is right<\/a>. Bam Adebayo is an impostor. If ever there was justification for an asterisk next to a record, his illegitimate assault on a scoring record is it. It was contrived and shameful.<\/p>\nRon Yukelson
San Luis Obispo<\/p>\n
Agree with Times columnist Mirjam Swanson, Bam Adebayo\u2019s a fraud! It was a total setup once he got close to Kobe\u2019s record-setting 81 points. Both teams \u2026 the Heat and the Wizards \u2026 conspired with their flopping and intentional fouling to get him to 83. Is this what the NBA has sunk to? Shame, shame.<\/p>\n
Marty Zweben
Palos Verdes Estates<\/p>\n
Bam Adebayo\u2019s 83-point game, while impressive, appeared to be a sloppy affair comparable to an All-Star game full of dunks and threes. His field-goal percentage was under 50%. He shot 43 free throws. which was somewhat of an NBA disgrace. Kobe\u2019s 81 took place in a game that was close most of the way, meant getting into a playoff spot, and demonstrated Kobe\u2019s artistry in a majestic display of the entire offensive arsenal he worked so hard to perfect. He was a maestro and savant. I feel like he has been soiled.<\/p>\n
Dell Franklin
Cayucos<\/p>\n
There has already been much complaining about Bam Adebayo\u2019s 83-point game, complaining that his teammates fed him the ball hoping that he would surpass Kobe\u2019s single-game total of 81. Those of us of a certain age know that the exact same thing happened when Wilt scored 100 in 1962. Perhaps the thing to do is not to look to diminish this effort, but to appreciate it for the accomplishment it is. Congratulations to Bam.<\/p>\n
Ronald O. Richards
Los Angeles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> Times columnist Mirjam Swanson is right. Bam Adebayo is an impostor. If ever there was justification…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":658062,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3778],"tags":[84724,36205,1179,7,23708,84725,5921,144,2772,1550,1651,295,189,3881,6,12,84728,84726,275,4109,84727],"class_list":["post-658061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami-heat","tag-83-point-game","tag-asterisk","tag-bam-adebayo","tag-basketball","tag-bill-plaschke","tag-dominant-college-basketball-team","tag-ducks","tag-heat","tag-kobe","tag-letter","tag-los-angeles-times","tag-miami","tag-miami-heat","tag-miamiheat","tag-nba","tag-nba-draft","tag-rams-fan","tag-special-team","tag-sport","tag-team-usa","tag-ucla-woman"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116227973235936363","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658061","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=658061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/658062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}