MIAMI — Erik Spoelstra had a very clear message to those who didn’t like how the final minutes of Bam Adebayo‘s 83-point game played out.
“I apologize to absolutely no one,” Spoelstra said Thursday. “Period.”
Adebayo’s 83-point game — now the No. 2 single-game total in NBA history, 17 behind Wilt Chamberlain’s 100 and two ahead of Kobe Bryant’s 81 — was one unlike any other. The Heat center took 43 shots in a 150-129 win on Tuesday over the Washington Wizards, made an NBA-record 36 free throws and had an NBA-record 43 tries from the foul line.
And the last few minutes were a circus, with the Wizards as much as quadruple-teaming Adebayo — who was still getting the ball — and the Heat fouling…