Pacers forward Tyler Hansbrough sent Wade to the ground with a hard foul with 10:23 left in the quarter. A replay revealed that Hansbrough raked his fingernails across Wade’s eyes, drawing blood above Wade’s right eyebrow.
“Obviously, my face is not the ball,” said Wade when asked if he thought Hansbrough was making a play on the ball. “I think it was uncalled for because I had already been fouled once.”
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Hansbrough’s head snapped back as he went to the ground. Haslem was whistled for a flagrant 1. From there, the Heat outscored the Pacers 83-58. After the game, Hansbrough said he wasn’t sure if Haslem’s foul was intentional.
“Check my rap sheet,” Haslem said, when asked if his foul was retaliatory. “I play hard. That’s it.”
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“Check my rap sheet,” Haslem said, when asked if his foul was retaliatory. “I play hard. That’s it.”
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“There were three hard fouls in this game, and the league will review them,” Spoelstra said. “We thought [Haslem] was making a play on the ball. This is a physical series. Nobody wants to make it into anything more than that.”
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The Heat outscored the Pacers 22-2 in fast-break points and outrebounded Indiana 49-35.
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