Bam’s Record-Breaking Night Causes Uproar. Plus, Celtics Silver Lining | Real Ones

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🗓️ 13 March 2026

⏱️ 72 minutes

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The Boston Celtics have lost close matches recently against the Spurs and the Thunder on their road trip, but is there some silver lining within the losses as Jayson Tatum returns? Also, should Jaylen Brown have been ejected from the game against the Spurs despite it being televised on national television? Bam Adebayo now holds the record for the second-most points scored in an NBA game, but the way he did it had NBA discourse in shambles. Fair or Foul for Bam Adebayo to be criticized for the way he got his 83 points, surpassing Kobe Bryant for second place? Plus, Real One of the Week! (02:24) Silver Lining for Celtics’ Recent Losses (19:05) Should Jaylen Brown Have Been Tossed Against the Spurs? (35:02) Discourse Surrounding Bam Adebayo’s Record-Breaking Night (01:01:43) Real One of the Week Hit the mailbag! realonesmailbag@gmail.com The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please check out rg-help.com to find out more, or listen to the end of the episode for additional details. Hosts: Logan Murdock, Raja Bell, and Howard Beck Producers: Cameron Dinwiddie and Clifford Augustin Additional Production Support: Ben Cruz and Conor Nevins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's popping?
0:07.4	Logan Murdoch here for real ones.
0:09.2	Going to be joined by Raja and Howard in a second.
0:12.6	I had a great show for you guys today.
0:14.1	Talk about what we think about the Boston Celtics.
0:16.7	And even though that they lost this week twice to two Western Conference hours in the Spurs and the Thunder, is there any silver lining to this?
0:25.5	What do we think?
0:26.2	What do we think about the Boston Celtics?
0:27.8	Are they good?
0:28.4	Are they good?
0:28.7	Are they powers in the Eastern Conference?
0:30.7	Are they going to come out of the East?
0:31.7	What does this tell us about the Boston Celtics?
0:34.9	Then we talk a little bit about Jalen Brown and the relationship with
0:37.7	refereeing. And then we get our turn to talk about the discourse around Bam at a bio and the
0:45.6	reactions to the discourse. And then what is next? How do we feel as a league when we talk about
0:51.3	players accomplishing feats that we didn't think was possible.
0:56.0	All that and more on real ones.
0:58.5	First, though, ruins mailbag at gmail.com.
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