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Alex Speers

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11727 total appearances

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The Athletic NBA Daily
The Most and Least Clutch NBA Players + HEAT WEEK | Slam N Jam

In his wizard season, which was the worst among all these seasons I looked at, he scored .78 points per isolation.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The Most and Least Clutch NBA Players + HEAT WEEK | Slam N Jam

Uh-oh.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The Most and Least Clutch NBA Players + HEAT WEEK | Slam N Jam

So that made me say what?

The Athletic NBA Daily
The Most and Least Clutch NBA Players + HEAT WEEK | Slam N Jam

What?

The Athletic NBA Daily
The Most and Least Clutch NBA Players + HEAT WEEK | Slam N Jam

All right, Andrew, it's time for the Wheel of Fandom, the weekly segment where we spin a wheel, it lands on a team, and we become fans of that team for the next week.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The Most and Least Clutch NBA Players + HEAT WEEK | Slam N Jam

Last week, the wheel landed on the Miami Heat, and in one of the biggest surprises in Slammin' Jam history, Heat Week was possibly the best spin of the wheel we've ever had.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The Most and Least Clutch NBA Players + HEAT WEEK | Slam N Jam

Unreal.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The Most and Least Clutch NBA Players + HEAT WEEK | Slam N Jam

First, the Heat won all their games, 4-0, including two really impressive wins over the Hornets in Charlotte and the Pistons at home.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The Most and Least Clutch NBA Players + HEAT WEEK | Slam N Jam

But then, in a game against the Washington Wizards, Bam Adebayo scored 83 points, which is a career high, if you're wondering.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The Most and Least Clutch NBA Players + HEAT WEEK | Slam N Jam

It's also the second most points...

The Athletic NBA Daily
The Most and Least Clutch NBA Players + HEAT WEEK | Slam N Jam

ever scored in an NBA game Bam had 31 in the first quarter alone he had already broken LeBron's franchise record of 61 by the end of the third quarter and then in the fourth the Wizards started playing defense triple teaming Bam at points but could not keep him off the line where he took an NBA record 43 free throws including his 82nd and 83rd points to finish the night now Bam didn't need to score 83 in the Heat's final game of the week a 112 to 105 win over the Bucs

The Athletic NBA Daily
The Most and Least Clutch NBA Players + HEAT WEEK | Slam N Jam

After this seven-game winning streak, the Heat are now 38-29, sixth in the East, essentially tied with the Magic, who are fifth, and who play the Heat on Saturday.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The Most and Least Clutch NBA Players + HEAT WEEK | Slam N Jam

Per Cleaning the Glass, the Heat have the 13th-ranked offense and 4th-ranked defense.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The Most and Least Clutch NBA Players + HEAT WEEK | Slam N Jam

Andrew, if the Heat are our favorite team, who is our guest?

The Athletic NBA Daily
The Most and Least Clutch NBA Players + HEAT WEEK | Slam N Jam

This was just kind of the Wizards being helpless.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The Most and Least Clutch NBA Players + HEAT WEEK | Slam N Jam

That was kind of the funniest part of it, just watching the Wizards gradually just try to play more and more defense, and they just couldn't help themselves.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The Most and Least Clutch NBA Players + HEAT WEEK | Slam N Jam

I would say the vast majority of those foul calls were completely legit.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The Most and Least Clutch NBA Players + HEAT WEEK | Slam N Jam

And just the Wizards had nothing.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The Most and Least Clutch NBA Players + HEAT WEEK | Slam N Jam

They had nothing to offer.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The Most and Least Clutch NBA Players + HEAT WEEK | Slam N Jam

They started hacking him.