Hornets are also required to admit that the Heat's offer of Herro, Jaquez and Lowry was the best one and Bucks should have taken it.

... so the NBA is admitting that LaMelo should have gotten ejected, but there's no other recompense for the Heat, whose season is now over?

This is actually perfect. We gotta get Miami Twitter to come over here so we can enjoy the meltdown too

Pacino in Heat:

A thoroughly enjoyable trip to the cinema today with my beloved Sarra Manning, purveyor of top quality romance writing, to see Fuze. It's vaguely reminiscent of Heat (could have been called Temperate) but the action is nonstop and the cast incredibly pretty.

From the clutch shooting to that game-saving block by Bridges, let’s break down how the Hornets survived and sent the Heat home on @joinoffside.bsky.social

The Hoop Collective on an intense first night of play-in action, starting with the Hornets’ chaotic, controversial win over the Heat: youtu.be/XVyFaX4QcPU?...

I missed this b/c I was watching on Amazon (whose feed cut out). But here's the whole story:

Spo took out Ware with 50 seconds left, and without their rim protector the Heat gave up two lay-ups to get eliminated from the playoffs.

If any other coach did this we'd be crushing him.

NBA reviewing LaMelo Ball takedown of Bam Adebayo that led to Heat star's exit from game Ball apologized after the game. Heat coach Erik Spoelstra thought Ball should have been ejected.

NBA reviewing LaMelo Ball takedown of Bam Adebayo that led to Heat star's exit from game

www.nbcsports.com/nba/news/nba...

Bam Adebayo was forced to leave the Heat’s Play-In Tournament loss to the Hornets with a lower-back injury after LaMelo Ball grabbed his leg while already on his way down to the ground on a loose ball.

No foul of any kind — flagrant or personal — was called on the play.

UD is every Heat after that loss...

The Heat and Hornets gave us a fantastic game.

But this almost ruined it, lol

The Heat would've won by 76 if LaMelo Ball didn't intentionally injure Bam Adebayo

My entire Heat group chat is celebrating. If Bam is okay, I’ll buy LaMelo a beer

Heat had a one-point lead to defend.

Kel'el Ware had five blocks in the game

LaMelo Ball attacked the rim, and Ware was on the bench while it happened.

With the Heat's loss tonight, the Timberwolves now have the third longest active playoff streak (5 seasons) behind only the Celtics (12) and Nuggets (8)

The Miami Heat will not qualify for a playoff spot for the first time in seven years.

Heat had two previous streaks of six consecutive postseason appearances (1996-2001, 2009-2014) and wound up missing out when going for a seventh straight appearance three times now.

Heat never had a chance, obv.

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Hornets win. Happy for Grant Williams and Xavier Tillman.

And the Heat...

Ok technical difficulties is actually a perfect way for this Heat season to end.

this Hornets-Heat play-in has had about everything you could ask for, other than more Bam Adebayo

The next Heat-Hornets game will be funhttps://www.nba.com/news/bam-adebayo-back-injury

I've got a cousin who's a die-hard Heat fan, and there's a non-zero chance I'll encounter him tomorrow.

I'm going to keep my mouth shut. #NBA

That really had to STING for the Heat huh

#LateJokes

“The Heat are out of the playoffs” like Round 2 won’t be Pistons Cavs, Duncan vs Strus #undrafted

Heat’s Spoelstra angry after Ball’s trip of Adebayo leads to injury in season-ending loss: ‘I don’t think it’s cute’ Heat coach Erik Spoelstras was not happy ... at all.

Heat’s Spoelstra angry after Ball’s trip of Adebayo leads to injury in season-ending loss: ‘I don’t think it’s cute’