Chiney Ogwumike, Stephen A. Smith and Chris “Mad Dog” Russo join Shae Cornette on First Take to react to Bam Adebayo’s historic 83-point performance in the Miami Heat’s win over the Washington Wizards.
0:00 League reactions
1:31 Chiney’s view
4:45 Mad Dog isn’t having it
7:14 Stephen A.’s response
8:39 Having A’ja Wilson by his side
10:11 “He was just busting their living you-know-what!”
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@Pweb8071
March 12, 2026 at 1:52 am
Trash just like todays nba.
@JustJ-Rich
March 12, 2026 at 1:55 am
he think its the best top 3 perfromance of all time it aint better than kobe had 61 and the mavs had 60 in 3 quarters he need do a history check lol
@Tyler_Macari
March 12, 2026 at 1:57 am
He had a legit 71
@wade1419
March 12, 2026 at 1:58 am
Mad Dog is right. The NBA sucks.
@georgehenry5673
March 12, 2026 at 2:00 am
Not an all time performance π
@LexiSantos
March 12, 2026 at 2:01 am
Noone will care about free throws 10 years from now
@JustJ-Rich
March 12, 2026 at 2:02 am
how does a team foul more so you can get more bites at it and if this was football we would burn the game out so we can keep it moving lol
@wade1419
March 12, 2026 at 2:10 am
Wemby probably gonna end-up scoring 200 pts., the way the NBA is going, today.
@alexc.7868
March 12, 2026 at 2:13 am
The BAM-ba mentality
@JohnDoe-rv5zj
March 12, 2026 at 2:20 am
Ime Udoka career high is 21
@altobia1439
March 12, 2026 at 2:22 am
If it was a white player – Russo would care according to SAS?
@tregainsfitness4928
March 12, 2026 at 2:25 am
Im actually sick and tired of mfs talking about “ethical basketball” π man if you dont want a mf to score on you play some fckin defense these are millionaires getting paid more than SOLDIERS DYING IN THE MILITARY I NEEDA START SEEING SOME BLOODSHED.
@tregainsfitness4928
March 12, 2026 at 2:32 am
Bam’s kids with Aja are going to be the coldest basketball players to ever touch a round object π im calling it right now
@TRatho21
March 12, 2026 at 2:33 am
To all the Bam haters, give him his flowers. I understand why someone that roots for another team or an NBA fan would be upset the way he got to 83 but you need to make those FT’s to get there. If you remember, there was a time that Shaq was fouled intentionally because he was a horrible FT shooter. Stop hating
@PIMPBAYLESS
March 12, 2026 at 2:34 am
The way they talking you wouldn’t have known he had 31 in the first and 70 at the end of the 3rd
@matt-qz2dv
March 12, 2026 at 2:35 am
How does Giannis English get worse ywar to year? Does he speak Spanish well? Does he speak any language well?
@matt-qz2dv
March 12, 2026 at 2:40 am
Bam getting 83 is so bad for the NBA. He’s not even a top 15 player in the league he’s not a scorer, he’s a defensive player
@Gwizz1337
March 12, 2026 at 2:42 am
Against a garbage team in a modern day era where the game is softer and allows for more points. No, it’s just a really good performance, not all-time.
@jasonbourne5142
March 12, 2026 at 2:42 am
Chiney is annoying, send her away.
@quanterrianbaynard1779
March 12, 2026 at 2:45 am
Are freethrows not apart of scoring lol
Was Toronto a great team win Kobe did it
@jasonbourne5142
March 12, 2026 at 2:49 am
If it had been a white player SAS would be speaking a different tone.
@qbond007
March 12, 2026 at 2:50 am
Itβs a juiced 83pts π
@bigmaninjapan
March 12, 2026 at 2:50 am
Mad Dog over there looking like the Fonz
@tonezmusic1224
March 12, 2026 at 2:51 am
You canβt take this from Bam, but Iβm not impressed on how he got it. He got some bragging right. 46% is wild though. Chucking up bad shots is crazy and embarrassing. Fouling to extend the game is nasty work. Not good basketball.
@rdsh7524
March 12, 2026 at 2:54 am
Bam took 40 FREETHROWS. okay lol Stop FOULING. Wizards are just trash and took advantage of their defense