Bam Adebayo breaks Kobe Bryant’s record and the Heat franchise scoring record in a win vs. Washington: 43 MINS │ 83 PTS │ 9 REB │ 3 AST │ 2 STL │ 2 BLK │ 20-43 FG │ 7-22 3P │ 36-43 FT
[Highlight] Bam passes Kobe for the second-highest NBA scoring game ever
[Post Game Thread] The Miami Heat (37-29) defeat the Washington Wizards (16-48), 150-129 on the back of Bam Adebayo’s once-in-a-lifetime 83-point performance
[Russo] Bam Adebayo raised his season scoring average from 18.9 to 20.0 thanks to his 83-point outing this evening.
Bam Adebayo (83) and Simone Fontecchio (18) combined for 101 total points tonight, the first duo to break 100 points in an NBA game since Wilt’s 100-point game in 1962.
[Kofie] Erik Spoelstra just challenged a call up 25 to try to get Bam two more free throws.
He hates challenging anything
[Highlight] Bam Adebayo scores his 30th point of the first quarter!
[Vorkunov] Bam had 43 FT attempts tonight against the Wizards. That’s the most ever in a NBA game. Dwight Howard had previous record. He took 39 free throws in a game twice: in 2013 against the Magic, and in 2012 against the Warriors
Lakers’ Luka Doncic says he’s in custody battle for daughters
Anthony Edwards pays homage to Gabe Vincent tonight vs. Lakers: 14/2/4 on 2⁄15 FG, 1⁄10 3PT and 9⁄10 from the line.
[Highlight] Jaylen Brown picks up two quick technicals for the ejection
[Russo] Bam Adebayo is now the only player in history to reach the 40-20-40 club: 40 FGA, 20 3PA, and 40 FTA in the same game.
[Highlight] Bam has 77 points after converting the and-1
THE INDIANA PACERS HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED FROM CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENTION
[Highlight] Jaylen Brown has to be restrained by security personal after ejection
[Highlight] Bam Adebayo finishes the game with the 2nd-most points in a single game in NBA history with 83 points as he leads the Miami Heat to a 150-129 victory over the Washington Wizards. His teammates celebrate by dumping the water cooler on him.
[Highlight] Spoelstra congratulates Bam as he checks out of the game with 83 points
[Washburn] Joe Mazzulla on the Jaylen Brown ejection and Crew Chief Tyler Ford not being the one to assess the second technical: “I just give a ton of credit to my high school principal. He had the balls to throw a student out; he didn’t leave it to the hall monitor…he was a hell of a principal.”
Bam Adebayo full postgame interview on the court, after scoring 83 points - 2nd most points scored in a single game in NBA history. He receives the water shower from his teammates, and Norman Powell helps the reporter with a question of his own for Bam
Steve Kerr: “We need to play fewer games. We need to take 10 games off the schedule. The modern game with the pace and the space I think it would be a more competitive and healthier league if we played fewer games
[Highlight] Bam ties Kobe for the second-highest NBA scoring game ever before exiting
[Post Game Thread] The Los Angeles Lakers (40-25) defeat the Minnesota Timberwolves (40-25), 120-106 behind Luka Doncic’s 31/11/11 triple double & Austin Reaves 31/7/8 performances
Flashback: Michael Beasley says that Bam Adebayo is the only player to ever beat him one-on-one. “Y’all don’t know how good Bam is.” “It’s blasphemous that Bam ain’t takin’ 30 shots a game.”
[Highlight] Bam Adebayo with the dunk to give him 52 Points, with 5 minutes remaining in the 3rd quarter
[Highlight] Bam Adebayo sets new heat record for most points in a game in the THIRD quarter
[Russo] Bam Adebayo has broken the NBA record for most made free throws in a single game – 32. The previous record was held by Wilt Chamberlain and Adrian Dantley, who each had 28.
[Highlight] Bam Adabayo is going NUCLEAR, 43 points in the first half. He’s now up to 67 points at the start of the 4th quarter!
[Highlight] Every bucket from Bam Adebayo’s record-setting night as he scores 83 points, passing Kobe Bryant for the 2nd highest scoring game in NBA History. His previous career-high entering tonight was 41 points.
Coach Spo on Bam’s 83: “Once he got to 50, then we’re thinking alright maybe he can get to 60 and when he got to 60, we might as well go for 70 and then I didn’t dare even think about taking him out at that point. I didn’t stop until once he got Kobe’s”
[Russo] 13.6% of Bam Adebayo’s total FTA this season came in tonight’s game.
The Lakers are now 10-2 when Luka and Reaves play without LeBron
The fourth quarter of Bam’s 83 point game WAS an interesting watch
[Post Game Thread] The San Antonio Spurs (48-17) defeat the Boston Celtics (43-22) behind Wemby’s 39 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists, and 2 blocks, 125-116.
The Spurs ran the same play against the Rockets 15 times. Mainly consisting of attacking Alperen Sengun in the pick and roll
[All-Access] With his mom looking on and celebrating, Bam Adebayo describes how it feels to be mentioned alongside Kobe Bryant and Wilt Chamberlain after teammate Norman Powell asks him.
[Noh] Dancer’s rebuttal to Magic City cancellation, Luke Kornet, and NBA moralizing: “It’s a slap in the face”
Los Angeles Laker fans boo at Crypto Arena after the PA mentioned that Bam Adebayo of the Miami Heat scored 83 tonight against the Washington Wizards. Adebayo passed Lakers legend Kobe Bryant’s 81 point performance against the Raptors.
[Shankar] Ime Udoka on Bam’s 83-point night: “First thing you think is how — not because of him but because of the way he plays. I saw he only made six threes but 40 free throws or something like that, tells the story right there,” [pauses] “and the Washington Wizards.”
The San Antonio Spurs are 16-1 in their last 17 games
[Rivera] Jaylen Brown already tweeting about the ejection
[Highlight] Every man on the floor for Boston runs to Tatum after he hits the deck
Fun coincidence to tonight’s historic game: The active record holder for most points scored in an NBA game (Bam Adebayo) is in a relationship with the WNBA’s record holder for most points scored (A’Ja Wilson)
[All-Access] “I have answers to the test, I just have to see the questions first.” Shai-Gilgeous Alexander shares his thoughts on his game-winning 3-pointer against the Nuggets.
[Charania] Philadelphia 76ers star Tyrese Maxey has been diagnosed with a tendon injury in his right pinkie finger and will be re-evaluated in three weeks, sources tell ESPN. Maxey received additional images and specialist reviews after injuring his right hand Saturday in Atlanta.
[Highlight] Jalen Green breaks a defender’s ankle and points at them then proceeds to hit the jumper
Luka gets it done on both ends of the floor with a 31/11/11 triple double alongside 2 steals and a block against the Timberwolves
[Russo] Bam Adebayo joins Wilt Chamberlain as the only players in NBA history to have 30+ FGA and 30+ FTA in the same game.
[Highlight] Bam Adebayo gets the tough layup to fall as he has 43 points (13-24 FG) at halftime. It is the second-most by any player in a first half in the play-by-play era.