They really should’ve just gone for 90. Unethical basketball for the last 8 mins of the game, what’s another min of fouling while up 20+ to get more possessions for bam

The walk off standing ovation is fun. He earned that, let him have it while everyone is still hyped.

Because he was already 2nd all time but still had no chance to pass Wilt for first. And they probably don’t expect anyone to top it anytime soon. 

At the risk of sounding stupid, can some explain to me why Kobe’s 81 is referred to as a record? Wilt scored 100 but I’m seeing articles everywhere titled Adebayo beats Kobe’s record. I don’t get it 

He got past Kobe.

He said why

Wish he tried for 100.

Yeah exactly what was the point of stopping? You’d already decided not to play basketball, why not go for 90?

NBA scoring is now a joke forever. I predict a dozen players will score 80+ this decade now that this has happened. They are not going to let Bam hold the #2 all time spot for long. Only question is whose coach will let them do it first?

Except Golden State was competing for a title that season.

It’s easy to say that Klay should have been left in now. But suppose he had stayed in and gotten hurt? Does GSW still win the title that year?

Whereas for Miami, this is likely their high water mark for who knows how long.

Watched that game live. Was livid Klay didnt come back and play. This type of games are legacy defining especially for Klay. Kerr stood on his way.

Or might get broken by some rando who plays 27 minutes or 47 minutes. Life is funny sometimes.

Yeah wish more coaches were like Spo in this situation. I think Kyrie also had 60 with like 8 or 9 minutes to play a few years ago with the Nets and was pulled immediately once he got 60.

Statistically second highest peak of all time if you go by the numbers haha

Best player in the known universe

Well, NBA players, no matter how mediocre, were still unable to stop this guy from scoring at will

Well he’s top 2.

Stub it 3 times again on Thursday and get back to us after the heat bucks game, we may be onto something here

If he ever scores 100, you gonna lose a leg.

For the victim

Bam shot 43% from three the entire second half of last season. Effectively when he started shooting three or more a game. It’s not that he’s not a great 3 point shooter. It’s just that he just added that to his game last season. He’s a defense first guy that no one expected to score 83 but I didn’t think it was impossible under the condition that all the heat scorers were injured and he had to take the shots. Extremely rare in that sense.

there was some garbage time

Bang on. Interesting timing too cause Jimmy released a video recently that it’s almost impossible to break 100 points, let alone Kobes 81 given the rate of shooting. To me, Bam doing it tells me it’s possible if a coach doesn’t pull their guys and the player is shooting 20 or 30 3s

I agree. Prioritizing gambling over integrity, and puting rapists on pedestals. Its gross.

league is an embarrassment lmfao, game was $7 to get in, i doubt anyone in miami will give 3 shits by this weekend

kobe 81 had aura this feels like weenie hut jr layup line against the tanking wizards while taking 43 free throws

his 1st half was very impressive, 2nd half is an absolute stain on the league

U did not watch the game if u thought he just got fouled sometimes lol

Idk maybe the wizards did think it was disrespect. They were triple teaming him offball at some points

I don’t think he cares

Deep down we all know this game was cheese bullshit, even the one’s pretending like they don’t

Glad I’m not the only one thinking this. This one and Bookers 70 will always have an asterisk to me.

That’s some really poor logic you have going on there