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Heat's Dwyane Wade assessed flagrant foul for elbow of Lance Stephenson

Heat guard Dwyane Wade was not originally called for a foul for his fourth-quarter elbow of Pacers guard Lance Stephenson in Eastern Conference Finals Game 2. (Issac Baldizon/Getty Images)

(Issac Baldizon/Getty Images)

The NBA has ruled Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade's elbow of the Indiana Pacers' Lance Stephenson a flagrant foul, penalty one, the league announced on Sunday.

Vice president of basketball Stu Jackson's office reviewed the play, which occurred with 4:05 left in the fourth quarter of Game 2, on Saturday, the day after the Pacers won, 97-93, to even the Eastern Conference Finals series.

Wade was not called for a foul during the game.

The league reviewed several plays from Game 2, but made no other upgrades or downgrades, according to CBSSports.com's Ken Berger.

The Indianapolis Star's Mike Wells first reported the news.

https://twitter.com/MikeWellsNBA/status/338724993837985792

https://twitter.com/KBergCBS/status/338725659369164801

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