On Wednesday, Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball was retroactively assessed a flagrant foul penalty 2 and fined $35,000 for the play on Bam Adebayo's that Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra described as ...

Heat big man Bam Adebayo remains out after LaMelo Ball appeared to grab his ankle while bracing his own fall. Jacob Kupferman / Getty Images Bam Adebayo was forced to leave the Miami Heat’s ...

After being attended to by trainers, Bam Adebayo got to his feet and walked off under his own power to the locker room. Tim Reynolds | The Associated Press Bam Adebayo lies on the ground after being ...

Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball apologized for a play that injured Heat captain Bam Adebayo. Adebayo left the game with a lower back injury and did not return. The Miami Heat lost the game in ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Miami coach Erik Spoelstra said LaMelo Ball should have been ejected for tripping Bam Adebayo, leading to a lower back injury that knocked the Heat's star center out of Tuesday night ...

Bam Adebayo and the Miami Heat’s season came to end in frantic fashion in last night’s overtime loss to the Charlotte Hornets in the NBA play-in tournament. Well before both teams’ late-game theatrics ...

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. LaMelo Ball apologized for his role in the injury ...

The Miami Heat’s quest to come out of the NBA Play-In Tournament just become a lot more difficult. Early in the second quarter against the Charlotte Hornets, Heat captain Bam Adebayo was shaken up ...

LaMelo Ball has been here before. That's what some NBA fans began to realize when they dug deeper into the Charlotte Hornets' star's incident with Miami Heat big guy Bam Adebayo during Tuesday night's ...

Tuesday night’s NBA play-in tournament game was an eventful one for Hornets star LaMelo Ball. The young guard scored a game-high 30 points, including the game-winning layup in overtime. He was also ...

The NBA is reviewing LaMelo Ball’s trip of Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo to determine whether it merits upgrading to a potential flagrant foul and additional punishment. The decision is expected ahead ...

Charlotte Hornets point guard LaMelo Ball apologized to Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo after they were both involved in a controversial play that resulted in Adebayo suffering a back injury during ...