Ohm Youngmisuk Apr 15, 2026, 10:09 PM ET

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Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is a graduate of Michigan State University.

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The NBA on Wednesday night fined Hornets star LaMelo Ball $35,000 "for making unnecessary and reckless contact" with Bam Adebayo of the Miami Heat during Tuesday's play-in game in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The league said the play "created a significant injury risk" to Adebayo, who suffered a lower back injury and did not return to the contest, playing just 11 minutes total as Miami's season ended in the 127-126 overtime loss -- one in which Ball scored the winning basket on a layup with 4.7 seconds left.

Ball also was assessed a flagrant foul 2 after the league reviewed the incident Wednesday.…