Kevin Love provides his perspective on what happened and how it felt when Desmond Bane struck him in the region just below the waist.
Memphis guard Desmond Bane was ejected with 6:44 left in the third quarter during the Heat-Grizzlies game after he hit Miami power forward Kevin Love in the groin as the veteran dribbled past Bane.
| Player of the Game | |
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| Jimmy Butler | |
| Points | 23 |
| Accuracy | 6-11 |
| Rebounds | 8 |
| Assists | 6 |
Referees assessed the episode as a "flagrant foul, penalty two" and Bane finished with 11 points in 22 minutes.
"I mean there have been only a few times in my almost 15-year career when something like that has happened," Love commented on the painful episode post-game.
"Bane is a big boy. I don't know if he was looking for a foul or what it was, but he just got put into a bad position, took it into groin pretty good, and all the men here, you have been hit hard enough to where your back starts hurting, that's where I was, starting spasm a little bit," the 34-year-old added.
Love scored 10 points and grabbed 6 rebounds in more than 18 minutes.
Bam Adebayo scored a game-high 26 points and grabbed 8 rebounds, leading the host Heat to a 138-119 win over the short-handed Grizzlies on Wednesday night.
Desmond Bane's ejection:
