Bam Adebayo reflects on LaMelo Ball incident ahead of preseason game
Yahoo Sports • 1 min read • Latest: Oct 9, 2026, 5:21 PM
Last updated Oct 9, 2026
Bam Adebayo prepares for a matchup against the Minnesota Timberwolves at Kaseya Center on October 7. This game marks the first encounter between Adebayo and LaMelo Ball since Ball's controversial play in April that sidelined Adebayo during a play-in game. Following that incident, Ball was fined $35,000 for a Flagrant 2 foul. Adebayo emphasized the importance of focusing on the present rather than holding onto past grievances, although he acknowledged the incident won't be forgotten. Both teams are expected to meet again in their season opener on October 21.
- •Adebayo highlights the significance of playing against Ball again.
- •Their last encounter led to Adebayo's injury and the Heat missing playoffs.
- •Ball was fined for the Flagrant 2 foul that injured Adebayo.
- •Heat's preseason game is scheduled for October 7 against Timberwolves.
- •Teams will face off again on October 21 in the season opener.
- 5:21 PMYahoo Sports — Six months after flagrant takedown, Heat’s Adebayo gets another LaMelo moment, ‘you don’t forget’
"MIAMI — An exhibition with meaning? Perhaps not to that degree. But Bam Adebayo would have every right to look at Saturday night’s matchup at Kaseya Center against the Minnesota Timberwolves as something more than a benign preseason game. As part of the NBA’s offseason makeover, one of the most dramatic changes outside of the Heat’s acquisition of Giannis Antetokounmpo was the Timberwolves’ ...
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