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03/10 21:18 CDT Bam Adebayo scores 83 points, 2nd-best in NBA history, sets FT
records in Heat win over Wizards
Bam Adebayo scores 83 points, 2nd-best in NBA history, sets FT records in Heat
win over Wizards
By TIM REYNOLDS
AP Basketball Writer
MIAMI (AP) --- Bam Adebayo scored 83 points, the second-best scoring effort in
NBA history, to carry the Miami Heat to a 150-129 win over the Washington
Wizards on Tuesday night.
Adebayo had 31 points in the first quarter, 43 by halftime and 62 by the end of
the third quarter. He finished 20 for 43 from the field, 36 for 43 from the
foul line and 7 for 22 from 3-point range.
Adebayo's free throw makes and attempts both set NBA records for a game. The
record for attempts was 39 by Dwight Howard --- who got to the line that many
times on two occasions. The record for free throws made in a game was 28, set
by Wilt Chamberlain and Adrian Dantley.
Chamberlain got the 28 free throws on the night he scored 100 points in 1962
--- the only game better than Adebayo in NBA history. Adebayo passed his
basketball idol, Kobe Bryant, for the second-highest scoring game ever;
Bryant's career-best was 81.
LeBron James had the previous Heat single-game scoring mark; his 61-point
effort against Charlotte happened on March 3, 2014. Denver's Nikola Jokic had
the previous season high in the NBA this season with 56.
Adebayo passed them both in the third quarter --- and just kept going.
Simone Fontecchio scored 18 points for Miami (37-29), which has won six
straight and moved a season-best eight games over .500. The Heat were without
Norman Powell (groin), Tyler Herro (quadriceps), Nikola Jovic (back) and Andrew
Wiggins (toe).
Alex Sarr had 28 points for the Wizards, who were without Trae Young --- held
out with right knee injury management. Will Riley added 22 and Jaden Hardy
scored 17 for Washington, which has lost nine straight.
Up next Wizards: Visit Orlando on Thursday. Heat: Host Milwaukee on Thursday. ___ AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/NBA
Up next Wizards: Visit Orlando on Thursday. Heat: Host Milwaukee on Thursday. ___ AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/NBA
