Nobody outside of the Miami Heat organization really knows how much Bam Adebayo’s left wrist and forearm are really bothering him, but if you take the 23-year-old All-Star center at his word, whatever he is feeling was no excuse in his eyes for his performance Friday night.
With a berth in the NBA Finals on the line, Adebayo wanted all the blame for Miami’s ugly second half and the 121-108 loss to the Boston Celtics in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals.
“I played like shit — bottom line — (and) I can’t,” said Adebayo, who finished with 13 points, eight rebounds and eight assists, but along with his Heat teammates couldn’t slow the Celtics during a 41-point, third-quarter outburst and couldn’t stop Boston from trimming the Heat’s series lead to 3-2.
“I’ll put that game on me,” he continued. “It’s not my teammates’ fault. It’s not my coaches’ fault.
