In a season of unknowns, Monday was a given when it came to Bam Adebayo being named NBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week. As in the week that included last Tuesday’s 83-point performance against the Washington Wizards,

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — LaMelo Ball had 30 points and 13 assists, and the Charlotte Hornets pulled away in a huge fourth quarter to beat the short-handed Miami Heat 136-106 on Tuesday night. Coby White scored 24 points off the bench and rookie Kon Knueppel added 22 as Charlotte (35-34) won for the ninth time in 12 games.

Bam Adebayo and the Miami Heat will hit the road on Tuesday for a matchup against Kon Knueppel and the Charlotte Hornets. The Heat come into the game with a 38-30 record, good for seventh place in the Eastern Conference,

The Charlotte Hornets (34-34) host the Miami Heat (38-30) at Spectrum Center on Tuesday. Miami has won four straight and 17 of its last 20 games against Charlotte.

The Heat’s Bam Adebayo scored 83 points against the Washington Wizards on Tuesday, March 10, surpassing the late Kobe Bryant's record for the second-highest-scoring game in NBA history.

Heat center Bam Adebayo produced an all-time NBA moment

It looks like Seattle and Las Vegas will be added to the NBA soon, and the Miami Heat will need to decide whom to protect.

Polynice argues the circumstances surrounding Bam Adebayo’s record night risk altering the league’s unwritten rules.