Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo scored 83 points to lead his team to a 150-129 victory over the Washington Wizards on Tuesday night.
Adebayo surpassed Kobe Bryant’s 81-point performance from 2006 to secure the second-highest single-game scoring total in NBA history. Wilt Chamberlain holds the record with 100 points set in 1962.
Adebayo reached his 76th point by finishing a physical play through contact in the paint. He concluded the game shooting 20-for-43 from the field and 7-for-22 from three-point range.
He set a new NBA single-game record at the free-throw line by shooting 36-for-43. The performance dominated global discussions across professional sports into Wednesday morning.
Bam Adebayo scored 83 points, the second-best scoring effort in league history to carry the Miami Heat to a 150-129 win over the Washington Wizards on Tuesday night. https://t.co/dtmFwmJhBh
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Major outlets including the Associated Press and Reuters verified the statistics immediately following the final buzzer. Adebayo’s 83-point mark now stands as the modern-era benchmark for the remainder of the regular season.