2025-2026 NBA Thread - Heats Bam Adebayo with game for the ages

[Icky Mettle]

Bam Adebayo with 71 points with 6+ minutes left.

Now 77 with 3 minutes left! That’s #4 all-time after Wilt’s 100, Kobe’s 81, and Wilt’s 78.

 

[Icky Mettle]

Now 77 with 3 minutes left! That’s #4 all-time after Wilt’s 100, Kobe’s 81, and Wilt’s 78.

83! #2 all-time!

 

[Calheel]

Now 77 with 3 minutes left! That’s #4 all-time after Wilt’s 100, Kobe’s 81, and Wilt’s 78.

Left with 83 and a minute left. Didn't even try for Wilt's record which was possible given the way they were playing the last couple of minutes and just fouling non-stop.

 

[1moretimeagain]

He shot 22 threes and 43 FTs

 

[JCTarheel82]

83! #2 all-time!

Dude didn't even get a double-double.

Unimpressed.

 

[Turd Ferguson]

He shot 22 threes and 43 FTs

That is just crazy.

 

[duluoz]

He shot 22 threes and 43 FTs

It’s crazy but 43 FTs, yuck. A true tank game but good for Bam. One of the Kentucky players I dislike the least.

 

[rodoheel]

Crazy. Bam’s career high was 41. He more than doubled it. Him scoring 60 wouldnt have been anywhere near my bingo card, much less 80.

 

[Icky Mettle]

Crazy. Bam’s career high was 41. He more than doubled it. Him scoring 60 wouldnt have been anywhere near my bingo card, much less 80.

Seriously. Bam’s not remotely a big-time scorer by NBA standards, averaging 18.9 ppg this season and 16 ppg for his career. In 10 NBA seasons, he only once averaged over 20 ppg in a season (20.4). Never in my life would I have guessed he would put up the second highest scoring total in a game after Wilt’s 100 (which I can’t imagine will ever be surpassed or matched) and be one of only 3 players to score 80 points or more in a game.

 

[Oddball]

 

[UNCMSinLS]

Seriously. Bam’s not remotely a big-time scorer by NBA standards, averaging 18.9 ppg this season and 16 ppg for his career. In 10 NBA seasons, he only once averaged over 20 ppg in a season (20.4). Never in my life would I have guessed he would put up the second highest scoring total in a game after Wilt’s 100 (which I can’t imagine will ever be surpassed or matched) and be one of only 3 players to score 80 points or more in a game.

Nothing like adding 1+ points to your ppg average ... IN ONE LATE-SEASON GAME.

 

[p5mmr9]

He broke the Miami Heat all time game scoring record in the third quarter (Lebron in 2014 with 61).