Bam Adebayo made some of the unlikeliest NBA history Tuesday with an astonishing scoring night, posting 83 points in a 150-129 win over the Washington Wizards.

The scoring mark passed Kobe Bryant's legendary 81-point game as the second-highest by an individual in NBA history. Only Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point scoring night stands above Adebayo's.

Adebayo's a three-time All-Star and has been one the league's better all-around centers over the course of the last nine NBA seasons. But with a career scoring average of 16 points, he's not exactly known for his explosive scoring. 

But against a Washington Wizards defense that's the worst in the NBA, Adebayo caught fire. And his name is now etched in the NBA history books. 

He had 43 at halftime. By the end of the third quarter, he had 62. By then, he had the NBA's rapt attention. And the game's biggest names were following and reacting on social media.

Heat legends LeBron James and Dwyane Wade were among them. 

And the Heat celebrated the moment in appropriate fashion, with an ode to Chamberlain's 100-point night.