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BOSTON -- Before it was known that John Wall would miss the next three games of a series with the Atlanta Hawks with a broken hand and wrist, Bradley Beal was the bigger concern. He was in tears holding his right ankle because then-Hawks center Al Horford committed a cardinal sin in basketball against him that he appeared to repeat Sunday vs. Markieff Morris.

Horford, a 6-10 center for the Hawks, ran out on Beal and didn't give him room to land so he came down on his foot. Now with the Boston Celtics, Horford made Morris, who thought he'd broken his left ankle because of how badly it twisted, a victim of the same type of play.

"Not sure it its intentional or not," Morris said in the locker room afterwards. Probably not."

Here's a look at Horford's undercut of Beal in 2015:

And here's what he did to Morris:

https://twitter.com/HoopDistrictDC/status/858740895268708352

Maybe he'll see it differently now. Beal went down in the fourth quarter with 8:08 and had to be carried off the floor. He recovered in time and didn't miss a game in the series that went six that had Atlanta winning. That play on Beal came after Jeff Teague took out John Wall on a transition play in which no foul was called as he fell on his left hand/wrist.

 

Morris remains in question. After he cleared out the strong side, faced up Horford off the dribble and drained the jumper with 7:18 left in the second quarter only to be met by his foot, too. 

Morris stayed on the floor in excruciating pain but was able to rise, make the foul shot for the and-1 but didn't return.

Game 2 is Tuesday. Horford has to give the shooter room to land. He doesn't have the reputation of being a dirty player, but it's still a dangerous play that can turn a series.

[RELATED: Morris expects to play in Game 2 despite ankle sprain vs. Celtics]