History-making week for Miami Heat star Bam Adebayo
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That lyric in Kendrick Lamar’s “Peekaboo” that says “80 pointers like a Kobe game,” feels appropriate after the Miami Heat’s Bam Adebayo broke Mamba’s record for the second-most scored points in a game on Tuesday night against the Washington Wizards.
Adebayo, who celebrated his 83-point game alongside girlfriend and basketball royalty A’ja Wilson, follows the late Kobe Bryant and Wilt Chamberlain in becoming the only players to score more than 80 points in a single game (Chamberlain is the record holder with 100; Bryant scored 81 and had a firm hold on second place for 20 years).
Tuesday’s game continues a record-breaking week for the Heat center and power forward, who joined Dwayne Wade as the only two Miami Heat players to score 10,000 points. Personally, I’m hoping this momentum keeps up through Saturday, when I finally make it to a Heat game this year.
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HIGH CULTURE:
South Florida’s first Black reporter on TV dies
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