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The praise poured in from Bam Adebayo’s peers and others afterward. But there was also outside criticism that the Heat manipulated the game to get Adebayo to 83 points on Tuesday, with the Heat intentionally missing a free throw and committing at least one intentional foul in the final minutes to get Adebayo extra possessions down the stretch of the game. “It’s bulls---.
It’s all bulls---,” Riley said of the criticism. “It really is. Anybody who is negative on it, anybody who was cynical about it, anybody who talked about it the way they talked about it in a negative way, they’re trying to either get views, hits, or they’re podcasters and that’s their job.
“There are critics today that are just so unjustified in what was going on with the tactics, and we were fouled, and they were fouled. The same thing happened with Wilt Chamberlain when he got 100 back in the day. But I don’t buy any of that.
They took an iconic, absolute incredible performance, and they tried to dismiss it. And that’s not fair. ” Miami Herald This article originally appeared on Hoops Hype: Pat Riley rips critics questioning Bam Adebayo's 83-point night