{"id":652687,"date":"2026-03-11T13:06:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T13:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/652687\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T13:06:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T13:06:14","slug":"ex-celtics-coach-ime-udoka-takes-shot-at-bam-adebayos-83-point-outing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/652687\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Celtics Coach Ime Udoka Takes Shot At Bam Adebayo&#8217;s 83-Point Outing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/boston-celtics\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Celtics<\/a> head coach Ime Udoka stirred controversy on Tuesday with pointed remarks about Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo&#8217;s record-breaking 83-point game.<\/p>\n<p>Udoka&#8217;s comments, delivered in a post-game presser, suggested that Bam&#8217;s performance was inflated by circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I saw he only made six threes but 40 free throws or something like that,&#8221; Udoka said. &#8220;Tells the story right there and &#8230; the Washington Wizards.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cI saw he only made 6 threes but 40 free throws or something like that, tells the story right there and&#8230;.the Washington Wizards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Ime Udoka on Bam\u2019s 83 point night<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TYgGRs7sj4\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/TYgGRs7sj4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDunkCentral\/status\/2031585376632979558?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">March 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The jab implied Adebayo&#8217;s scoring relied heavily on foul calls and a weak opponent, diminishing the achievement in Udoka&#8217;s eyes.<\/p>\n<p>More NBA: <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/boston-celtics\/news\/bill-simmons-shares-unexpected-baylor-scheierman-jayson-tatum-theory\/afd90546daf62ef142cf518f\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bill Simmons Shares Unexpected Baylor Scheierman-Jayson Tatum Theory<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Boston Celtics head coach Ime Udoka stirred controversy on Tuesday with pointed remarks about Miami Heat center&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":652688,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3766],"tags":[7,45,75,3798,46,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-652687","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boston-celtics","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-boston","10":"tag-boston-celtics","11":"tag-bostonceltics","12":"tag-celtics","13":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116210694321780361","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652687","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=652687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/652688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=652687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=652687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=652687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}