NBA: Bam Adebayo Historic 83-Point Outburst 2nd-Highest Scoring Game In NBA History

His nickname is the same as the sound caused by hitting everyone over the head with what he just did, because of course it is. Yes, this morning or afternoon, whenever you read this, you are certainly asking yourself what just happened and still woozy from the Bam! 

Wilt Chamberlain, 100 points. 

Kobe Bryant, 81 points. 

And now, freshly wedged between those immortal single-game scoring totals is a player known for defense, a player whose previous scoring high was 41 points, a player who wasn’t an All-Star last month, a player whose career could generously be described as pretty good but hardly legendary. Everything changed on a random yet manic March night in Miami with this entry: 

Eldrice Femi “Bam” Adebayo, 83 points. “It’s a special moment,”  “It’s Wilt, me, then Kobe, which sounds crazy.”  It was witnessed by a disbelieving crowd cheering on Adebayo on Tuesday in Miami, teammates who deliriously did whatever necessary to help make it possible, the powerless Washington Wizards, and thousands around the country who rushed to their computers or phones and crashed NBA League Pass as the game progressed and his scoring total went stratospheric. 

Source: NBA