Its not about anime following the manga, its about that from time to time it extends the scenes, specially fight scenes for a better flow and even they didnt show Law teleporting Zoro.
I know anime takes liberties like Sanji clashing with King's sword or Zoro cutting the ground beneath BM to make her fall in the ocean or how Queen was dodging Aramaki. I am saying that even when doing shit like this they didnt add the teleportation.
That proves literally nothing.
They kept beff burst relat8vely the same. But changed the height and distance he was sent flying.
They didn't add sanjis moutain sized explosion going out the side of the Skull
Same exact situation. They left out details in exchange for creative freedom. It's dog shit and ruins the story imo.
Extend the fight scenes but don't change what actually happened in the canon moments
I can name several more moments just like this