Bam Adebayo out against Clippers
Anthony Chiang: Bam Adebayo (lower back contusion) is out tonight vs. Clippers. It marks the first game that he has missed this season. Heat also without Josh Richardson, Jimmy Butler and Dru Smith tonight.
Source: Twitter @Anthony_Chiang
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Bam Adebayo downgraded to out for tonight. - 9:02 PM
Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang
Bam Adebayo (lower back contusion) is out tonight vs. Clippers. It marks the first game that he has missed this season.
Heat also without Josh Richardson, Jimmy Butler and Dru Smith tonight. - 9:02 PM
Ramona Shelburne @ramonashelburne
Bam Adebayo is questionable tonight vs the Clippers with a lower back contusion. He’s warming up before the game and trying to give it a go. Took a hard fall in Portland the other night. - 8:57 PM
Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang
NEW: Josh Richardson's frustrating season continues, as he returns to Miami for MRI on lingering heel issue miamiherald.com/sports/nba/mia… Also, NBA games resume in LA and a Bam Adebayo injury update - 4:37 PM
Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang
Bam Adebayo has been downgraded to questionable because of a lower back contusion. The plan is for him to warm up with the intent to play tonight vs. Clippers. - 3:21 PM
Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang
Top four Heat usage rates during the first three games of this West Coast trip: Tyler Herro (24.6 percent), Nikola Jovic (24.1 percent), Bam Adebayo (23.6 percent) and Jaime Jaquez Jr. (20.9 percent). - 10:51 AM
The only sets of teammates to both have triple-doubles in a game TWICE:
Bam Adebayo and Jimmy Butler
Nikola Jokic and Russell Westbrook - 11:32 PM
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Anthony Chiang: Bam Adebayo has been downgraded to questionable because of a lower back contusion. The plan is for him to warm up with the intent to play tonight vs. Clippers. -via Twitter @Anthony_Chiang / January 13, 2025
Looking at the Heat captain in Adebayo in terms of offensive production and besides the career mark mentioned before, he has shot over 50 percent in every season in the NBA besides this current one. He would be asked about his role in balancing not just opportunities on the offensive end, but in other departments as well. “I don’t know, my role changes every day,” Adebayo said via The Miami Herald. “Like I said, sometimes it is where I can just put my head down and go score, sometimes I need to be the point guard and facilitate, make the extra pass so other guys can get going. Other days it can be the stuff that doesn’t show up on the stat sheet. So for me, it changes from game to game. Me and [Heat coach Erik Spoelstra] are trying to figure this out to where we can get a consistent basis.” -via Clutch Points / January 10, 2025
After the Miami Heat lost by 36 points to the Utah Jazz back on Jan. 4, they redeemed themselves four days later by going onto their home floor and beating them, 97-92, on Thursday night. Despite the constant drama between the Heat and Jimmy Butler, the team got their second straight win which was highlighted by a closing-out performance from Bam Adebayo as Erik Spoelstra speaks of his strengths. There is no doubt that it has been a relatively underwhelming season for Adebayo in the shooting department as he’s at 45.6 percent from the field compared to his career 54 percent. Even with the shooting struggles, Spoelstra would downplay any worry about that and called Adebayo the “rock for our team” according to Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald. “I’m not stressed about that,” Spoelstra said. “He’s been such a rock for our team while we’ve been doing a bunch of different things. He [has] the same approach every day. Not many players can do that if you’re missing shots. He checks all the other boxes, coaching guys, and being there when we really needed him. You have great confidence you can get stops when you know he’s back there. We have quite a few coverages and he does them all at an elite level.” -via Clutch Points / January 10, 2025
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