Recently, one of the major talking points in the NBA has been whether or not the Miami Heat violated some unwritten rules of basketball when center Bam Adebayo scored 83 points in a game against the Washington Wizards, passing Kobe Bryant for second-most all-time. Many critics have pointed to Adebayo's 43 free throw attempts as well as some of the Heat's bizarre late-game strategies as reasons to discredit the scoring explosion.
However, one person coming to Adebayo's defense is former NBA guard Patrick Beverley, who recently took to Twitter to share his thoughts on the debate.
"I never knew there was a fake 83. A motherf***** never scored an 83, how could it be fake? This is as real as it gets... People were shocked it was Bam and it wasn't Steph Curry, it was LeBron James... If KD had the same 83 with the same stats, they wouldn't treat it like that. It was shocking to people that Bam did that... Bam tops in the NBA Big in 3. Big in top 3... I don't know what the surprise is,” he said on X, according to Heat Central.
In fact, many were surprised that it was Adebayo, who was averaging just under 20 points per game before the game, who broke Bryant's second-place mark, and not one of the more high-octane scorers across the NBA landscape.
However, it does show just how talented NBA players really are... and how bad the Wizards defense really is.
Meanwhile, the Heat are looking to bounce back from their seven-game winning streak after losing two consecutive games. They will next take the field on Thursday evening in a home match against the Los Angeles Lakers.
