Congratulations to Bam Adebayo on scoring 83 points against the Washington Wizards last night. I guess.
Adebayo, who is (now) averaging 20 points per game this season (18.5 prior to last night) and 16.1 PPG over his nine-year career, all with the Miami Heat, scored the second-most points ever in an NBA game, passing Kobe Bryant‘s 81-point masterpiece in 2006 and settling in behind only Wilt Chamberlain’s storied 100-point game in 1962. It is a hell of an accomplishment — except for the parts where it was kind of pathetic.
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In 42 minutes on a random Tuesday night in March, Adebayo shot a meh 20-43 (46.5 percent) from the field and made a meh 7-of-22 (31.8 percent) three-point attempts. On Bryant’s own historic night, in which he scored two points fewer than Adebayo’s sum, the Los Angeles Lakers legend shot 60.1 percent from
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