Overview
- Miami beat Oklahoma City 122-120 with Bam Adebayo posting 30 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists, including a career-high six 3-pointers on 10 attempts.
- Adebayo became the first Heat center to record at least 30 points, 10 rebounds and five made threes in a single game.
- The performance capped a three-game surge in which he has averaged about 27 points after an extended shooting slump in December and early January.
- Erik Spoelstra called Adebayo “sensational,” and teammate Norman Powell said the big man’s assertive three-point shooting adds another element by opening the floor.
- Adebayo pushed back at critics and expressed full confidence in his shot as Miami moved to 22-20, holding eighth in the East, with Golden State up first on a five-game West swing.