Pat Riley’s Confession to Bam Adebayo
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The buzz around Bam Adebayo’s 83-point heroics has attracted more backlash than compliments. Looks like the Miami Heat big man’s big night now falls under the technicalities’ radar.
Only Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point game on March 2, 1962, is ahead of Adebayo. The three highest-scoring individual performances in league history now belong to Chamberlain (100 points), Adebayo (83 points) and Kobe Bryant (81 points on Jan. 22, 2006).