[Russo] 13.6% of Bam Adebayo’s total FTA this season came in tonight’s game.
Now that’s a fun stat
Is the Wizards defense this bad?
They were legit just fouling him instead of trying, elite tanking
They said if he’s gonna break the record, they’re gonna make sure it wasn’t a “pretty” statline lol
They were legit just fouling because the wizards have a bunch of skinny younglings that just got overpowered
It’s worse than the process Sixers
Bring back shame LOL
That’s actually a pretty genius tanking strategy. You can’t really tell players to not try to win, but you can tell them to foul the shit out of player x
I’m not sure they even played any tonight
Eric Reid called them a non confrontational defense.
I got the wizards broadcast tonight, they were begging the wizards to double him in the first but they just refused lol
triple teaming a player and STILL FOULING HIM is actually insane lol
Yes, people are going to whine about it but it was like they were trying to help him get past Kobe.
They were triple teaming him and intentionally fouling other Heat players so that Bam couldn’t shoot, they did a terrible job then
The Wizards fouled another Heat player once… after the Heat intentionally fouled a Wizard to extend the game. Lmao.
Cause we then refused to put the ball in anyone else’s hands so they couldn’t do it again
Lolol how did they fail at that too? Wizards suck at everything
well turns out when 3 ppl r on u its pretty easy to get fouled by being bigger lol
That’s just poor team defense atp. I blame the wizards
They were getting frustrated and being over physical with him forcing the refs to call shit. Literally forced the refs to put him on the line. The wizards just suck
Man get outa here with that Bam is not even a great offensive player they were literally helping him get 83 by fouling
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They went full tryhard to stop him from getting the record. Damn near giving him 0 space with 3 defenders at all times lol
to stop him from getting the record
Sure as shit seems more like they helped him get the record lol.
Literally 0 space, they were triple teaming him full court on the inbounds passes lol
Wizards were quadruple teaming him but didnt have enough discipline and kept on smacking bro it was legit hilarious watching it
Why doesn’t everyone just have historic stats vs them? Are they stupid?
Yes, bigs in particular are sorry af(outside of Sarr who only played 20minutes).
Pack it up…pack it up
the back up was literally anthony gil, bam just ripped thru and kept getting and1s on him. he scored on sarr too, it was insane
no the refs in the league are that bad.
They were fouling the shit out of him the entire second half the 43 FTA were earned
Least unethical 70 piece? watching the end of that game was horrific.
Maybe the least ethical game in nba history
Ethics are out of fashion anyway. It’s all about shameless basketball
Seems that way by the amount of people being happy he broke a record in the most fugazi way imaginable
Mf showed his age there
I’m not even old lol
I mean the first 3 quarters were good tbh, but that 4th quarter… absolute horrible ball
In a year from now, nobody will remember how he got those 83 points, just that he got them.
Idk people always diminish Bookers 70 point game anytime it’s brought up, and rightly so lol. This one was even worse (though at least it was a win)
You talking like he made the wizards foul him lmao they chose to play stupid defense and anybody else would’ve took advantage of it too
Feels like a scathing testament to how out of control the foul situation has gotten, but I think a non-Lakers fan has to be the one to make that argument.
tbf it’s not like Bam was hooking his arms on dudes flailing for a whistle. Wizards were just too small and crowding him
Bookers suns game was worse. They were getting blown out and the suns hacked every possession to get him more shots
Lamest display of basketball I’ve seen in my life. If he sat when the game was clearly over like 4 minutes into the fourth quarter and he had 60 on half the free throws it’d be a better performance
Least unethical? Wouldnt it be most unethical or least ethical?
least unethical means sarcasm
Gotcha, yeah I was just genuinely confused while reading
It was a blast!
Whatever it takes to make a Wizards game halfway watchable
To the people complaining about free throws and stat padding:
This man just turned a Tuesday night game against the Wizards into 2.5 hours of sensational entertainment.
Lighten up. Basketball is supposed to be entertaining and fun.
Real shit. I stopped watching my Raptors game for this and I don’t regret it. Shit was objectively hilarious and a 10⁄10 watching experience.
When it stuff like this its “fun and entertaining” but if someone like embiid or SGA did this it wouldve been “foul baiter and terrible for the sport” bruh
Idk why you’re here accusing bam of flopping when half the thread is accusing the wizards of intentionally fouling him to get across the 80 point mark
Because they’re full of it. “Known flopper and foulbaiter Bam Adebayo” said literally no one ever.
Not me
if you think that 4th quarter was even remotely entertaining, you are part of the problem
Idk it was pretty funny watching the wizards triple team Bam
What is fun or entertaining about watching a single player shoot 43 free throws?
In a vacuum, nothing. It’s entertaining because those fts helped him get 83 pts
Because they were gifting him FTAs, this is bush league shit
If they were trying to gift him the record they wouldn’t be triple teaming him as soon as he got the ball lol
They weren’t gifting him anything, he was literally getting tripled then fouled because they were trying to deny it
He had no reason to be in the game when they were up 30 with like 8 minutes left. Come on.
Doesn’t change the fact that they were actually fouling him…
True, but records do get broken often by stat padding. Very rare we see a Luka 73 pt game that they really needed every point
Even Kobe’s 81 had him at 70 pts with 4 ish mins left and the Lakers up 15. And in that era that type of lead was already massive.
Yeah same with all the players that have gone for 70, they are almost up by so much but are trying to reach that goal lmao
SGA watching this game and scheming up some crazy ideas as we type
that shit was so illegitimate. Anyone who talks about how this is an accomplishment is either a troll or DUMB as fuck and didnt watch the game lol
idk man i would simply not foul a guy who attempts fewer than 5 free throws a game
the point is the heat were fouling and prolonging the game so bam could get continuously fouled
that’s not what “gifting him FTAs” means
Sounds like some anger there 😂
Bam humbug
They were fr mobbing him too lmao dunno why the just did that
So glad that A’ja Wilson’s boyfriend is finally getting the spotlight
What a crazy stat lol
Wizards were beating the hell out of him lmao
I don’t even care that it wasn’t ethical at the end.
Let’s be honest, if you had an opportunity to eclipse Kobe, you would try and foul bait as much as possible too.
Nah its on the wizards for actually allowing it to happen when they was up 30.
it wasnt even bait, he was actually getting fouled
refs even swallowed the whistle a couple of times lol
yeh, I know no one cares about cricket here but we seen the opposite in cricket with Mulder having a chance to break Brian Lara’s record but he and his coach refused because they didn’t want to displace a legend. Somewhat nice some people still care about going after records in other sports
NBA refs have reached a new nadir
This is a shameful night in NBA history. The record books are forever tainted because of this garbage. 43 FTs, missed over half his shots. Congrats!
Shameful is the perfect word, but clearly the commissioner has none whatsoever
cries in Laker tears
big wet fart sound
13 percent of his season’s FTs in one night is wild. The Wizards basically speed‑ran his yearly whistle quota.
How does that compare to an average Jimmy butler game?
Jimmy’s 56 against the Bucks blows this shit out of the water every single time
And some of you are cool with tanking?
Next step is gunna be straight up scoring on your own basket to tank.
I see nothing wrong with this stat. Wizards really dropped the ball. Don’t know why they fouled him so much.
They fouled him like crazy, sorry Kobe got dethroned but it’s the fault of the Wiz
People acting like he didnt have 76 with 3 mins to go before the shenanigans started happening
SGA prolly blushing rn
Beast mode I’m afraid
I legit don’t belive that
Ok this is hilarious. It’ll end up being like 3-4% by the end of the year won’t it? That is absolutely crazy.
Holy.
Honestly remarkable
Everything about this is so stupid and it’s awesome
As someone who watched the game– these weren’t SGA calls. The Wizards were triple-teaming him.
SGA saw this game is now going for 120 in his next game with at least 90 free throws attempts.
Ethical hoops
Bro went OFF. Beat the free-throw record made by 8 free throws. Super hard to score that much for the span of a whole game. Shows you how bad the Wizards are, too. Super random for a random March night.
BAM FOR MVP