Alex Speers

That's right, Bam Adebayo, not exactly known for his scoring, more than doubled his previous career high of 41, and in doing so, passed Kobe's 81 for second on the all-time list.

Now, the game quickly became a flashpoint in the ongoing debate among NBA fans about whether any of us actually like basketball.

Was Bam's 83 a fun, improbable moment to be celebrated?

Or does everything need to be examined through the most negative lens possible every single day until we die?

Heat coach Eric Spolstra made his opinion very clear afterwards, saying, quote, I apologize to absolutely no one.

The Heat, as a team, meanwhile, are one of the hottest teams in the league, having won seven in a row, which we will talk about a little bit later.

Now, the Heat aren't the only team in the East on a hot streak, with the Eastern Conference playoff picture completely changing this week.

The Magic, winners of six straight, and the Heat have moved into the five and six positions in the East, while the Raptors have fallen into the play-in, having lost six of their last eight.

In fact...

Going back even further, the Raptors haven't beaten a team in the top 10 of either conference since January 25th.

The last loss was particularly bad, a 122-111 loss to the Pelicans.

In the final 90 seconds, DeJounte Murray crossed up Jamal Shedd and dropped him to the ground before hitting a three.

Murray then stood over Shedd, flexing.

And other than Emmanuel Quickly, none of the other Raptors seem to care all that much, causing a lot of distress among the Raptors fan base.

The Raptors are now only a game and a half up on the Hawks, who have won a league-leading eight games in a row.

Now, the best team Atlanta beat during that stretch was the 10 seed Trailblazers.

But hey, they all count.

And Atlanta needs the good vibes after the league decided to cancel Magic City Night, the planned special event celebrating the famous wing restaurant in Atlanta.

The NBA apparently took issue with the event because this wing restaurant, I guess, is so good it gets people dancing when you go there.

I don't see what the big deal is.