The Heat center, who is known as one of the leagueā€™s best defenders, entered Tuesday with a career scoring average of just 16 points per game and has only averaged more than 20 points per game once in his career (20.4, in the 2022ā€“23 season).

This is bonkers. Not in a million years would anyone have guessed Bam would be the one to top Kobeā€™s 81. Insanity.