While some have been upset by Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo’s 83-point game, New York Knicks superfan Ben Stiller celebrated it while also shouting out Cam Payne.
Heroes run the NBA, but every story also needs a villain. For some franchises, it's a particularly hated opponent, but every now and then, it's one of their own.
Basketball has changed so, so much since it was first played in the late 1800s. The NBA has a lot to do with this, and there are even a handful of players who can be credited with influencing significant shifts on their own.
On Tuesday, March 10th, Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo had a historic game as his team downed the Washington Wizards. However, while solid, the center’s nine rebounds, three assists, two steals, and two blocks weren’t noteworthy.
Bam Adebayo scored his way into the history books with 83 points Adebayo achieved this feat in Miami Heat's 150-129 win over the Washington Wizards Chamberlain’s record of 100 points has stood since 1962 It’s Wilt, then Bam.
The Miami Heat dismantled the Washington Wizards, 150-129, tonight after an 83-point explosion from Bam Adebayo, to surpass Kobe Bryant’s record of the highest points scored in a single game in the modern era.
Bam Adebayo had the out-of-body experience of a lifetime on Tuesday night. The Miami Heat star center Adebayo dropped an impossible-to-believe 83 points (not a typo) against the Washington Wizards at Kaseya Center in Miami, Fla.
The Miami Heat are currently one of the hottest teams in the association. Winners of five straight, the Heat have put themselves in a good position to be in play for the fifth seed and finally escape the play-in tournament.
Heat wing Pelle Larsson made his 41st start of the season on Sunday, which means he has met the starter criteria ahead of potential restricted free agency, tweets Bobby Marks of ESPN.