Heat’s Bam Adebayo avoids officiating question on free-throw discrepancy: ‘Will you take the fine?’

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The Miami Heat lost an opening game of a playoff series for the first time this postseason, falling to the Denver Nuggets in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. 

Miami went cold from the field, shooting just 33.3% from beyond the three-point line and 40.6% overall. 

Bam Adebayo (13) of the Miami Heat sits on the court after he was sent flying out of bounds by Nikola Jokic (15) of the Denver Nuggets during the fourth quarter of the Nuggets' 104-93 win in game 1 of the NBA Finals at Ball Arena in Denver on Thursday, June 1, 2023.  (AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)

But it was the lack of free-throw attempts that drew questions after the game. 

The Heat shot and made just two free throws, the fewest free throws ever made and attempted in an NBA Finals game. 

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In the postgame press conference, Miami center Bam Adebayo and forward Haywood Highsmith were asked three times about the lack of free throw attempts, and Adebayo made sure to avoid any criticism of the officiating. 

"If I do say something, will you take the fine?" Adebayo said when asked about the free-throw discrepancy. "I just feel like we can’t even get into that. We can’t let them dictate the game. I just feel like we took a lot of jump shots, and we missed a lot of them instead of getting to the basket. 

"We’re going to watch film and get back to the drawing board." 

Haywood Highsmith #24 & Bam Adebayo #13 of the Miami Heat talks to the media after the game during game 1 of the 2023 NBA Finals on JUNE 1, 2023 at the Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado.  (Issac Baldizon/NBAE via Getty Images)

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