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NBA stat review denies Adebayo rare 20-rebound triple-double

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Bam Adebayo, Miami Heat" s="" attends="" the="" media="" day="" at="" Kaseya="" Center="" arena="" in="" October="" The="" Miami="" Heat="" season="" will="" be="" their="" National="" Basketball="" Association="" EPA-EFE="" CRISTOBAL="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/overseas/11/09/bam-adebayo-miami-heat-center-epa-11092023.jpg"/><figcaption>Bam Adebayo, Miami Heat&#x27;s Center, attends the team&#x27;s media day at the Kaseya Center arena in Miami, Florida, USA, 02 October 2023. The 2023-2024 Miami Heat season will be their 36th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA). <em>EPA-EFE/CRISTOBAL HERRERA-ULASHKEVICH</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>LOS ANGELES, United States - Bam Adebayo&#x27;s celebration of Miami&#x27;s first 20-rebound triple-double turned out to be premature after an NBA statistical review took away one of the rebounds he had been credited with in Monday&#x27;s 108-107 win over the Los Angeles Lakers.</p><p>&quot;My first reaction was &#x27;That&#x27;s a buzzkill,&#x27;&quot; Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said Wednesday before the Heat&#x27;s game against the Grizzlies in Memphis. &quot;Come on! He was doing a big-muscle workout on the glass. Let it go.</p><p>&quot;Was it a tip, or whatever? That&#x27;s 20 rebounds in my book.&quot;</p><p>On the play in question, Adebayo blocked a shot and the ball ultimately landed with teammate Duncan Robinson, who was belatedly credited with the rebound.</p><p>&quot;It&#x27;s whatever,&quot; Adebayo said. &quot;I&#x27;ve seen a lot of dudes get their stats padded and nobody bats an eye. But it&#x27;s all good.</p><p>&quot;I&#x27;ll do it again.&quot;</p><p>Adebayo still finished with a triple-double, but didn&#x27;t join Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Chris Walker, DeMarcus Cousins and Nikola Jokic as the only NBA players with 20-rebound triple-doubles.</p><p>The league reviews all statistics during and after games, sometimes tweaking numbers when it determines that, for instance, a shot initially credited as a three-pointer was actually worth two.</p><p>&quot;I&#x27;m not mad at that,&quot; Adebayo said. &quot;It&#x27;s part of basketball. I&#x27;ve just got to make sure I get my 20th rebound next time.&quot;</p><div><strong>bb/js</strong></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TJe3T7fFJcY?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Bam Adebayo's celebration of Miami's first 20-rebound triple-double turned out to be premature.