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Photo Credits: Megan Briggs/Getty Images/AFP
NBA Regular Season • Eastern Conference
Miami Heat
Washington Wizards
March 10, 2026 • Kaseya Center • Final Score
Points Scored • Bam Adebayo • 2nd in NBA History
How the night began
Q1 · 11:43 · First basket of the night
No rim. No backboard. Just net.
His first basket was a turnaround fadeaway jump shot.
A 2-point play that nobody in Kaseya Center could have known was the opening note of something historic.
Footage: NBA / FanDuel Sports Network
How all 83
happened
First Quarter
31 Points scoredHe broke the Heat single-quarter record before the second period even started. Five threes, ten field goals, six free throws. Nobody in the building knew what was coming.
Second Quarter
43 Points at halftimeHis previous career high was 41 - for an entire game. He'd already passed it with a halftime free throw. Washington kept sending him to the line. He kept making them.
Third Quarter
62 Points through threeLeBron James held the Miami Heat franchise record - 61 points. Bam broke it before the third quarter ended. "Once he got to 60, it just kept on going." Spoelstra thought to himself: we might as well go for 70.
Fourth Quarter • Final
83 Points • 2nd in NBA historyWhen he hit 70 with nine minutes left, everyone in Kaseya Center understood what was possible. "I didn't dare even think about taking him out" Spoelstra said. Bam stayed locked in knowing he was going for something special.
Quotes from Players & Legends
The whole league
had something to say.
"I was like 'who is this dude?' I never seen Bam on attack like this... we're like he could be one of the greatest ever to play in this organization and we want him to go challenge all the records because that's what records are for..."
BAM BAM BAM 💥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
"I'm happy for Bam.... A lot of people say 'he chased the record.' HE SHOULD. To all the little kids out there if you got a chance to make history, you go for it."
"I couldn't believe it when I was hearing it in real time. ... Congrats to Bam."
"At the Olympics, Bam was like 'I'm trying to average 30.' I literally said to him 'you think you're a 30-point scorer like that?' When I was watching him I'm like 'maybe he knew something I didn't know.'"
"That was dope watching @Bam1of1 shoot his way into history.... Congrats young fella.... 🔥🔥🔥"
"Welp won't have the highest career high in the house anymore 😅 but at least it gives me something to go after 😉"
"Super happy for him… He plays for the other team, so he's an enemy most of the time. But that's something that'll be in history forever."
"You get a chance to go for history, you go for it!"
And if you want to disagree with them,
who even are you.
"It's Wilt, me, then Kobe,
which sounds crazy."
March 2, 1962
Philadelphia Warriors
vs New York Knicks
Hershey Sports Arena, Hershey, PA
March 10, 2026
Miami Heat
vs Washington Wizards
Kaseya Center, Miami
January 22, 2006
Los Angeles Lakers
vs Toronto Raptors
Staples Center, Los Angeles
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