{"id":652241,"date":"2026-03-11T06:58:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T06:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/652241\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T06:58:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T06:58:13","slug":"lebron-nba-social-media-react-to-bam-adebayos-historic-83-point-game-basketball-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/652241\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron, NBA social media react to Bam Adebayo\u2019s historic 83-point game | Basketball News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Star NBA players like LeBron James take to social media to praise the Miami player\u2019s incredible scoring achievement.<\/p>\n

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Miami Heat centre Bam Adebayo\u2019s 83-point performance against the Washington Wizards on Tuesday \u2013 the second-highest scoring game in NBA history \u2013 was a historic statistical line no one saw coming.<\/p>\n

The Heat star shot 20-43 from the floor and was 7-22 from beyond the three-point line. Thirty-six of his 83 points came from the free-throw line (36 of 43).<\/p>\n

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Entering the game, Adebayo was averaging just 18.9 points per night this season, placing him outside the top 40 scorers in the league.<\/p>\n

Now, the 28-year-old only trails the legendary Wilt Chamberlain for most points scored in a single NBA game after he passed the late Kobe Bryant\u2019s 81-point masterpiece against the Toronto Raptors, set in 2006.<\/p>\n

Post-game, Adebayo spoke of the significance of passing Bryant, who he idolised growing up.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be 83 and passing [Bryant], in my mind, it\u2019s like, what would he say to me? Because I\u2019ve always wanted to have a conversation with him,\u201d Adebayo said. \u201cHe\u2019ll probably say, \u2018Go do it again.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cJust a surreal moment being in the company with somebody that you idolised growing up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here is some reaction to the Miami big man\u2019s incredible scoring feat from some of the biggest names in the NBA:<\/p>\n

\u201cBAM BAM BAM\u00a0,\u201d\u00a0wrote<\/a> LeBron James, the NBA\u2019s all-time career leading scorer, on X.<\/p>\n

\u201cBro, what?\u201d\u00a0said\u00a0Jalen Brunson<\/a>\u00a0in disbelief.<\/p>\n

Former Miami Heat legend Dwayne Wade<\/a> wrote: \u201c83 for Cap\u201d<\/p>\n

Houston Rockets star Kevin Durant, who was asked about Adebayo\u2019s achievement in a post-match news conference on Tuesday, said:<\/p>\n

\u201cI couldn\u2019t believe it when I was hearing about it in real time. He got 30 in the first quarter \u2026 Congratulations to Bam. I know how much work he puts in.<\/p>\n

\u201cI looked at the statsheet, and it\u2019s pretty crazy, 40 shots, 40 free throws, 20 threes, that takes a lot of stamina man, that takes a lot of energy to not only go out there to put those shots up, but also make them to set the record to surpass Kobe [Bryant] as the second-highest scorer in the history of the game,\u201d Durant added.<\/p>\n

\"BamWNBA player A\u2019ja Wilson, left, and Adebayo embrace after he scored a career-high 83 points [Megan Briggs\/Getty Images via AFP]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Star NBA players like LeBron James take to social media to praise the Miami player\u2019s incredible scoring achievement.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":652242,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,6,67,275,417,418],"class_list":["post-652241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-basketball","tag-nba","tag-news","tag-sport","tag-united-states","tag-us-canada"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116209249965105269","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=652241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/652242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=652241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=652241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=652241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}