Dirty play? Spoelstra not happy with Lamelo Ball’s trip that injured Bam Adebayo | NBA highlights
Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra discussed the play that led to Bam Adebayo leaving the game with an injury.
Story: https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/bam-adebayo-injured-after-lamelo-ball-trips-him-heat-coach-says-ball-should-have-been-ejected/3795880/
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Yes it was dirty!!!! These cheaters should be going home right now!!!!
Hope he’s alright
Shut up f00l.
if you think a guy lying on his back can grab the ankles of a big strapping 275 lb guy and make him fall so hard and quickly he will break or bruise his tail bone then YOU ARE SMOKING CRACK .
THE MAN WAS GOING TO FALL ANYWAY . Lamelo was likely trying to help him
You and your Heat boys enjoy the Summer son and stop with the sill bitterness .
It was accidental fam
Brah there’s a lot trips, elbows, push offs etc that’s not called. If he didn’t get hurt we wouldn’t be talking about it
He was trying to avoid getting stepped on. Not dirty.
I didn’t think his 40 free throws was funny. For his 83
He clearly grabbed his foot, that kind of stuff doesn't happen in an accidental play. That should have been a flagrant foul 1 or 2 and some free throws. Taking in mind how close that game was every single point matter
Looked intentional he swung his arm through when he seen who it was y’all blind asf or are hornets fans
It could be lamelos fault but he was just moving his arm in and you cant even see where he is looking at
100% a dirty play, he was already on one foot at the very moment Ball-Less pulls the other leg out. NBA is trash, only gets worse. NBA doesn't allow defense anymore, then turn around and allowed that trash of a play.
Thank you Lamelo ball! Can’t be letting Bam disrespect Kobe like that.
I didn't see it but I know it was a dirty play. Watching the replay several times i can't tell.
That's the only way that the Hornets can beat the Heat and even a Celtics fan like me can see that 😂😂
Clearly dirty not quite mavs spurs or gsw dirty but pretty damn bad. Gsw and spurs are by far the dirtest teams ever
Grayson level of dirty
thats nothing compared to what green have done to other players
Payback for the mockery of bams 83 points. And he’s butthurt 😂
How does that knock you out of a win or go home game?!?! These dudes gotta toughen up
I will not watch the entirety of the playoffs if he isn’t suspended at least one game.
I don't think Melo intended to hurt Bam, I think he was just trying to trip him up. But before you come at me. I agree with all the comments, definitely at least one game suspension, imo. God Speed Bam🙌
The clown ignores the dirty shove that caused Ball's head to slam against Bam. Clearly Spoelstra has never been in a hit and taken a blow to the head before.
If that was Draymond they would’ve called the FBI and charged him with a felony
In the immortal words of your boss, Pat Riley, "here they are, whining about some game…"
Joel Embiid (76ers) did this a year ago, against Mitchell Robinson (Knicks) game 3 of the Knicks 76ers playoff series — he grabbed Robinson's surgically repaired ankle, while Robinson was jumping in the air for a rebound, and yanked Robinson's legs, felling the center. Mitchell Robinson ended up out for several games that series, with ankle management, and Embiid was even called for a common foul, eventually upgraded to a Flagrant 1, when these moves should be a Flagrant 2 and Ejection, because they are so dangerous. The NBA needs to set rules and abide by them. It's sad to see anyone at Bam's level sidelined for health in any circumstances, especially at Playoff time, and especially on a non-basketball play.
Bam pulled some wwe flop theater and paid the price -udonis haslem
Spolestra….. STFU. If that's the case then where was all this concern when you played Boston few years back? Dumb *ss.
Flagrant 1..
Lamelo was just playing Miami HEAT playoff basketball: Hurt the opposing teams best player to win. (See: Giannis & Jason Tatum)😂😂😂
Dirty
He's falling after getting pushed from behind, but it's somehow his fault? 😂😂 I don't have a favorite basketball team, and I don't root for either one of these teams. That's like getting mad at a forward for injuring your goaltender when the defender pushed him into the GT.
I hope your ok A Bio
CLEARLY intentional. Ball is a clown. Shoulda been tossed. Most definitely should be fined and suspended.
I don't think it's a dirty play. In the heat of the moment, at this level of competition emotions and reactions are highly linked. Even if a professional should be up for it. I think LaMelo was falling hard and hit his head on Bam. He maybe thought Bam hit his head on purpose so on his fall he grabbed Bam as some sort of back at you reaction. Still he should get a technical not a game suspension.
Flagrant 2 + suspension. How could you reward this behavior?
How could the ref not see that? He was standing right there. These ref's needs to be fine or suspended.