On Thursday, December 8, Beijing time, the Heat will sit at home to meet the Bucks. In this game, the Heat faced a shortage of manpower. Butler (with a coccygeal injury), Adebayor (right thumb) and Maurice (with a neck injury) will all miss the game due to injury. Against the bucks, it was more difficult for the Heat to win at home.
Now that we mentioned Big Morris, let's also talk about the Heat defensive thug. Since the Heat lost 96-113 to the Nuggets on Nov. 9, Maurice has been out of injury for a full month. The reason for the injury of the big Morris is also clear to all the fans. This time, Da Mo paid a terrible price.
In that game, the Nuggets had an early double-digit lead at home. With 2:39 left in the fourth quarter, the Nuggets led the Heat by 17 points, and Jokic suffered a ferocious elbow-swinging foul by Maurice during the transition. This malicious foul directly annoyed Jokic.
In the process of retreating on the back of the Big Morris, Jokic pushed the unsuspecting Grand Morris to the ground directly from behind. 2 meters 06 tall, weighing 110KG, Da Mo crashed to the ground, and the team doctor and stretcher once entered the field at the same time to rescue. Eventually, Maurice was diagnosed with a neck injury and missed all subsequent games for the team.
This stadium conflict is also the most tragic and exciting conflict since the new season of the NBA. Afterwards, many stories occurred between the two sides, such as Butler leading people to try to surround Jokic, Jokic's two big brothers responding to Morris Jr.'s provocation on the Internet, and Jokic's two big brothers going to Miami to watch the ball at home during the second war. This conflict has indeed brought a lot of talk to fans.
But for Big Morris and the Heat, the cost of the clash was too great. Da Mo has been absent from the game for a whole month, and there is no clear plan to return to the team so far. During this time, the Heat's record also fell from the first place in the East to the fourth place in the East. After this incident, Da Mo must have regretted very much in his heart, he really should not have provoked Jokic.