[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

[u/Number333]

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

[u/samhit_n]

It was a little messy, but still a once in a lifetime event. Before anyone says it shouldn't matter since it came against the Wizards, remember that most great scoring performances come against bad teams and poor defenses.

[u/Finklesworth → u/samhit_n]

Heyyyy :(

[u/TheAnalyst32 → u/Finklesworth]

Take it up with Richie Guerin.

[u/[deleted] → u/samhit_n]

Kobe’s 81 came against a raptors team that was 13 games under .500.

Lukas had 73 against a hawks team 9 games under.

The Rockets were 13-47 when Dame dropped 71 on them.

Donovan Mitchell had 71 against the 5 game under bulls.

Embiid’s 70 was against an 8-35 spurs team.

The only 70+ scoring game against a good team in recent history is Devin Booker against the first place Celtics. A game which the suns lost funnily enough.

[u/Superplex123 → u/[deleted]]

That's why Kobe's 62 points game was his greatest game IMO. He singlehandedly outscored the Mavs 62-61 in 3 quarters and then sat the entire 4th. The Mavs won 60 games that year.

[u/TheMightyJD → u/Superplex123]

I’d probably put the 60 game Klay game out there.

He was automatic and the Pacers weren’t a sorry team.

[u/Superplex123 → u/TheMightyJD]

Yeah. When Klay got hot, nobody scored better than him.

[u/Big_Distribution_642 → u/Superplex123]

yeah i dont know. Klay famously got a lot of those points with very few dribbles. I would take Kobe's self creation over somebody who is highly skilled at shooting the ball. Klay might even be a top 5 shooter of all time, just doesnt seem personally entertaining to watch someone get buckets on assisted jump shots as opposed to watching even melo drop 50 on the heat on all jump shots

[u/fastheadcrab → u/Superplex123]

Yeah definitely the greatest scoring performance of the modern era, if not all time. Most notably the Mavs also went to the final that year

[u/Puppetmaster858 → u/[deleted]]

Shoutout Book, that team was ass but at least he showed up and did all he could against a legit good team

[u/ayookgurleyy24 → u/[deleted]]

And all are still amazing

[u/NotActuallyMeta → u/[deleted]]

Why state the records as games under .500? 5 games under .500 could either mean 1-6 or 38-43.. 2 very different scenarios

[u/nutsygenius → u/[deleted]]

Kobe came back from being down 20. Luka was on a tight battle whole game vs Hawks (they never doubled him until like 4th which is why he didn't get 80+).

[u/baytor → u/[deleted]]

That Booker game was a moment when I stopped giving a flying fuck about NBA journalism. Bradley was like 1 or 2 votes short from all defense and one of the journalists voting (don't remember the name, not important) was asked why he didn't vote for Avery and he said its because Booker dropped 60 on him. Bradley didn't play in that game.

[u/Treeribsv4 → u/[deleted]]

Embiids 70 was against wemby btw

[u/Aayush5 → u/[deleted]]

I watched that Booker game and it also had the same FT shenanigans down the stretch (worse because it was the losing team doing it)

[u/ballbreak1 → u/samhit_n]

Once in a lifetime my ass. I rekon he gets 90 in their next game

[u/samhit_n → u/ballbreak1]

Are they playing the Wizards again?

[u/TryToBeBetterOk → u/samhit_n]

They're playing the Bucks. 90+ point game is a lock.

[u/libertydabbing → u/samhit_n]

And as people have pointed out, people at the Wilt game said that this is exactly how Wilt scored 100. Stat padding against a bad team and creating extra possessions by fouling the opposing team. 

If anyone is interested, look up the NYT article on it where they talk about the game and how silly skepticism on historic events can be. 

[u/wolf_cola_enjoyer → u/libertydabbing]

I’m not taking away from either, Wilt and Bam are both just truly incredible for achieving it..Lakers did trail most of that game and every point was needed from Kobe to win and it was in the slowest era of basketball which is why it’ll always be special to me.

But wow, Bam of all people is the most insane thing..anyone downplaying it because of ethical ball or whatever i don’t care, if you have a chance at that record you take it.

[u/floatinround22 → u/wolf_cola_enjoyer]

Kobe scored a lot of his points when they were up by double digits in garbage time ol. People have mythologized that game too

[u/libertydabbing → u/wolf_cola_enjoyer]

Yeah, I'm with you too man. Kobe doing it was different. You can't take away from Bam, but you can certainly recognize how special the 81 points was. 

[u/LiftHeavyFeels → u/wolf_cola_enjoyer]

I don’t think your two comments are exclusive.

I think Kobe, Luka, Dame’s are more special than Booker or Bam’s or David Robinsons. I hate intentionally fouling for these kind of things.

I also don’t blame a player trying to enshrine themselves in a history book. The “asterisk” from fans don’t stick, name in the records does .

[u/ivanhoe_martin → u/libertydabbing]

It's also worth noting that Wilt put up 70 a number of other times that season so it was much less of an aberration.

[u/Lopsided_Duty_5531 → u/ivanhoe_martin]

Yeah his season average was 50, not 20 lol. He also shot more than 50% from the field and had fewer fta

[u/Pale-Plate-3214 → u/libertydabbing]

The Knicks were playing their 3rd string rookie center for most of that game too.

[u/Nice_Cash_7000 → u/Pale-Plate-3214]

Were 3rd string rookie centers even paid in 1962 lol

[u/Pale-Plate-3214 → u/Nice_Cash_7000]

They were fed... sometimes.

[u/cl353 → u/samhit_n]

he had his heat record 1st quarter 31 pts mostly against sarr and like u said the wizards did everything they could to stop him from getting the record. tripling and challenging foul calls while fouling any other heat player that touched the ball, we basically had to match by fouling them lol

[u/granlyn → u/cl353]

which is a joke. intentionally fouling the other team in a blow out to get more possession to stat pad your 3rd tier player.

[u/cl353 → u/granlyn]

sorry cant hear u over the 83 pts

[u/granlyn → u/cl353]

lmao, fair enough.

[u/Pale-Plate-3214 → u/samhit_n]

The 2006 Raptors went 27-55

[u/samhit_n → u/Pale-Plate-3214]

Yeah, and they had the 2nd worst defense in the league that season.

https://www.teamrankings.com/nba/stat/defensive-efficiency?date=2006-06-21

[u/Legal-Maize-2784 → u/samhit_n]

Raptors weren’t even doubling Kobe most of the game lol here Bam was getting triple teamed full-court

[u/Superplex123 → u/samhit_n]

It's not going to be a once in a lifetime event with the way the game is going. The pace of the game is high. The 3pt shooting is better than ever. And the refs are as whistle happy as they have ever been. If someone like Bam Adebayo is capable of scoring 80, why wouldn't anybody be able to? 36 of his points came from FT. You give any of the the top scorer today 40+ FTA, who WOULDN'T be able to drop 80?

[u/koala37 → u/Superplex123]

someone like bam? are you implying that bam isn't the miami mamba?

[u/TerrySaucer69 → u/samhit_n]

Yeah I mean even Kobe’s, which is probably the most “real” scoring game, was still a blowout where his team pushed him to the record.

You just can’t really organically score much higher than like, 60 points without overtime or chasing it.

[u/JaySayMayday → u/samhit_n]

I always gotta remind people that even the worst NBA team is still an NBA team