The shock and awe of Bam Adebayo’s 83-point game still lingers days later and will likely continue to do so until the end of the season. It was truly one of the most surprising performances in NBA history and will be remembered forever as Adebayo’s name is eternally etched near the top of basketball’s single-game all-time scoring list.
The historic outing has also sparked plenty of talk about Adebayo’s performance in comparison to Kobe Bryant’s 81-point game and Wilt Chamberlain’s famous 100-point game. Most of this discussion has been divisive in regards to how Adebayo scored his points, what with the generous number of free throw attempts involved and the Heat’s willingness to keep pushing his point total up in the final minutes of a blowout win. But for injured Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton, watching Adebayo get to 83 gave him a whole new perspective on Chamberlain’s longstanding, yet occasionally disputed, record of 100.
