MIAMI — It’s been a strong run for Miami Heat star Bam Adebayo currently.
Last Tuesday, Adebayo made historical past by scoring 83 factors, the second-most in a single recreation in NBA historical past.
It was an unimaginable feat to behold, passing Kobe Bryant’s 81-point effort in 2006 and trailing solely Wilt Chamberlain’s seemingly unbreakable file of 100 factors that he set in 1962.
On Monday, the NBA named Adebayo the Eastern Conference Player of the Week.
Adebayo has now received the award twice this season and 4 instances in his profession.
It’s additionally the tenth time in Heat historical past that two Miami gamers have received the award in consecutive weeks; Tyler Herro was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week final Monday.
Adebayo averaged 41.3 factors per recreation final week, including 8.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 2.33 steals and 1.33 blocked pictures whereas serving to Miami to a 2-1 file.
Recently, he’s additionally helped the Heat go on a powerful run during which they’ve received 10 of their previous 13 video games.
That has propelled Miami as much as seventh place in the Eastern Conference standings getting into play Monday, trailing sixth-place Toronto by 0.5 video games and fifth-place Orlando by one recreation.
The Heat shall be again in motion on Tuesday once they face the Charlotte Hornets.
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