Bam Adebayo captured the attention of the entire sports world with his historic 83-point night in the Miami Heat's 150-129 win over the Washington Wizards. He now has the second-highest scoring game in NBA history, surpassing the 81 points scored by Kobe Bryant in 2006 and trailing only Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game.
Adebayo's historic night was also attended by his wife, Las Vegas Aces star A'ja Wilson, and his mother, Marilyn Blount. After the game, Adebayo shared a romantic moment with his girlfriend, who was reacting live to her partner's poor scoring on the threads.
"Welp won't set career highs at home anymore 😭 but at least it gives me something to go after 🤭," Wilson wrote.
Wilson's career-high scoring is 53 points, which he recorded against the Atlanta Dream in 2023. By the third quarter, Adebayo had surpassed that number.
"60 in 3 quarters!??!!?!?! Yessirrr," Wilson said.
Adebayo set a Heat franchise record for scoring by the end of the third, when he had 62 points to surpass LeBron James' 61-point tally.
"A new record!!!" Wilson further said. "History!!!"
After the game, Wilson joked about his teammate's accomplishment, saying that the NBA would now come for him and test him for performance-enhancing drugs.
"Go ahead and pee in that cup my boi! EOS," Wilson jokingly wrote.
Heat's Bam Adebayo even surprises his girlfriend
No one in the world knows Adebayo's skills on the hardwood better than Wilson, who may have watched the Heat star up close a thousand times in the past. So for him to be stunned by the Heat star's achievement says a lot.
And his surprise should come as no surprise. After all, Adebayo's previous career-high was 41 points, and as great a player as he is, scoring isn't his greatest strength.
