NBA officials decided Sunday that Dwyane Wade’s forearm shot to Lance Stephenson was a flagrant foul – just not enough of a shot to warrant a suspension.
The league issued its ruling shortly before the Heat were to face Indiana in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals.
Neither Pacers coach Frank Vogel nor Heat coach Erik Spoelstra expected the league to hand down a suspension with a berth in the NBA Finals at stake. Wade explained to reporters before the game that he was not surprised by the decision.
”I wasn’t worried because it wasn’t intentional,” he said. ”All I was trying to do was get out of the way of him trying to set a screen.”
— Reported by the Associated Press
