the play.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miami Heat big man Bam Adebayo was forced to leave the team\u2019s Play-In Tournament game in the second quarter after he appeared to be tripped by Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball on a loose ball. The Heat star is questionable to return with a lower-back injury, while Miami\u2019s bench was incensed that no foul was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":76834,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_daextam_enable_autolinks":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football-transfers"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/iiipxiEqGGbI_pwwDbuIKRzti_1440x960.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}