Game 4 of NBA final interrupted to check one of the rims

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MIAMI (AP) — Game 4 of the NBA final halted for about nine minutes Friday night after Miami’s Bam Adebayo appeared to bend one of the rims on a missed dunk attempt.

It happened with 2:07 left in the third quarter.

Adebayo missed a two-hand dunk attempt and hung onto the rim for a moment or two afterward. That’s when someone noticed that the basket didn’t appear to be level.


Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo (13) dunks the ball during the first half of Game 4 of the basketball NBA Finals against the Denver Nuggets, Friday, June 9, 2023, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo (13) dunks the ball during the first half of Game 4 of the basketball NBA Finals against the Denver Nuggets, Friday, June 9, 2023, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Play was stopped and within about five minutes, a ladder was brought onto the court for an investigation.

The rim was declared OK — and then the stoppage continued because of an separate incident at the other end of the court by the Heat bench.

Medical personnel brought a stretcher out and wheeled a woman off who was covering her face with one of her hands.

Denver led 76-68 when the game was interrupted.

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