New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\nAdebayo shot 20-of-43 from the field and 36-of-43 from the free throw line with seven threes, nine rebounds, three assists, two steals and two blocks in 42 minutes.<\/p>\n
The 43 free throw attempts and 36 makes both set all-time records.<\/p>\n
It topped his previous career-high 41 points and Miami\u2019s previous franchise high 61.<\/p>\n
Adebayo said post-match it was \u201cfor sure\u201d the number one moment of his career.<\/p>\n
Adebayo had served a notice a special performance could be on the cards with an electric first quarter, where he poured in 31 points from 10-of-16 shooting.<\/p>\n
By half-time he had reached 43 points and he kept the pedal down after the interval with 19 points in the third quarter to take his tally to 62.<\/p>\n
At that point it became a question of whether Adebayo could threaten Bryant\u2019s 20-year-old tally of 81 points.<\/p>\n
Adebayo duly eclipsed that record late in the fourth quarter. Two free throws saw him draw level with Bryant\u2019s total, and two more took him to 83 with just over a minute remaining.<\/p>\n
That was the cue for Adebayo to be subbed out, leaving the court to a standing ovation from a disbelieving home crowd at Miami\u2019s Kaseya Center and warm embrace with coach Erik Spoelstra.<\/p>\n
\u201cMan I wish I could relive it twice,\u201d Adebayo said afterwards, saying his individual masterpiece would not have been possible without the support of family, fans and his teammates.<\/p>\n
\u201cI couldn\u2019t do it without them. Somebody had to pass me the ball. I appreciate coach for drawing up plays for me and I got it going tonight.\u201d <\/p>\n
Adebayo, who was drowned with water from teammates, admitted he had sensed a historic performance was beckoning after his first-half display, ranking it as the highpoint of his career.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is number one, for sure,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
GIDDEY GOES BANANAS<\/p>\n
Meanwhile in San Francisco, Josh Giddey has 21 points, 17 assists and 13 rebounds in a massive performance to help Chicago over the line against Golden State.<\/p>\n
The Aussie\u2019s triple double came in a 130-124 overtime win, while Matas Buzelis scored 41 points.<\/p>\n
The Bulls have now won three of their last five games, after going winless through 11 games in February (US time).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miami Heat star Bam Adebayo has hade NBA history with a jaw-dropping 83-point masterclass. Adebayo scored 83 points…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":532734,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2095,64,63,16111,684,264490,800,2755,13800,5140,7223,2041,2067,37339,85,264489,160865,2614,3601,7211,39792],"class_list":["post-532733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-america","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bam-adebayo","tag-ben-cotton","tag-bonkers-scenes","tag-espn-inc","tag-florida","tag-kobe-bryant","tag-miami","tag-miami-heat","tag-north-america","tag-northern-america","tag-record-books","tag-sports","tag-throw-attempts","tag-throw-line","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-washington","tag-washington-wizards","tag-wilt-chamberlain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=532733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/532734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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