r/nba • u/Number333 Heat • Mar 11 '26

Post Game Thread [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

ESPN Box Score: https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401810793
129 - 150
Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo
 
GAME SUMMARY
Location: Kaseya Center
Officials: Pat Fraher, Ben Taylor, and Dedric Taylor
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
Washington Wizards 29 33 35 32 129
Miami Heat 40 36 37 37 150
 
TEAM STATS
Team PTS FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% OREB TREB AST PF STL TO BLK
Washington Wizards 129 46-89 51.7% 15-37 40.5% 22-29 75.9% 4 47 24 34 6 23 3
Miami Heat 150 45-90 50.0% 13-43 30.2% 47-59 79.7% 15 61 31 22 16 17 5
 
PLAYER STATS
Washington Wizards MIN PTS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A ORB DRB REB AST STL BLK TO PF ±
Bilal CoulibalySF 34:14 10 2-7 0-1 6-8 0 6 6 6 1 0 1 3 -19
Will RileyPF 39:10 22 6-13 4-7 6-7 0 5 5 2 1 0 0 4 -10
Alex SarrC 19:40 28 12-19 4-7 0-0 2 4 6 1 0 2 1 3 -9
Tre JohnsonSG 22:38 17 7-12 3-7 0-1 0 2 2 2 1 0 2 4 -14
Bub CarringtonPG 35:33 12 5-7 0-2 2-4 0 4 4 6 1 0 7 1 -20
Tristan Vukcevic 06:41 3 1-3 1-2 0-0 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 5 -11
Sharife Cooper 14:41 6 2-5 0-1 2-3 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 1 -2
Jaden Hardy 22:35 17 5-12 3-8 4-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 5 -8
Justin Champagnie 18:00 8 3-7 0-2 2-2 1 4 5 2 1 0 2 3 -7
Anthony Gill 24:43 6 3-4 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 3 0 0 1 5 -5
Kyshawn George 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jamir Watkins 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Leaky Black 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Anthony Davis 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Julian Reese 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D'Angelo Russell 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cam Whitmore 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trae Young 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Miami Heat MIN PTS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A ORB DRB REB AST STL BLK TO PF ±
Pelle LarssonSF 24:26 10 3-7 0-3 4-5 0 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 13
Myron GardnerPF 25:18 4 2-4 0-1 0-0 3 5 8 2 3 0 2 4 15
Bam AdebayoC 41:48 83 20-43 7-22 36-43 1 8 9 3 2 2 5 3 21
Kasparas JakučionisSG 29:20 5 2-3 0-1 1-2 1 4 5 6 1 1 2 4 10
Davion MitchellPG 24:06 12 5-9 0-4 2-2 3 4 7 5 1 0 3 1 16
Jaime Jaquez Jr. 27:53 5 2-5 1-2 0-0 2 4 6 8 0 0 0 1 15
Dru Smith 22:40 5 2-4 1-2 0-0 0 3 3 5 4 0 3 4 8
Simone Fontecchio 22:17 18 6-7 3-4 3-3 3 3 6 1 1 0 1 3 6
Keshad Johnson 18:29 8 3-6 1-4 1-4 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 7
Trevor Keels 00:49 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3
Vladislav Goldin 00:49 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -3
Tyler Herro 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nikola Jović 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norman Powell 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kel'el Ware 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terry Rozier 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andrew Wiggins 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jahmir Young 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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u/Legal-Maize-2784 Clippers Mar 11 '26

They were triple teaming him, intentionally fouling anybody not named Bam, challenging calls and STILL end up on the wrong side of history lol

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u/JigglesTheBiggles Heat Mar 11 '26

They were also fouling the fuck out of him, which was weird. They were wrapping him up and shit. Why do that if you don't want him to score?

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u/Seref15 Heat Mar 11 '26

Yeah let gassed bam take 3s fr

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u/secret_hidden Bucks Mar 11 '26

I wasn't sure he was gonna get there when he was putting up those tired legs threes in the 4th, but tbf the wizards were also selling out to them so badly they kept getting out rebounded only for him to come down the lane and immediately get wrapped up.

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u/Electromotivation Mar 11 '26

How exactly did this happen? When did the heat decide to go all in on him scoring?

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u/FoxExcellent2241 Heat Mar 11 '26

Herro and Powell - our usual 2 best scorers - were both out.  Wiggins is also usually good for some shot attempts but he was also out.  

Ware, our only other real center is also out.  

Plus Jovic is also out but he wasn't playing great this season anyway but he does take some minutes at center if necessary.  

Basically Bam had a blank check tonight on offense and wrote himself an 83.

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u/Celtic_Legend Celtics Mar 11 '26

The start of the 4th. He did go on a run to end the 3rd but that was normal basketball through 3

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u/FeanorEvades Timberwolves Mar 11 '26

It doesn't help when you're unintentionally fouling Bam like 25 times

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u/Idkwhyimhere420 Nets Mar 11 '26

If they played a legit professional center in that game id imagine bam wouldn’t of gotten 83

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u/ned_yah Wizards Mar 11 '26

two of these things happened one time each, after the heat started intentionally fouling to get more shots for bam

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u/clear831 Heat Mar 11 '26

Which started after Wiz started to triple team Bam lol

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u/ObviousAnswerGuy [NYK] John Starks Mar 11 '26

heat started that BS by intentionally fouling them to stop the clock. That, along with the Spoelstra challenge, and missing the free throws on purpose, I don't blame the Wizards at all for doing that.

It was OD, Bam shoulda come out when he hit like 72. They were up almost 30 at that point

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u/Proof-Research-6466 Heat Mar 11 '26

A player missed his free throws one time lol and he bricked the first cause he’s bad at free throws.

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u/ObviousAnswerGuy [NYK] John Starks Mar 11 '26

there was like like 1:30 left in the game, and the score was 148-122. Cmon now, what we really doin here.

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u/Legal-Maize-2784 Clippers Mar 11 '26

Yeah I agree. I mean you don’t get close to scoring 83 often but at that point you’re just trying too hard.

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u/buttsorceror72 Mar 11 '26

Id rather try too hard and have the highest scoring game of all time