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Bam Adebayo dunks the ball against the Washington Wizards during the third quarter of the game at Kaseya Center.

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Bam Adebayo erupted for a jaw-dropping 83 points — the second highest total in NBA history — as the Miami Heat thrashed the Washington Wizards 150-129 on Tuesday.

Adebayo’s astonishing performance surpassed the 81 points scored by the late Kobe Bryant for the Los Angeles Lakers against Toronto in 2006, and is second only to Wilt Chamberlain's iconic 100-point haul against the New York Knicks in 1962.

Adebayo served notice that a special performance could be on the cards with an electric first quarter, where he poured in 31 points from 10-of-16 shooting.

By halftime he had reached 43 points and he kept the pedal down after the interval with 19 points in the third quarter to take his tally to 62.

At that juncture it became a question of whether Adebayo could threaten Bryant's 20-year-old tally of 81 points.

Adebayo duly eclipsed that record late in the fourth quarter. Two free throws saw him draw level with Bryant's total, and two more took him to 83 with just over a minute remaining.