Character Discussion Jimbei hit the ground. Clear scans confirmed this.

#24
It really looks like Jimbei did some kind of ''coup de burst'' with his fishman karaté and Lucci was protecting himself from the shockwave as in strong air, he even has a bubble saying ''...!!''
So either Jimbei's ap = 0 or he hit the ground which created a shockwave while propulsing Jimbei and Zoro far from the giant bird coming.
I think this is probably what happened

The shockwave probably stunned/distracted Lucci and propelled them in the other direction

Lucci was at low HP after the attack but Jinbei didn’t want to waste any time so he took Zoro and ran instead of letting Zoro finish Lucci off
 
#30
To be honest, outside of downplaying Rob Lucci, there is no reason for fans to be adamant that Jinbei didn't hit Lucci. Oda is actually portraying a Zoan being a tank, like they're supposed to be.

Zoro won. Lucci is all cut up, and barely able to move, while Zoro clearly could follow up, if given the opportunity. But instead of giving credit to Lucci for his endurance, which Zoans are supposed to have (Especially awakened ones), we got people downplaying it for absolutely no reason.
 
#32
Wrong lucci felt bad for lucci so went easy he used an attack strong enough to knock him to his knees and get out of awakening only but not further injury
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But why did Jinbe say sorry tho?
Jimbei apologizes for interfering in the duel and not letting Lucci die with honor. Yes, it saved Lucci's life, but it robbed him of his dignity, he wanted a fight to the very end, but then Jimbei came, blew up the dust and ran away leaving Lucci half dead. In fact, this is a humiliation of Lucci's determination to go to the end, which is why Zoro was against it. Is this a victory for Zoro? Sure. Did that satisfy Zoro or Lucci? No. This humiliated Lucci.
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Then what was the point of attacking the ground
Gorosei
 
#36
The attack fully hit Lucci, that's why he blocked it, but he still didn't go down. Fishman Karate always works invisibly like that, with waves of internal destruction.
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#38
It’s a coup de boo type attack to escape from Mars.

Lucci’s half dead, an attack from Jinbei would have keeled him over.

And you can’t block a Fishman Karate shockwave like an ordinary punch lmao. Lucci’s throwing his hands up from the wind.

Wtf would Jinbei attack Lucci instead of just letting Zoro land another hit on him to kill him off?
 
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